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