
Tom Skerritt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1933
- Died
- October 21, 2026 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography

Broke
Movie · as Cliff

Alien: Terror in Space
Movie · as Self - Actor
A Look Through His Lens
Movie · as Self

Going Home
TV · as Vance Baker · 1 ep

East of the Mountains
Movie · as Ben Givens

Catch the Bullet
Movie · as Dex

The Phantom 52
Movie · as The Phantom

Memory: The Origins of Alien
Movie · as Self

Lucky
Movie · as Fred

Day of Days
Movie · as Walter

A Hologram for the King
Movie · as Ron Clay

Journey Back to Christmas
Movie · as Tobias Cook

The American West
TV · as Self · 8 eps

Field of Lost Shoes
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant

Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Movie · as Colonel (voice)

The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Madam Secretary
TV · as Patrick McCord · 1 ep

At Middleton
Movie · as Roland Emerson

Redwood Highway
Movie · as Pete Peterson

Ted
Movie · as Tom Skerritt

Soda Springs
Movie · as Walt Jackson

Redemption Road
Movie · as Santa

Over Hawaii
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Your Love Never Fails
Movie · as Jack Connors

Soaring Over America
Movie

Whiteout
Movie · as Dr. John Fury

For Sale by Owner
Movie · as Clive Farrier

The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie · as Horse (voice)

Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Movie · as Narrator

White Collar
TV · as Alan Mitchell · 1 ep

The Good Wife
TV · as James Paisley · 2 eps

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Gabe Utterson

Beer for My Horses
Movie · as Sheriff Wilson Landry

The Trojan Horse
TV · as President Stanfield · 2 eps

Leverage
TV · as Jimmy Ford · 2 eps

Fallen
TV · as Zeke · 1 ep

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Killer Wave
TV · as Victor Bannister · 2 eps

Desperation
Movie · as John Edward Marinville

Mammoth
Movie · as Simon Abernathy

Bonneville
Movie · as Emmett L. Johnson

Fallen
Movie · as Zeke

Brothers and Sisters
TV · as William Walker · 6 eps

Vinegar Hill
Movie · as Fritz Grier

Category 7: The End of the World
TV · as Colonel Mike Davis · 2 eps

The Closer
TV · as Det. Joey 'O' Olin · 1 ep

Homeland Security
Movie · as Admiral McKee

Huff
TV · 2 eps

The Grid
TV · 6 eps

Homeland Security
TV · as Admiral Theodore McKee · 1 ep

Path to War
Movie · as William Westmoreland

Tears of the Sun
Movie · as Captain Bill Rhodes

The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie · as Self

Swing
Movie · as George Verdi

Changing Hearts
Movie · as Johnny Pinkley

Greenmail
Movie · as Tom Bradshaw

The Alien Saga
Movie · as Self

The Dead Zone
TV · as Herb Smith · 1 ep

Texas Rangers
Movie · as Richard Dukes

History vs. Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep

High Noon
Movie · as Will Kane

An American Daughter
Movie · as Walter
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Movie · as Self

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Movie · as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

Altman on His Own Terms
Movie · as Self

Backstory
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
TV · as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2 eps

The Other Sister
Movie · as Radley Tate

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie · as Fred Maddux

Into the Wild Blue
Movie · as Host

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Oliver Taft · 1 ep

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV · as Thomas Ahearn · 2 eps

The West Wing
TV · as Chris Carrick · 1 ep

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV · as Fred Maddux · 2 eps

Two for Texas
Movie · as Sam Houston

Smoke Signals
Movie · as Police Chief

Will & Grace
TV · as Dr. Jay Markus · 1 ep

Contact
Movie · as David Drumlin

Divided by Hate
Movie · as Steve Riordan

What the Deaf Man Heard
Movie · as Norm Jenkins

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep

Over America
Movie

Over California
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Chicago Hope
TV · as Jim Kellner · 1 ep

