Tom Skerritt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1933
- Died
- October 21, 2026
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography
Broke 2025
as Cliff
Alien: Terror in Space 2025
as Self - Actor
- A Look Through His Lens
A Look Through His Lens 2024
as Self
East of the Mountains 2021
as Ben Givens, Executive Producer
Catch the Bullet 2021
as Dex
The Phantom 52 2019
as The Phantom
Memory: The Origins of Alien 2019
as Self
Lucky 2017
as Fred
Day of Days 2017
as Walter
Journey Back to Christmas 2016
as Tobias Cook
A Hologram for the King 2016
as Ron Clay
Field of Lost Shoes 2015
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway 2014
as Narrator (voice)
Wings: Sky Force Heroes 2014
as Colonel (voice)
At Middleton 2013
as Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway 2013
as Pete Peterson
Ted 2012
as Tom Skerritt
Soda Springs 2012
as Walt Jackson
Redemption Road 2011
as Santa
Your Love Never Fails 2011
as Jack Connors
Over Hawaii 2011
as Narrator (voice)
Soaring Over America 2010
Actor
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club 2009
as Narrator
For Sale by Owner 2009
as Clive Farrier
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 2009
as Narrator (voice)
Whiteout 2009
as Dr. John Fury
The Velveteen Rabbit 2009
as Horse (voice)
Beer for My Horses 2008
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2008
as Gabe Utterson
Bonneville 2006
as Emmett L. Johnson
Fallen 2006
as Zeke
Desperation 2006
as John Edward Marinville
Mammoth 2006
as Simon Abernathy
Vinegar Hill 2005
as Fritz Grier
Homeland Security 2004
as Admiral McKee
The Beast Within: Making Alien 2003
as Self
Path to War 2003
as William Westmoreland
Swing 2003
as George Verdi
Tears of the Sun 2003
as Captain Bill Rhodes
The Alien Saga 2002
as Self
Greenmail 2002
as Tom Bradshaw
Changing Hearts 2002
as Johnny Pinkley
Texas Rangers 2001
as Richard Dukes
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis 2000
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
High Noon 2000
as Will Kane
An American Daughter 2000
as Walter
- Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' 2000
as Self
Altman on His Own Terms 2000
as Self
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999
as Fred Maddux
Into the Wild Blue 1999
as Host
The Other Sister 1999
as Radley Tate
Smoke Signals 1998
as Police Chief
Two for Texas 1998
as Sam Houston
What the Deaf Man Heard 1997
as Norm Jenkins
Contact 1997
as David Drumlin
Divided by Hate 1997
as Steve Riordan, Director
Over America 1995
Actor
Over California 1994
as Narrator (voice)
A River Runs Through It 1992
as Reverend Maclean
Singles 1992
as Mayor Weber
Getting Up and Going Home 1992
as Jack Montgomery
Poison Ivy 1992
as Darryl Cooper
In Sickness and in Health 1992
as Jerritt Mattison
Knight Moves 1992
as Frank Sedman
The Making of 'Alien³' 1992
as Self
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue 1991
as Ham McDonald
The Rookie 1990
as Eugene Ackerman
She'll Take Romance 1990
as Judge Warren Danvers
A Question About Sex 1990
as Jim, Director
Child in the Night 1990
as Detective Bass
The China Lake Murders 1990
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
Big Man on Campus 1989
as Dr. Webster
Red King, White Knight 1989
as Stoner
Steel Magnolias 1989
as Drum Eatenton
The Heist 1989
as Ebbet Berens
Poltergeist III 1988
as Bruce Gardner
Nightmare at Bittercreek 1988
as Ding
Moving Target 1988
as Joseph Kellogg
Honor Bound 1988
as Sam Cahill
The Big Town 1987
as Phil Carpenter
Maid to Order 1987
as Charles Montgomery
Poker Alice 1987
as Jeremy Collins
Wisdom 1986
as Lloyd Wisdom
Miles to Go… 1986
as Stuart Browning
Opposing Force 1986
as Logan
The Parent Trap II 1986
as Bill Grand
SpaceCamp 1986
as Zack
Top Gun 1986
as Viper
A Touch of Scandal 1984
as Father Dwelle
Calendar Girl Murders 1984
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
The Dead Zone 1983
as Sheriff Bannerman
A Dangerous Summer 1982
as Howard Anderson
Fighting Back 1982
as John D'Angelo
Silence of the North 1981
as Walter Reamer
Savage Harvest 1981
as Casey
Alien 1979
as Dallas
Ice Castles 1978
as Marcus Winston
Up in Smoke 1978
as Strawberry
Maneaters Are Loose! 1978
as John Gosford
The Turning Point 1977
as Wayne
Plot of Fear 1976
as Chief Inspector
La madama 1976
as Jack
The Devil’s Rain 1975
as Tom Preston
The Last Day 1975
as Bill Powers
Big Bad Mama 1974
as Fred
Run, Run, Joe! 1974
as Margherito
Thieves Like Us 1974
as Dee Mobley
The Birdmen 1973
as Orville Fitzgerald
Fuzz 1972
as Det. Bert Kling
Harold and Maude 1971
as Motorcycle Officer
Wild Rovers 1971
as John Buckman
The Moonshine War 1970
as Neighbor (uncredited)
M*A*S*H 1970
as Duke Forrest
A Bell for Adano 1967
as Sgt. Trapani
The Further Adventures of Gallegher 1965
as Corky Mardis
Those Calloways 1964
as Whit Turner
One Man's Way 1964
as Leonard Peale, Grown
War Hunt 1962
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
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