Tom Skerritt

Known for: Acting

Born: 1933-08-25 (age 92)

From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 (182)

MOVIE★ 7.1
Broke
2025
as Cliff
MOVIE★ 7.0
Alien: Terror in Space
2025
as Self - Actor
MOVIE
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
TV
Going Home
2022
as Vance Baker
MOVIE★ 5.5
East of the Mountains
2021
as Ben Givens
MOVIE★ 5.6
Catch the Bullet
2021
as Dex
MOVIE★ 9.4
The Phantom 52
2019
as The Phantom
MOVIE★ 6.4
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Lucky
2017
as Fred
MOVIE★ 3.5
Day of Days
2017
as Walter
MOVIE★ 6.5
Journey Back to Christmas
2016
as Tobias Cook
TV★ 6.7
The American West
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Hologram for the King
2016
as Ron Clay
MOVIE★ 6.1
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Ulysses S. Grant
TV★ 7.0
Madam Secretary
2014
as Patrick McCord
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2014
as Colonel (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
At Middleton
2013
as Dr. Roland Emerson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Redwood Highway
2013
as Pete Peterson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ted
2012
as Tom Skerritt
MOVIE★ 5.6
Soda Springs
2012
as Walt Jackson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Redemption Road
2011
as Santa
MOVIE★ 5.8
Your Love Never Fails
2011
as Jack Connors
MOVIE
Over Hawaii
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Soaring Over America
2010
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 3.4
For Sale by Owner
2009
as Clive Farrier
TV★ 8.2
White Collar
2009
as Alan Mitchell
MOVIE
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
2009
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as James Paisley
MOVIE★ 5.6
Whiteout
2009
as Dr. John Fury
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
as Horse (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Leverage
2008
as Jimmy Ford
MOVIE★ 4.7
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
MOVIE★ 4.6
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008
as Gabe Utterson
TV★ 4.0
The Trojan Horse
2008
as President Stanfield
TV★ 6.6
Fallen
2007
as Zeke
TV★ 7.1
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Killer Wave
2007
as Victor Bannister
TV★ 7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as William Walker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bonneville
2006
as Emmett L. Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Fallen
2006
as Zeke
MOVIE★ 5.5
Desperation
2006
as John Edward Marinville
MOVIE★ 4.5
Mammoth
2006
as Simon Abernathy
TV★ 6.7
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as Colonel Mike Davis
TV★ 7.9
The Closer
2005
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
MOVIE★ 4.4
Vinegar Hill
2005
as Fritz Grier
TV★ 7.7
Huff
2004
TV★ 6.6
The Grid
2004
MOVIE★ 4.8
Homeland Security
2004
as Admiral McKee
TV
Homeland Security
2004
as Admiral Theodore McKee
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Path to War
2003
as William Westmoreland
MOVIE★ 9.0
Swing
2003
as George Verdi
MOVIE★ 6.9
Tears of the Sun
2003
as Captain Bill Rhodes
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Alien Saga
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.4
Greenmail
2002
as Tom Bradshaw
TV★ 7.3
The Dead Zone
2002
as Herb Smith
MOVIE★ 6.4
Changing Hearts
2002
as Johnny Pinkley
MOVIE★ 6.0
Texas Rangers
2001
as Richard Dukes
TV★ 8.0
History vs. Hollywood
2001
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
MOVIE
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
MOVIE★ 5.7
High Noon
2000
as Will Kane
TV★ 7.7
Backstory
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
An American Daughter
2000
as Walter
MOVIE★ 6.3
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
as Thomas Ahearn
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Chris Carrick
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Taft
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
as Fred Maddux
TV★ 4.7
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
as Fred Maddux
MOVIE★ 10.0
Into the Wild Blue
1999
as Host
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Other Sister
1999
as Radley Tate
TV★ 6.9
Will & Grace
1998
as Dr. Jay Markus
MOVIE★ 6.8
Smoke Signals
1998
as Police Chief
MOVIE★ 6.6
Two for Texas
1998
as Sam Houston
MOVIE★ 6.4
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Norm Jenkins
MOVIE★ 7.4
Contact
1997
as David Drumlin
MOVIE★ 7.3
Divided by Hate
1997
as Steve Riordan
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE
Over America
1995
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Jim Kellner
MOVIE★ 6.5
Over California
1994
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.0
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Rev. Maclean
MOVIE★ 6.4
Singles
1992
as Mayor Weber
TV★ 7.5
Picket Fences
1992
as Jimmy Brock
MOVIE★ 10.0
Getting Up and Going Home
1992
as Jack Montgomery
MOVIE★ 5.4
Poison Ivy
1992
as Darryl Cooper
MOVIE★ 4.0
In Sickness and in Health
1992
as Jerritt Mattison
MOVIE★ 5.8
Knight Moves
1992
as Frank Sedman
MOVIE★ 5.4
