Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1933-08-25 (91 years)
- Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
- Also Known AsTom SkerritThomas Roy SkerrittΤομ Σκέριτ汤姆·斯凯里特톰 스커릿湯姆·史基瑞M. Bormanتام اسکریت
Tom Skerritt
Biography
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy...Read More
Acting Career
- 2021
East of the Mountains
As: Ben Givens
- 2021
Catch the Bullet
As: Dex
- 2019
The Phantom 52
As: The Phantom
- 2017
Lucky
As: Fred
- 2017
Day of Days
As: Walter
- 2016
Journey Back to Christmas
As: Tobias Cook
- 2016
A Hologram for the King
As: Ron Clay
- 2015
Field of Lost Shoes
As: Ulysses S. Grant
2014The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
As: Narrator (voice)
2014Wings: Sky Force Heroes
As: Colonel (voice)
2013At Middleton
As: Dr. Roland Emerson
2013Redwood Highway
As: Pete Peterson
- 2012
Ted
As: Tom Skerritt
2012Soda Springs
As: Walt Jackson
2011Redemption Road
As: Santa
2011Your Love Never Fails
As: Jack Connors
2011Over Hawaii
As: Narrator (voice)
2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
As: Narrator
2009For Sale By Owner
As: Clive Farrier
2009White Collar
As: Alan Mitchell
2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
As: Narrator (voice)
2009The Good Wife
As: James Paisley
2009Whiteout
As: Dr. John Fury
2009The Velveteen Rabbit
As: Horse (voice)
2008Leverage
As: Jimmy Ford
2008Beer for My Horses
As: Sheriff Wilson Landry
2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
As: Gabe Utterson
2008The Trojan Horse
As: President Stanfield
2007Killer Wave
As: Victor Bannister
2007Killer Wave
As: Victor Bannister
2006Brothers and Sisters
As: William Walker
2006Bonneville
As: Emmett L. Johnson
2006Fallen
As: Zeke
2006Desperation
As: John Edward Marinville
2006Mammoth
As: Simon Abernathy
2005Category 7: The End of the World
As: Colonel Mike Davis
2005Category 7: The End of the World
As: Colonel Mike Davis
2005The Closer
As: Det. Joey 'O' Olin
2005Vinegar Hill
As: Fritz Grier
2004Homeland Security
As: Admiral McKee
2004Homeland Security
As: Admiral Theodore McKee
2003Path to War
As: William Westmoreland
2003Swing
As: George Verdi
- 2003
Tears of the Sun
As: Captain Bill Rhodes
2002Greenmail
As: Tom Bradshaw
2002The Dead Zone
As: Herb Smith
2002Changing Hearts
As: Johnny Pinkley
2001Texas Rangers
As: Richard Dukes
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
As: Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
2000High Noon
As: Will Kane
2000An American Daughter
As: Walter
1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
As: Thomas Ahearn
1999The West Wing
As: Senator Chris Carrick
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Oliver Taft
1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
As: Fred Maddux
1999The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
As: Fred Maddux
1999Into the Wild Blue
As: Host
1999The Other Sister
As: Radley Tate
1998Will & Grace
As: Dr. Jay Markus
1998Smoke Signals
As: Police Chief
1998Two for Texas
As: Sam Houston
1997What the Deaf Man Heard
As: Norm Jenkins
- 1997
Contact
As: David Drumlin
1997Divided by Hate
As: Steve Riordan
1994Over California in High Definition
As: Narrator (voice)
1992A River Runs Through It
As: Rev. Maclean
1992Singles
As: Mayor Weber
1992Picket Fences: Pilot
As: Sheriff Jimmy Brock
1992Picket Fences
As: Jimmy Brock
1992Getting Up and Going Home
As: Jack Montgomery
1992Poison Ivy
As: Darryl Cooper
1992In Sickness and in Health
As: Jerritt Mattison
1992Knight Moves
As: Frank Sedman
1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
As: Ham McDonald
1990The Rookie
As: Eugene Ackerman
1990She'll Take Romance
