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 184
Movies 121
TV Shows 63
self 16
Narrator 3
Voice 3
Director 3
Producer 1
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
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
Narrator

Over America (2008)
Movie
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

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
CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman

The Grid (2004)
TV
6
Admiral Ted McKee

Homeland Security (2004)
Movie
Admiral Ted 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
Self - Actor

The Alien Saga (2002)
Movie
Tom Bradshaw

Greenmail (2002)
Movie
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)
Movie
Fred Maddux

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer (1999)
TV
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

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
Mayor Weber

Singles (1992)
Movie
3.5
Jimmy Brock

Picket Fences (1992)
TV
10
Jack Montgomery

Getting Up and Going Home (1992)
Movie
Darryl Cooper

Poison Ivy (1992)
Movie
4.37
Jarrett 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
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
Fred Diller

Big Bad Mama (1974)
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
Thorn Hazard / John Clarence Rim / Bill Leonard / Robert Hastings

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
Pete Edwards / Neely Hollister

The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Burke / Sgt. Decker / Hicks

Combat! (1962)
TV
6
Frank Farmer

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Rev. Paul Martinson / Billy Landers / Eric Kroeger / Moran

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
Ben Stone / Edmund Dano / Orv Timpson / Tuck Frye / 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
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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 of America
Also Known AsTom Skerrit, Thomas Roy Skerritt, Τομ Σκέριτ, 汤姆·斯凯里特, 톰 스커릿, 湯姆·史基瑞, M. Borman
AwardsMary Pickford Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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