Tom Skerritt

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

2025
Broke poster

Broke

Movie · as Cliff

2025
Alien: Terror in Space poster

Alien: Terror in Space

Movie · as Self - Actor

2024
A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

Movie · as Self

2022
Going Home poster

Going Home

TV · as Vance Baker · 1 ep

2021
East of the Mountains poster

East of the Mountains

Movie · as Ben Givens

2021
Catch the Bullet poster

Catch the Bullet

Movie · as Dex

2019
The Phantom 52 poster

The Phantom 52

Movie · as The Phantom

2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien poster

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Movie · as Self

2017
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · as Fred

2017
Day of Days poster

Day of Days

Movie · as Walter

2016
A Hologram for the King poster

A Hologram for the King

Movie · as Ron Clay

2016
Journey Back to Christmas poster

Journey Back to Christmas

Movie · as Tobias Cook

2016
The American West poster

The American West

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2015
Field of Lost Shoes poster

Field of Lost Shoes

Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant

2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes poster

Wings: Sky Force Heroes

Movie · as Colonel (voice)

2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway poster

The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary

TV · as Patrick McCord · 1 ep

2013
At Middleton poster

At Middleton

Movie · as Roland Emerson

2013
Redwood Highway poster

Redwood Highway

Movie · as Pete Peterson

2012
Ted poster

Ted

Movie · as Tom Skerritt

2012
Soda Springs poster

Soda Springs

Movie · as Walt Jackson

2011
Redemption Road poster

Redemption Road

Movie · as Santa

2011
Over Hawaii poster

Over Hawaii

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Your Love Never Fails poster

Your Love Never Fails

Movie · as Jack Connors

2010
Soaring Over America poster

Soaring Over America

Movie

2009
Whiteout poster

Whiteout

Movie · as Dr. John Fury

2009
For Sale by Owner poster

For Sale by Owner

Movie · as Clive Farrier

2009
The Velveteen Rabbit poster

The Velveteen Rabbit

Movie · as Horse (voice)

2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition poster

Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club poster

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

Movie · as Narrator

2009
White Collar poster

White Collar

TV · as Alan Mitchell · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as James Paisley · 2 eps

2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Gabe Utterson

2008
Beer for My Horses poster

Beer for My Horses

Movie · as Sheriff Wilson Landry

2008
The Trojan Horse poster

The Trojan Horse

TV · as President Stanfield · 2 eps

2008
Leverage poster

Leverage

TV · as Jimmy Ford · 2 eps

2007
Fallen poster

Fallen

TV · as Zeke · 1 ep

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Killer Wave poster

Killer Wave

TV · as Victor Bannister · 2 eps

2006
Desperation poster

Desperation

Movie · as John Edward Marinville

2006
Mammoth poster

Mammoth

Movie · as Simon Abernathy

2006
Bonneville poster

Bonneville

Movie · as Emmett L. Johnson

2006
Fallen poster

Fallen

Movie · as Zeke

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as William Walker · 6 eps

2005
Vinegar Hill poster

Vinegar Hill

Movie · as Fritz Grier

2005
Category 7: The End of the World poster

Category 7: The End of the World

TV · as Colonel Mike Davis · 2 eps

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Det. Joey 'O' Olin · 1 ep

2004
Homeland Security poster

Homeland Security

Movie · as Admiral McKee

2004
Huff poster

Huff

TV · 2 eps

2004
The Grid poster

The Grid

TV · 6 eps

2004
Homeland Security poster

Homeland Security

TV · as Admiral Theodore McKee · 1 ep

2003
Path to War poster

Path to War

Movie · as William Westmoreland

2003
Tears of the Sun poster

Tears of the Sun

Movie · as Captain Bill Rhodes

2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien poster

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Movie · as Self

2003
Swing poster

Swing

Movie · as George Verdi

2002
Changing Hearts poster

Changing Hearts

Movie · as Johnny Pinkley

2002
Greenmail poster

Greenmail

Movie · as Tom Bradshaw

2002
The Alien Saga poster

The Alien Saga

Movie · as Self

2002
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

TV · as Herb Smith · 1 ep

2001
Texas Rangers poster

Texas Rangers

Movie · as Richard Dukes

2001
History vs. Hollywood poster

History vs. Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
High Noon poster

