Tom Skerritt
Born: 1933-08-25 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Broke as Cliff
- Alien: Terror in Space as Self - Actor
2024
- A Look Through His Lens as Self
2022
- Going Home as Vance Baker
2021
- East of the Mountains as Ben Givens
- Catch the Bullet as Dex
2019
- Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
- The Phantom 52 as The Phantom
2017
- Lucky as Fred
- Day of Days as Walter
2016
- The American West as Self
- A Hologram for the King as Ron Clay
- Journey Back to Christmas as Tobias Cook
2015
- Field of Lost Shoes as Ulysses S. Grant
2014
- Madam Secretary as Patrick McCord
- Wings: Sky Force Heroes as Colonel (voice)
- The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway as Narrator (voice)
2013
- At Middleton as Dr. Roland Emerson
- Redwood Highway as Pete Peterson
2012
- Ted as Tom Skerritt
- Soda Springs as Walt Jackson
2011
- Your Love Never Fails as Jack Connors
- Redemption Road as Santa
- Over Hawaii as Narrator (voice)
2010
2009
- The Good Wife as James Paisley
- White Collar as Alan Mitchell
- Whiteout as Dr. John Fury
- The Velveteen Rabbit as Horse (voice)
- For Sale by Owner as Clive Farrier
- The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club as Narrator
- Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as Narrator (voice)
2008
- Leverage as Jimmy Ford
- The Trojan Horse as President Stanfield
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Gabe Utterson
- Beer for My Horses as Sheriff Wilson Landry
2007
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
- Fallen as Zeke
- Killer Wave as Victor Bannister
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as William Walker
- Desperation as John Edward Marinville
- Fallen as Zeke
- Mammoth as Simon Abernathy
- Bonneville as Emmett L. Johnson
2005
- The Closer as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
- The Colbert Report as Viper (archive footage)
- Category 7: The End of the World as Colonel Mike Davis
- Vinegar Hill as Fritz Grier
2004
- Huff
- The Grid
- Homeland Security as Admiral Theodore McKee
- Homeland Security as Admiral McKee
2003
- Tears of the Sun as Captain Bill Rhodes
- Path to War as William Westmoreland
- Swing as George Verdi
- The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
2002
- The Dead Zone as Herb Smith
- The Alien Saga as Self
- Changing Hearts as Johnny Pinkley
- Greenmail as Tom Bradshaw
2001
- Texas Rangers as Richard Dukes
- History vs. Hollywood as Self
2000
- Backstory as Self
- Altman on His Own Terms as Self
- Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- High Noon as Will Kane
- Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
- An American Daughter as Walter
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Oliver Taft
- The West Wing as Chris Carrick
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Thomas Ahearn
- The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux
- The Other Sister as Radley Tate
- The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux
- Into the Wild Blue as Host
1998
- Will & Grace as Dr. Jay Markus
- Smoke Signals as Police Chief
- Two for Texas as Sam Houston
1997
- Contact as David Drumlin
- What the Deaf Man Heard as Norm Jenkins
- Divided by Hate as Steve Riordan
1995
1994
- Chicago Hope as Jim Kellner
- Over California as Narrator (voice)
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- Picket Fences as Jimmy Brock
- A River Runs Through It as Rev. Maclean
- Poison Ivy as Darryl Cooper
- Singles as Mayor Weber
- Knight Moves as Frank Sedman
- Getting Up and Going Home as Jack Montgomery
- In Sickness and in Health as Jerritt Mattison
1991
- Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Ham McDonald
1990
- The Rookie as Eugene Ackerman
- Child in the Night as Detective Bass
- The China Lake Murders as Sheriff Sam Brodie
- She'll Take Romance as Judge Warren Danvers
- A Question About Sex as Jim
1989
- Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton
- Big Man on Campus as Dr. Webster
- Red King, White Knight as Stoner
- The Heist as Ebbet Berens
1988
- Poltergeist III as Bruce Gardner
- Moving Target as Joseph Kellogg
- Nightmare at Bittercreek as Ding
- Honor Bound as Sam Cahill
1987
- The Big Town as Phil Carpenter
- Maid to Order as Charles Montgomery
- Poker Alice as Jeremy Collins
1986
- Top Gun as Viper
- SpaceCamp as Zack
- The Parent Trap II as Bill Grand
- Opposing Force as Logan
- Miles to Go… as Stuart Browning
- Wisdom as Lloyd Wisdom
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
- Danger Bay as Don Bared
1984
- Calendar Girl Murders as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
- A Touch of Scandal as Father Dwelle
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Detective Frank Sheen
- The Dead Zone as Sheriff Bannerman
- Ryan's Four as Dr. Thomas Ryan
1982
- Cheers as Evan Drake
- Fighting Back as John D'Angelo
- A Dangerous Summer as Howard Anderson
1981
- Savage Harvest as Casey
- Silence of the North as Walter Reamer
1979
- Alien as Dallas
1978
- Up in Smoke as Strawberry
- Ice Castles as Marcus Winston
- Maneaters Are Loose! as John Gosford
1977
- The Turning Point as Wayne
1976
- Origins of the Mafia as Bernardino Campo
- Plot of Fear as Chief Inspector
- La madama as Jack
1975
- Baretta
- S.W.A.T.
- The Devil’s Rain as Tom Preston
- The Last Day as Bill Powers
1974
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- The Manhunter
- Get Christie Love!
- Big Bad Mama as Fred
- Run, Run, Joe! as Margherito
- Thieves Like Us as Dee Mobley
1973
- The Birdmen as Orville Fitzgerald
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special ... (Director)
- Fuzz as Det. Bert Kling
1971
- Cannon as Bud
- Nichols as Charley Doyle
- Harold and Maude as Motorcycle Officer
- Wild Rovers as John Buckman
1970
- M*A*S*H as Duke Forrest
- The Moonshine War as Neighbor (uncredited)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Lew Morgan
- Lancer
- The Outsider as Arnie Cambor
1967
- Mannix as Morgan Carpenter
- Cimarron Strip as Enoch Shelton
- A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Trapani
1966
- The Time Tunnel as Matthew Gebhardt
- Felony Squad
1965
- The F.B.I. as Robert Hastings
- Run for Your Life as Lou Patterson
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Corky Mardis
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Lt. Paddy Gialella
- Those Calloways as Whit Turner
- One Man's Way as Leonard Peale, Grown
1963
- The Fugitive as Neely Hollister
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Frank Farmer
- The Virginian as Eric Kroeger
- Combat! as Hicks
- War Hunt as Sgt. Stan Showalter
1959
- Bonanza as Jerry
1957
- Wagon Train as Hamish Browne
- The Real McCoys as Mailman
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955
- Gunsmoke as Edmund Dano
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Corky Mardis
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Norm Jenkins
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee