Tom Skerritt
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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 Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.
Known for
Credits
Alien (1979)
as Dallas
Top Gun (1986)
as Viper
Ted (2012)
as Tom Skerritt
Contact (1997)
as David Drumlin
Tears of the Sun (2003)
as Captain Bill Rhodes
A River Runs Through It (1992)
as Rev. Maclean
M*A*S*H (1970)
as Duke Forrest
Steel Magnolias (1989)
as Drum Eatenton
Whiteout (2009)
as Dr. John Fury
The Rookie (1990)
as Eugene Ackerman
Broke (2025)
as Cliff
The Dead Zone (1983)
as Sheriff Bannerman
Lucky (2017)
as Fred
Poison Ivy (1992)
as Darryl Cooper
Poltergeist III (1988)
as Bruce Gardner
A Hologram for the King (2016)
as Ron Clay
Harold and Maude (1971)
as Motorcycle Officer
Up in Smoke (1978)
as Strawberry
Big Bad Mama (1974)
as Fred
Singles (1992)
as Mayor Weber
Path to War (2003)
as William Westmoreland
The Other Sister (1999)
as Radley Tate
The Parent Trap II (1986)
as Bill Grand
Fallen (2006)
as Zeke
Soda Springs (2012)
as Walt Jackson
Texas Rangers (2001)
as Richard Dukes
Swing (2003)
as George Verdi
Bonneville (2006)
as Emmett L. Johnson
The Big Town (1987)
as Phil Carpenter
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
as Norm Jenkins
The Moonshine War (1970)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Maid to Order (1987)
as Charles Montgomery
Desperation (2006)
as John Edward Marinville
The Turning Point (1977)
as Wayne
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
as Ham McDonald
At Middleton (2013)
as Dr. Roland Emerson
Ice Castles (1978)
as Marcus Winston
Your Love Never Fails (2011)
as Jack Connors
Child in the Night (1990)
as Detective Bass
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
as Gabe Utterson
SpaceCamp (1986)
as Zack
Fighting Back (1982)
as John D'Angelo
Knight Moves (1992)
as Frank Sedman
The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003)
as Self
Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
as Ulysses S. Grant
Red King, White Knight (1989)
as Stoner
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
as Horse (voice)
Catch the Bullet (2021)
as Dex
Mammoth (2006)
as Simon Abernathy
A Question About Sex (1990)
as Jim
Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
as Tobias Cook
Fuzz (1972)
as Det. Bert Kling
Those Calloways (1964)
as Whit Turner
Plot of Fear (1976)
as Chief Inspector
A Dangerous Summer (1982)
as Howard Anderson
East of the Mountains (2021)
as Ben Givens
Divided by Hate (1997)
as Steve Riordan
An American Daughter (2000)
as Walter
Greenmail (2002)
as Tom Bradshaw
The Heist (1989)
as Ebbet Berens
Big Man on Campus (1989)
as Dr. Webster
Wild Rovers (1971)
as John Buckman
Savage Harvest (1981)
as Casey
Homeland Security (2004)
as Admiral McKee
War Hunt (1962)
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
as Self
Smoke Signals (1998)
as Police Chief
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
as Tom Preston
Redemption Road (2011)
as Santa
Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988)
as Ding
Beer for My Horses (2008)
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
as Fred Maddux
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
as Self
Changing Hearts (2002)
as Johnny Pinkley
The Alien Saga (2002)
as Self
Wings: Sky Force Heroes (2014)
as Colonel (voice)
The Further Adventures of Gallegher (1965)
as Corky Mardis
Moving Target (1988)
as Joseph Kellogg
Vinegar Hill (2005)
as Fritz Grier
The China Lake Murders (1990)
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
Alien: Terror in Space (2025)
as Self - Actor
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
Two for Texas (1998)
as Sam Houston
A Touch of Scandal (1984)
as Father Dwelle
Redwood Highway (2013)
as Pete Peterson
The Birdmen (1973)
as Orville Fitzgerald
Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
as Margherito
Silence of the North (1981)
as Walter Reamer
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Opposing Force (1986)
as Logan
For Sale by Owner (2009)
as Clive Farrier
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
as John Gosford
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)
as Narrator
She'll Take Romance (1990)
as Judge Warren Danvers
Poker Alice (1987)
as Jeremy Collins
Wisdom (1986)
as Lloyd Wisdom
Thieves Like Us (1974)
as Dee Mobley
Getting Up and Going Home (1992)
as Jack Montgomery
A Look Through His Lens (2024)
as Self
In Sickness and in Health (1992)
as Jerritt Mattison
One Man's Way (1964)
as Leonard Peale, Grown
High Noon (2000)
as Will Kane
The Last Day (1975)
as Bill Powers
A Bell for Adano (1967)
as Sgt. Trapani
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Honor Bound (1988)
as Sam Cahill
Soaring Over America (2010)
Actor
Day of Days (2017)
as Walter
The Phantom 52 (2019)
as The Phantom
Over America (1995)
Actor
La madama (1976)
as Jack
Into the Wild Blue (1999)
as Host
Over California (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Miles to Go… (1986)
as Stuart Browning
Over Hawaii (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (2009)
as Narrator (voice)