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
as Ham McDonald
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Rookie
1990
as Eugene Ackerman
MOVIE★ 4.7
She'll Take Romance
1990
as Judge Warren Danvers
MOVIE
A Question About Sex
1990
as Jim
MOVIE★ 5.6
Child in the Night
1990
as Detective Bass
MOVIE★ 5.4
The China Lake Murders
1990
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
MOVIE★ 6.2
Big Man on Campus
1989
as Dr. Webster
MOVIE★ 6.4
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Stoner
MOVIE★ 7.2
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Drum Eatenton
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Heist
1989
as Ebbet Berens
MOVIE★ 5.2
Poltergeist III
1988
as Bruce Gardner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Nightmare at Bittercreek
1988
as Ding
MOVIE★ 6.1
Moving Target
1988
as Joseph Kellogg
MOVIE★ 10.0
Honor Bound
1988
as Sam Cahill
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Big Town
1987
as Phil Carpenter
MOVIE★ 5.5
Maid to Order
1987
as Charles Montgomery
MOVIE★ 6.9
Poker Alice
1987
as Jeremy Collins
MOVIE★ 6.0
Wisdom
1986
as Lloyd Wisdom
MOVIE★ 7.3
Miles to Go…
1986
as Stuart Browning
MOVIE★ 4.4
Opposing Force
1986
as Logan
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Parent Trap II
1986
as Bill Grand
MOVIE★ 5.9
SpaceCamp
1986
as Zack
MOVIE★ 7.1
Top Gun
1986
as Viper
TV★ 7.4
Danger Bay
1985
as Don Bared
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Touch of Scandal
1984
as Father Dwelle
MOVIE★ 4.7
Calendar Girl Murders
1984
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
TV★ 6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Detective Frank Sheen
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dead Zone
1983
as Sheriff Bannerman
TV
Ryan's Four
1983
as Dr. Thomas Ryan
MOVIE★ 4.1
A Dangerous Summer
1982
as Howard Anderson
TV★ 7.6
Cheers
1982
as Evan Drake
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fighting Back
1982
as John D'Angelo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Silence of the North
1981
as Walter Reamer
MOVIE★ 6.2
Savage Harvest
1981
as Casey
MOVIE★ 8.2
Alien
1979
as Dallas
MOVIE★ 7.4
Ice Castles
1978
as Marcus Winston
MOVIE★ 6.6
Up in Smoke
1978
as Strawberry
MOVIE★ 10.0
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
as John Gosford
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Turning Point
1977
as Wayne
TV★ 8.0
Origins of the Mafia
1976
as Bernardino Campo
MOVIE★ 5.6
Plot of Fear
1976
as Chief Inspector
MOVIE★ 6.2
La madama
1976
as Jack
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Devil’s Rain
1975
as Tom Preston
TV★ 7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Day
1975
as Bill Powers
TV★ 6.5
Baretta
1975
MOVIE★ 5.7
Big Bad Mama
1974
as Fred
TV★ 7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
TV★ 7.0
The Manhunter
1974
MOVIE★ 6.0
Run, Run, Joe!
1974
as Margherito
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thieves Like Us
1974
as Dee Mobley
TV★ 8.1
Get Christie Love!
1974
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Birdmen
1973
as Orville Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 5.5
Fuzz
1972
as Det. Bert Kling
MOVIE★ 7.6
Harold and Maude
1971
as Motorcycle Officer
TV★ 6.3
Nichols
1971
as Charley Doyle
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
as Bud
MOVIE★ 6.1
Wild Rovers
1971
as John Buckman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Moonshine War
1970
as Neighbor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
M*A*S*H
1970
as Duke Forrest
TV★ 5.6
Lancer
1968
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lew Morgan
TV★ 6.0
The Outsider
1968
as Arnie Cambor
MOVIE
A Bell for Adano
1967
as Sgt. Trapani
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Morgan Carpenter
TV★ 5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Enoch Shelton
TV★ 6.5
Felony Squad
1966
TV★ 7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Matthew Gebhardt
MOVIE
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Corky Mardis
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Robert Hastings
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Lou Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.4
Those Calloways
1964
as Whit Turner
TV★ 7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Paddy Gialella
MOVIE★ 4.3
One Man's Way
1964
as Leonard Peale, Grown
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Neely Hollister
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Hicks
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Frank Farmer
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Eric Kroeger
MOVIE★ 6.6
War Hunt
1962
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Jerry
TV★ 5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
as Mailman
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Hamish Browne
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Edmund Dano
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Corky Mardis
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Norm Jenkins
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee