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 Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Skerritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
all 187
Movies 123
TV Shows 64
self 17
Voice 6
Director 3
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Self - Interviewee
Alien, Terror in Space (2025)
Movie
Ben Givens / Executive Producer
East of the Mountains (2021)
Movie
The Phantom
The Phantom 52 (2019)
Movie
Walter
Day of Days (2017)
Movie
Tobias Cook
Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
Movie
6
Ulysses S. Grant
Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
Movie
Grant Humes
Return of the River (2014)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014)
Movie
Colonel (voice)
Wings: Sky Force Heroes (2014)
Movie
Dr. Roland Emerson
At Middleton (2013)
Movie
Pete Peterson
Redwood Highway (2013)
Movie
Tom Skerritt
Ted (2012)
Movie
7.47
Walt Jackson
Soda Springs (2012)
Movie
Jack Connors
Your Love Never Fails (2011)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Over Hawaii (2011)
Movie
Clive Farrier
For Sale By Owner (2009)
Movie
Alan Mitchell
White Collar (2009)
TV
6.63
James Paisley
The Good Wife (2009)
TV
6.01
Dr. John Fury
Whiteout (2009)
Movie
3.5
Horse (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
Movie
Jimmy Ford
Leverage (2008)
TV
6.42
Sheriff Wilson Landry
Beer for My Horses (2008)
Movie
Gabe Utterson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
Movie
President Stanfield
The Trojan Horse (2008)
TV
Victor Bannister
Killer Wave (2007)
Movie
Victor Bannister
Killer Wave (2007)
TV
William Walker
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
TV
Emmett L. Johnson
Bonneville (2006)
Movie
John Edward Marinville
Desperation (2006)
Movie
Simon Abernathy
Mammoth (2006)
Movie
Colonel Mike Davis
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
TV
Colonel Mike Davis
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
Movie
Viper (archive footage)
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV
6.27
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
The Closer (2005)
TV
7.25
Fritz Grier
Vinegar Hill (2005)
Movie
Admiral McKee
Homeland Security (2004)
Movie
Admiral Theodore McKee
Homeland Security (2004)
TV
William Westmoreland
Path to War (2003)
Movie
George Verdi
Swing (2003)
Movie
Captain Bill Rhodes
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Movie
Tom Bradshaw
Greenmail (2002)
Movie
Herb Smith
The Dead Zone (2002)
TV
5.73
Johnny Pinkley
Changing Hearts (2002)
Movie
Richard Dukes
Texas Rangers (2001)
Movie
Joseph P. 'Joe' Kennedy
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
Movie
Will Kane
High Noon (2000)
Movie
Thomas Ahearn
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
TV
5
Senator Chris Carrick
The West Wing (1999)
TV
5.66
Fred Maddux
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer (1999)
TV
Fred Maddux
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Movie
Radley Tate
The Other Sister (1999)
Movie
Dr. Jay Markus
Will & Grace (1998)
TV
6.33
Police Chief
Smoke Signals (1998)
Movie
Sam Houston
Two for Texas (1998)
Movie
Norm Jenkins
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Movie
David Drumlin
Contact (1997)
Movie
5.17
Steve Riordan / Director
Divided by Hate (1997)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Over California in High Definition (1994)
Movie
Self - Host
Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (1994)
Movie
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
TV
6
Rev. Maclean
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Movie
9
Sheriff Jimmy Brock
Picket Fences: Pilot (1992)
Movie
Jimmy Brock
Picket Fences (1992)
TV
10
Mayor Weber
Singles (1992)
Movie
3.5
Jack Montgomery
Getting Up and Going Home (1992)
Movie
Darryl Cooper
Poison Ivy (1992)
Movie
4.37
Jerritt Mattison
In Sickness and in Health (1992)
Movie
Frank Sedman
Knight Moves (1992)
Movie
8
Ham McDonald
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
Movie
Eugene Ackerman
The Rookie (1990)
Movie
6
Judge Warren Danvers
She'll Take Romance (1990)
Movie