High Noon

Movie · as Will Kane

2000
An American Daughter poster

An American Daughter

Movie · as Walter

2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

Movie · as Self

2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis poster

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Movie · as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

2000
Altman on His Own Terms poster

Altman on His Own Terms

Movie · as Self

2000
Backstory poster

Backstory

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis poster

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

TV · as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2 eps

1999
The Other Sister poster

The Other Sister

Movie · as Radley Tate

1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer poster

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Movie · as Fred Maddux

1999
Into the Wild Blue poster

Into the Wild Blue

Movie · as Host

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Oliver Taft · 1 ep

1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York poster

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

TV · as Thomas Ahearn · 2 eps

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Chris Carrick · 1 ep

1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer poster

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

TV · as Fred Maddux · 2 eps

1998
Two for Texas poster

Two for Texas

Movie · as Sam Houston

1998
Smoke Signals poster

Smoke Signals

Movie · as Police Chief

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Dr. Jay Markus · 1 ep

1997
Contact poster

Contact

Movie · as David Drumlin

1997
Divided by Hate poster

Divided by Hate

Movie · as Steve Riordan

1997
What the Deaf Man Heard poster

What the Deaf Man Heard

Movie · as Norm Jenkins

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Over America poster

Over America

Movie

1994
Over California poster

Over California

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Jim Kellner · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
A River Runs Through It poster

A River Runs Through It

Movie · as Reverend Maclean

1992
Singles poster

Singles

Movie · as Mayor Weber

1992
Knight Moves poster

Knight Moves

Movie · as Frank Sedman

1992
Poison Ivy poster

Poison Ivy

Movie · as Darryl Cooper

1992
Getting Up and Going Home poster

Getting Up and Going Home

Movie · as Jack Montgomery

1992
In Sickness and in Health poster

In Sickness and in Health

Movie · as Jerritt Mattison

1992
The Making of 'Alien³' poster

The Making of 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self

1992
Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences

TV · as Jimmy Brock · 88 eps

1991
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue poster

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

Movie · as Ham McDonald

1990
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

Movie · as Eugene Ackerman

1990
Child in the Night poster

Child in the Night

Movie · as Detective Bass

1990
The China Lake Murders poster

The China Lake Murders

Movie · as Sheriff Sam Brodie

1990
She'll Take Romance poster

She'll Take Romance

Movie · as Judge Warren Danvers

1990
A Question About Sex poster

A Question About Sex

Movie · as Jim

1989
Steel Magnolias poster

Steel Magnolias

Movie · as Drum Eatenton

1989
The Heist poster

The Heist

Movie · as Ebbet Berens

1989
Big Man on Campus poster

Big Man on Campus

Movie · as Dr. Webster

1989
Red King, White Knight poster

Red King, White Knight

Movie · as Stoner

1988
Poltergeist III poster

Poltergeist III

Movie · as Bruce Gardner

1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek poster

Nightmare at Bittercreek

Movie · as Ding

1988
Moving Target poster

Moving Target

Movie · as Joseph Kellogg

1988
Honor Bound poster

Honor Bound

Movie · as Sam Cahill

1987
Maid to Order poster

Maid to Order

Movie · as Charles Montgomery

1987
Poker Alice poster

Poker Alice

Movie · as Jeremy Collins

1987
The Big Town poster

The Big Town

Movie · as Phil Carpenter

1986
Top Gun poster

Top Gun

Movie · as Viper

1986
Opposing Force poster

Opposing Force

Movie · as Logan

1986
SpaceCamp poster

SpaceCamp

Movie · as Zack

1986
Wisdom poster

Wisdom

Movie · as Lloyd Wisdom

1986
The Parent Trap II poster

The Parent Trap II

Movie · as Bill Grand

1986
Miles to Go… poster

Miles to Go…

Movie · as Stuart Browning

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

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

1985
Danger Bay poster

Danger Bay

TV · as Don Bared · 1 ep

1984
Calendar Girl Murders poster

Calendar Girl Murders

Movie · as Lieutenant Dan Stoner

1984
A Touch of Scandal poster

A Touch of Scandal

Movie · as Father Dwelle

1983
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

Movie · as Sheriff Bannerman

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Detective Frank Sheen · 1 ep