As: Judge Warren Danvers
1990A Question About Sex
As: Jim
1990Child in the Night
As: Detective Bass
1990The China Lake Murders
As: Sheriff Sam Brodie
1989Big Man on Campus
As: Dr. Webster
1989Red King, White Knight
As: Stoner
1989Steel Magnolias
As: Drum Eatenton
1989The Heist
As: Ebbet Berens
1988Poltergeist III
As: Bruce Gardner
1988Nightmare at Bittercreek
As: Ding
1988Moving Target
As: Joseph Kellogg
1988Honor Bound
As: Sam Cahill
1987The Big Town
As: Phil Carpenter
1987Maid to Order
As: Charles Montgomery
1987Poker Alice
As: Jeremy Collins
1986Wisdom
As: Lloyd Wisdom
1986Miles to Go…
As: Stuart Browning
1986Opposing Force
As: Logan
1986The Parent Trap II
As: Bill Grand
1986SpaceCamp
As: Zack
- 1986
Top Gun
As: Viper
1985Danger Bay
As: Don Bared
1984A Touch of Scandal
As: Father Dwelle
1984Calendar Girl Murders
As: Lieutenant Dan Stoner
1983The Hitchhiker
As: Detective Frank Sheen
1983The Dead Zone
As: Sheriff Bannerman
1982A Dangerous Summer
As: Howard Anderson
1982Cheers
As: Evan Drake
1982Fighting Back
As: John D'Angelo
1981Silence of the North
As: Walter Reamer
1981Savage Harvest
As: Casey
- 1979
Alien
As: Dallas
1978Ice Castles
As: Marcus Winston
1978Up in Smoke
As: Strawberry
1978Maneaters Are Loose!
As: John Gosford
1977The Turning Point
As: Wayne
1976Origins of the Mafia
As: Bernardino Campo
1976Plot of Fear
As: Chief Inspector
1976La madama
As: Jack
1975The Devil's Rain
As: Tom Preston
1975The Last Day
As: Bill Powers
1974Big Bad Mama
As: Fred
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
As: Robert W. Palmer
1974Run, Run, Joe!
As: Margherito
1974Thieves Like Us
As: Dee Mobley
1973The Birdmen
As: Orville Fitzgerald
1972Fuzz
As: Det. Bert Kling
1971Harold and Maude
As: Motorcycle Officer
1971Nichols
As: Charley Doyle
1971Cannon
As: Bud
1971Wild Rovers
As: John Buckman
1970The Moonshine War
As: Neighbor (uncredited)
1970M*A*S*H
As: Duke Forrest
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Lew Morgan
1967A Bell for Adano
As: Sgt. Trapani
1967Mannix
As: Morgan Carpenter
1966The Time Tunnel
As: Matthew Gebhardt
1965The Further Adventures of Gallegher
As: Corky Mardis
1965The F.B.I.
As: Robert Hastings
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: John Clarence Rim
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Thorn Hazard
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Bill Leonard
1965Run for Your Life
As: Lou Patterson
1965Those Calloways
As: Whit Turner
196412 O'Clock High
As: Lt. Paddy Gialella
- 1964
12 O'Clock High
As: Lt. Steve Parmalee
1964One Man's Way
As: Leonard Peale, Grown
1963The Fugitive
As: Neely Hollister
- 1963
The Fugitive
As: Pete Edwards
1962Combat!
As: Hicks
- 1962
Combat!
As: Burke
- 1962
Combat!
As: Sgt. Decker
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As: Frank Farmer
1962The Virginian
As: Eric Kroeger
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Rev. Paul Martinson
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Billy Landers
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Moran
1962War Hunt
As: Sgt. Stan Showalter
1959Bonanza
As: Jerry
- 1959
Bonanza
As: Corporal Bill Tanner
1957The Real McCoys
As: Mailman
1957Wagon Train
As: Hamish Browne
1955Gunsmoke
As: Edmund Dano
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Ben Stone
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Orv Timpson
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Fred Garth
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Tuck Frye
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: Corky Mardis
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Norm Jenkins