Tom Skerritt
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Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in M*A*S*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992–96), Skerritt earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for the latter.
Known for
Credits
Alien (1979)
as Dallas
Contact (1997)
as David Drumlin
Top Gun (1986)
as Viper
Tears of the Sun (2003)
as Captain Bill Rhodes
M*A*S*H (1970)
as Duke Forrest
Ted (2012)
as Tom Skerritt
Desperation (2006)
as John Edward Marinville
A Hologram for the King (2016)
as Ron Clay
Whiteout (2009)
as Dr. John Fury
A River Runs Through It (1992)
as Reverend Maclean
Steel Magnolias (1989)
as Drum Eatenton
Broke (2025)
as Cliff
The Dead Zone (1983)
as Sheriff Bannerman
The Rookie (1990)
as Eugene Ackerman
Greenmail (2002)
as Tom Bradshaw
Harold and Maude (1971)
as Motorcycle Officer
Poison Ivy (1992)
as Darryl Cooper
Big Bad Mama (1974)
as Fred
Bonneville (2006)
as Emmett L. Johnson
Up in Smoke (1978)
as Strawberry
Poltergeist III (1988)
as Bruce Gardner
Lucky (2017)
as Fred
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Singles (1992)
as Mayor Weber
Fuzz (1972)
as Det. Bert Kling
Swing (2003)
as George Verdi
Soda Springs (2012)
as Walt Jackson
The Alien Saga (2002)
as Self
Poker Alice (1987)
as Jeremy Collins
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
as Tom Preston
Ice Castles (1978)
as Marcus Winston
The Parent Trap II (1986)
as Bill Grand
Knight Moves (1992)
as Frank Sedman
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
as Ham McDonald
War Hunt (1962)
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
Fallen (2006)
as Zeke
Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Other Sister (1999)
as Radley Tate
Maid to Order (1987)
as Charles Montgomery
Those Calloways (1964)
as Whit Turner
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
as Self
SpaceCamp (1986)
as Zack
Your Love Never Fails (2011)
as Jack Connors
Texas Rangers (2001)
as Richard Dukes
The Big Town (1987)
as Phil Carpenter
Path to War (2003)
as William Westmoreland
East of the Mountains (2021)
as Ben Givens
The Turning Point (1977)
as Wayne
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
as Horse (voice)
Catch the Bullet (2021)
as Dex
At Middleton (2013)
as Roland Emerson
Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
as Tobias Cook
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
as Norm Jenkins
A Question About Sex (1990)
as Jim
Fighting Back (1982)
as John D'Angelo
Wild Rovers (1971)
as John Buckman
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
as Gabe Utterson
Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
as Margherito
Mammoth (2006)
as Simon Abernathy
Smoke Signals (1998)
as Police Chief
Beer for My Horses (2008)
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
For Sale by Owner (2009)
as Clive Farrier
Alien: Terror in Space (2025)
as Self - Actor
Thieves Like Us (1974)
as Dee Mobley
Child in the Night (1990)
as Detective Bass
Big Man on Campus (1989)
as Dr. Webster
The China Lake Murders (1990)
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
Wisdom (1986)
as Lloyd Wisdom
Opposing Force (1986)
as Logan
Plot of Fear (1976)
as Chief Inspector
Wings: Sky Force Heroes (2014)
as Colonel (voice)
The Heist (1989)
as Ebbet Berens
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
The Moonshine War (1970)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
as Fred Maddux
High Noon (2000)
as Will Kane
Getting Up and Going Home (1992)
as Jack Montgomery
Over California (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Silence of the North (1981)
as Walter Reamer
A Look Through His Lens (2024)
as Self
The Further Adventures of Gallegher (1965)
as Corky Mardis
The Last Day (1975)
as Bill Powers
La madama (1976)
as Jack
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003)
as Self
In Sickness and in Health (1992)
as Jerritt Mattison
Redemption Road (2011)
as Santa
Savage Harvest (1981)
as Casey
Moving Target (1988)
as Joseph Kellogg
Red King, White Knight (1989)
as Stoner
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)
as Narrator
One Man's Way (1964)
as Leonard Peale, Grown
A Touch of Scandal (1984)
as Father Dwelle
The Making of 'Alien³' (1992)
as Self
A Bell for Adano (1967)
as Sgt. Trapani
Changing Hearts (2002)
as Johnny Pinkley
She'll Take Romance (1990)
as Judge Warren Danvers
Two for Texas (1998)
as Sam Houston
Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988)
as Ding
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
as Self
The Birdmen (1973)
as Orville Fitzgerald
A Dangerous Summer (1982)
as Howard Anderson
Homeland Security (2004)
as Admiral McKee
Vinegar Hill (2005)
as Fritz Grier
Divided by Hate (1997)
as Steve Riordan
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
as John Gosford
An American Daughter (2000)
as Walter
The Phantom 52 (2019)
as The Phantom
Miles to Go… (1986)
as Stuart Browning
Redwood Highway (2013)
as Pete Peterson
Into the Wild Blue (1999)
as Host
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Honor Bound (1988)
as Sam Cahill
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Over America (1995)
Actor
Over Hawaii (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Day of Days (2017)
as Walter
Soaring Over America (2010)
Actor