1983
Ryan's Four poster

Ryan's Four

TV · as Dr. Thomas Ryan · 5 eps

1982
Fighting Back poster

Fighting Back

Movie · as John D'Angelo

1982
A Dangerous Summer poster

A Dangerous Summer

Movie · as Howard Anderson

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Evan Drake · 6 eps

1981
Savage Harvest poster

Savage Harvest

Movie · as Casey

1981
Silence of the North poster

Silence of the North

Movie · as Walter Reamer

1979
Alien poster

Alien

Movie · as Dallas

1978
Maneaters Are Loose! poster

Maneaters Are Loose!

Movie · as John Gosford

1978
Ice Castles poster

Ice Castles

Movie · as Marcus Winston

1978
Up in Smoke poster

Up in Smoke

Movie · as Strawberry

1977
The Turning Point poster

The Turning Point

Movie · as Wayne

1976
Plot of Fear poster

Plot of Fear

Movie · as Chief Inspector

1976
La madama poster

La madama

Movie · as Jack

1976
Origins of the Mafia poster

Origins of the Mafia

TV · as Bernardino Campo · 1 ep

1975
The Devil’s Rain poster

The Devil’s Rain

Movie · as Tom Preston

1975
The Last Day poster

The Last Day

Movie · as Bill Powers

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1975
S.W.A.T. poster

S.W.A.T.

TV · 1 ep

1974
Thieves Like Us poster

Thieves Like Us

Movie · as Dee Mobley

1974
Big Bad Mama poster

Big Bad Mama

Movie · as Fred

1974
Run, Run, Joe! poster

Run, Run, Joe!

Movie · as Margherito

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV · as Robert W. Palmer

1974
The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter

TV · 1 ep

1974
Get Christie Love! poster

Get Christie Love!

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Birdmen poster

The Birdmen

Movie · as Orville Fitzgerald

1972
Fuzz poster

Fuzz

Movie · as Det. Bert Kling

1971
Wild Rovers poster

Wild Rovers

Movie · as John Buckman

1971
Harold and Maude poster

Harold and Maude

Movie · as Motorcycle Officer

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · as Bud · 3 eps

1971
Nichols poster

Nichols

TV · as Charley Doyle · 1 ep

1970
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

Movie · as Duke Forrest

1970
The Moonshine War poster

The Moonshine War

Movie · as Neighbor (uncredited)

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Lew Morgan · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Arnie Cambor · 1 ep

1967
A Bell for Adano poster

A Bell for Adano

Movie · as Sgt. Trapani

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Morgan Carpenter · 1 ep

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · as Enoch Shelton · 1 ep

1966
The Time Tunnel poster

The Time Tunnel

TV · as Matthew Gebhardt · 1 ep

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher poster

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

Movie · as Corky Mardis

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Robert Hastings, John Clarence Rim, Thorn Hazard, Bill Leonard · 1 ep

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Lou Patterson · 1 ep

1964
One Man's Way poster

One Man's Way

Movie · as Leonard Peale, Grown

1964
Those Calloways poster

Those Calloways

Movie · as Whit Turner

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Lt. Paddy Gialella, Lt. Steve Parmalee · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Neely Hollister, Pete Edwards · 1 ep

1962
War Hunt poster

War Hunt

Movie · as Sgt. Stan Showalter

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

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

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

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

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Frank Farmer · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Jerry, Corporal Bill Tanner · 1 ep

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · as Price · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Hamish Browne · 1 ep

1957
The Real McCoys poster

The Real McCoys

TV · as Mailman · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

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

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Corky Mardis · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Norm Jenkins · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps