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