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

A River Runs Through It
Movie · as Reverend Maclean

Singles
Movie · as Mayor Weber

Knight Moves
Movie · as Frank Sedman

Poison Ivy
Movie · as Darryl Cooper

Getting Up and Going Home
Movie · as Jack Montgomery

In Sickness and in Health
Movie · as Jerritt Mattison

The Making of 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self

Picket Fences
TV · as Jimmy Brock · 88 eps

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Movie · as Ham McDonald

The Rookie
Movie · as Eugene Ackerman

Child in the Night
Movie · as Detective Bass

The China Lake Murders
Movie · as Sheriff Sam Brodie

She'll Take Romance
Movie · as Judge Warren Danvers

A Question About Sex
Movie · as Jim

Steel Magnolias
Movie · as Drum Eatenton

The Heist
Movie · as Ebbet Berens

Big Man on Campus
Movie · as Dr. Webster

Red King, White Knight
Movie · as Stoner

Poltergeist III
Movie · as Bruce Gardner

Nightmare at Bittercreek
Movie · as Ding

Moving Target
Movie · as Joseph Kellogg

Honor Bound
Movie · as Sam Cahill

Maid to Order
Movie · as Charles Montgomery

Poker Alice
Movie · as Jeremy Collins

The Big Town
Movie · as Phil Carpenter

Top Gun
Movie · as Viper

Opposing Force
Movie · as Logan

SpaceCamp
Movie · as Zack

Wisdom
Movie · as Lloyd Wisdom

The Parent Trap II
Movie · as Bill Grand

Miles to Go…
Movie · as Stuart Browning

The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "What Are Friends For?") · 1 ep

Danger Bay
TV · as Don Bared · 1 ep

Calendar Girl Murders
Movie · as Lieutenant Dan Stoner

A Touch of Scandal
Movie · as Father Dwelle

The Dead Zone
Movie · as Sheriff Bannerman

The Hitchhiker
TV · as Detective Frank Sheen · 1 ep

Ryan's Four
TV · as Dr. Thomas Ryan · 5 eps

Fighting Back
Movie · as John D'Angelo

A Dangerous Summer
Movie · as Howard Anderson

Cheers
TV · as Evan Drake · 6 eps

Savage Harvest
Movie · as Casey

Silence of the North
Movie · as Walter Reamer

Alien
Movie · as Dallas

Maneaters Are Loose!
Movie · as John Gosford

Ice Castles
Movie · as Marcus Winston

Up in Smoke
Movie · as Strawberry

The Turning Point
Movie · as Wayne

Plot of Fear
Movie · as Chief Inspector

La madama
Movie · as Jack

Origins of the Mafia
TV · as Bernardino Campo · 1 ep

The Devil’s Rain
Movie · as Tom Preston

The Last Day
Movie · as Bill Powers

Baretta
TV · 1 ep

S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep

Thieves Like Us
Movie · as Dee Mobley

Big Bad Mama
Movie · as Fred

Run, Run, Joe!
Movie · as Margherito

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Robert W. Palmer

The Manhunter
TV · 1 ep

Get Christie Love!
TV · 1 ep

The Birdmen
Movie · as Orville Fitzgerald

Fuzz
Movie · as Det. Bert Kling

Wild Rovers
Movie · as John Buckman

Harold and Maude
Movie · as Motorcycle Officer

Cannon
TV · as Bud · 3 eps

Nichols
TV · as Charley Doyle · 1 ep

M*A*S*H
Movie · as Duke Forrest

The Moonshine War
Movie · as Neighbor (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Lew Morgan · 1 ep

Lancer
TV · 1 ep

The Outsider
TV · as Arnie Cambor · 1 ep

A Bell for Adano
Movie · as Sgt. Trapani

Mannix
TV · as Morgan Carpenter · 1 ep

Cimarron Strip
TV · as Enoch Shelton · 1 ep

The Time Tunnel
TV · as Matthew Gebhardt · 1 ep

Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Movie · as Corky Mardis

The F.B.I.
TV · as Robert Hastings, John Clarence Rim, Thorn Hazard, Bill Leonard · 1 ep

Run for Your Life
TV · as Lou Patterson · 1 ep

One Man's Way
Movie · as Leonard Peale, Grown

Those Calloways
Movie · as Whit Turner

12 O'Clock High
TV · as Lt. Paddy Gialella, Lt. Steve Parmalee · 1 ep

The Fugitive
TV · as Neely Hollister, Pete Edwards · 1 ep

War Hunt
Movie · as Sgt. Stan Showalter

Combat!
TV · as Hicks, Burke, Sgt. Decker · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Eric Kroeger, Rev. Paul Martinson, Billy Landers, Moran · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Frank Farmer · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Jerry, Corporal Bill Tanner · 1 ep

Laramie
TV · as Price · 1 ep

Wagon Train
TV · as Hamish Browne · 1 ep

The Real McCoys
TV · as Mailman · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Gunsmoke
TV · as Edmund Dano, Ben Stone, Orv Timpson, Fred Garth, Tuck Frye · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Corky Mardis · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Norm Jenkins · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps









