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