Jim / Director
A Question About Sex (1990)
Movie
Detective Bass
Child in the Night (1990)
Movie
Sheriff Sam Brodie
The China Lake Murders (1990)
Movie
Dr. Webster
Big Man on Campus (1989)
Movie
Drum Eatenton
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Movie
4.75
Ebbet Berens
The Heist (1989)
Movie
Bruce Gardner
Poltergeist III (1988)
Movie
5.43
Joseph Kellogg
Moving Target (1988)
Movie
Sam Cahill
Honor Bound (1988)
Movie
Phil Carpenter
The Big Town (1987)
Movie
Charles Montgomery
Maid to Order (1987)
Movie
5
Jeremy Collins
Poker Alice (1987)
Movie
Lloyd Wisdom
Wisdom (1986)
Movie
6
Stuart Browning
Miles to Go… (1986)
Movie
Bill Grand
The Parent Trap II (1986)
Movie
5.16
Don Bared
Danger Bay (1985)
TV
Father Dwelle
A Touch of Scandal (1984)
Movie
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Movie
Detective Frank Sheen
The Hitchhiker (1983)
TV
5
Sheriff Bannerman
The Dead Zone (1983)
Movie
5.29
Howard Anderson
A Dangerous Summer (1982)
Movie
Evan Drake
Cheers (1982)
TV
6.12
John D'Angelo
Fighting Back (1982)
Movie
Walter Reamer
Silence of the North (1981)
Movie
Dallas
Alien (1979)
Movie
5.96
Marcus Winston
Ice Castles (1978)
Movie
9
Strawberry
Up in Smoke (1978)
Movie
4.48
John Gosford
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
Movie
Bernardino Campo
Origins of the Mafia (1976)
TV
Chief Inspector
Plot of Fear (1976)
Movie
Tom Preston
The Devil's Rain (1975)
Movie
Bill Powers
The Last Day (1975)
Movie
Robert W. Palmer
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
TV
5.33
Margherito
Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
Movie
Dee Mobley
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Movie
Orville Fitzgerald
The Birdmen (1973)
Movie
Director
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
TV
Det. Bert Kling
Fuzz (1972)
Movie
Motorcycle Officer
Harold and Maude (1971)
Movie
2
Charley Doyle
Nichols (1971)
TV
John Buckman
Wild Rovers (1971)
Movie
Neighbor (uncredited)
The Moonshine War (1970)
Movie
Duke Forrest
M*A*S*H (1970)
Movie
4.11
Lew Morgan
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Sgt. Trapani
A Bell for Adano (1967)
Movie
Morgan Carpenter
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Matthew Gebhardt
The Time Tunnel (1966)
TV
7
Corky Mardis
The Further Adventures of Gallegher (1965)
Movie
John Clarence Rim / Bill Leonard / Robert Hastings / Thorn Hazard
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Lou Patterson
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Whit Turner
Those Calloways (1965)
Movie
2.67
Lt. Paddy Gialella / Lt. Steve Parmalee
12 O'Clock High (1964)
TV
4.75
Leonard Peale, Grown
One Man's Way (1964)
Movie
Neely Hollister / Pete Edwards
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Sgt. Decker / Hicks / Burke
Combat! (1962)
TV
6
Frank Farmer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Billy Landers / Rev. Paul Martinson / Moran / Eric Kroeger
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Sgt. Stan Showalter
War Hunt (1962)
Movie
Jerry / Corporal Bill Tanner
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Mailman
The Real McCoys (1957)
TV
Hamish Browne
Wagon Train (1957)
TV
8
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Edmund Dano / Tuck Frye / Ben Stone / Orv Timpson / Fred Garth
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Corky Mardis
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
Norm Jenkins
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Voice of the River
Clear Water: Detroit’s River Revival
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1933-08-25 (91 years old)
Birth NameThomas Roy Skerritt
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States
ReligionScientology
ChildrenColin Skerritt, Matt Skerritt
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSan Juan Islands · Lake Washington, United States
Also Known AsTom Skerrit, Thomas Roy Skerritt, Τομ Σκέριτ, 汤姆·斯凯里特, 톰 스커릿, 湯姆·史基瑞, M. Borman, تام اسکریت
AwardsMary Pickford Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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