Tom Skerritt
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieBroke
2025
Cliff
movieAlien: Terror in Space
2025
Self - Actor
tvGoing Home
2022
Vance Baker
movieEast of the Mountains
2021
Ben Givens
movieThe Phantom 52
2019
The Phantom
movieLucky
2017
Fred
movieDay of Days
2017
Walter
movieJourney Back to Christmas
2016
Tobias Cook
movieA Hologram for the King
2016
Ron Clay
movieField of Lost Shoes
2015
Ulysses S. Grant
tvMadam Secretary
2014
Patrick McCord
movieThe Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014
Narrator (voice)
movieWings: Sky Force Heroes
2014
Colonel (voice)
movieAt Middleton
2013
Dr. Roland Emerson
movieRedwood Highway
2013
Pete Peterson
movieTed
2012
Tom Skerritt
movieSoda Springs
2012
Walt Jackson
movieYour Love Never Fails
2011
Jack Connors
movieOver Hawaii
2011
Narrator (voice)
movieFor Sale by Owner
2009
Clive Farrier
tvWhite Collar
2009
Alan Mitchell
tvThe Good Wife
2009
James Paisley
movieWhiteout
2009
Dr. John Fury
movieThe Velveteen Rabbit
2009
Horse (voice)
tvLeverage
2008
Jimmy Ford
movieBeer for My Horses
2008
Sheriff Wilson Landry
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008
Gabe Utterson
tvThe Trojan Horse
2008
President Stanfield
tvFallen
2007
Zeke
tvKiller Wave
2007
Victor Bannister
tvBrothers and Sisters
2006
William Walker
movieBonneville
2006
Emmett L. Johnson
movieFallen
2006
Zeke
movieDesperation
2006
John Edward Marinville
movieMammoth
2006
Simon Abernathy
tvCategory 7: The End of the World
2005
Colonel Mike Davis
tvThe Closer
2005
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
movieVinegar Hill
2005
Fritz Grier
movieHomeland Security
2004
Admiral McKee
tvHomeland Security
2004
Admiral Theodore McKee
moviePath to War
2003
William Westmoreland
movieSwing
2003
George Verdi
movieTears of the Sun
2003
Captain Bill Rhodes
movieGreenmail
2002
Tom Bradshaw
tvThe Dead Zone
2002
Herb Smith
movieChanging Hearts
2002
Johnny Pinkley
movieTexas Rangers
2001
Richard Dukes
tvJackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
movieJackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
movieHigh Noon
2000
Will Kane
tvBackstory
2000
Self
tvAftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
Thomas Ahearn
tvThe West Wing
1999
Chris Carrick
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Oliver Taft
movieThe Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Fred Maddux
tvThe Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Fred Maddux
movieThe Other Sister
1999
Radley Tate
tvWill & Grace
1998
Dr. Jay Markus
movieSmoke Signals
1998
Police Chief
movieTwo for Texas
1998
Sam Houston
movieWhat the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Norm Jenkins
movieContact
1997
David Drumlin
movieDivided by Hate
1997
Steve Riordan
tvChicago Hope
1994
Jim Kellner
movieOver California
1994
Narrator (voice)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieA River Runs Through It
1992
Rev. Maclean
movieSingles
1992
Mayor Weber
tvPicket Fences
1992
Jimmy Brock
movieGetting Up and Going Home
1992
Jack Montgomery
moviePoison Ivy
1992
Darryl Cooper
movieIn Sickness and in Health
1992
Jerritt Mattison
movieKnight Moves
1992
Frank Sedman
movieWild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
Ham McDonald
movieThe Rookie
1990
Eugene Ackerman
movieShe'll Take Romance
1990
Judge Warren Danvers
movieChild in the Night
1990
Detective Bass
movieThe China Lake Murders
1990
Sheriff Sam Brodie
movieBig Man on Campus
1989
Dr. Webster
movieSteel Magnolias
1989
Drum Eatenton
movieThe Heist
1989
Ebbet Berens
moviePoltergeist III
1988
Bruce Gardner
movieMoving Target
1988
Joseph Kellogg
movieHonor Bound
1988
Sam Cahill
movieThe Big Town
1987
Phil Carpenter
movieMaid to Order
1987
Charles Montgomery
moviePoker Alice
1987
Jeremy Collins
movieWisdom
1986
Lloyd Wisdom
movieMiles to Go…
1986
Stuart Browning
movieThe Parent Trap II
1986
Bill Grand
movieTop Gun
1986
Viper
tvDanger Bay
1985
Don Bared
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "What Are Friends For?")
movieA Touch of Scandal
1984
Father Dwelle
movieCalendar Girl Murders
1984
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Detective Frank Sheen
movieThe Dead Zone
1983
Sheriff Bannerman
tvRyan's Four
1983
Dr. Thomas Ryan
movieA Dangerous Summer
1982
Howard Anderson
tvCheers
1982
Evan Drake
movieFighting Back
1982
John D'Angelo
movieSilence of the North
1981
Walter Reamer
movieAlien
1979
Dallas
movieIce Castles
1978
Marcus Winston
movieUp in Smoke
1978
Strawberry
movieManeaters Are Loose!
1978
John Gosford
tvOrigins of the Mafia
1976
Bernardino Campo
moviePlot of Fear
1976
Chief Inspector
movieThe Devil’s Rain
1975
Tom Preston
movieThe Last Day
1975
Bill Powers
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Robert W. Palmer
movieRun, Run, Joe!
1974
Margherito
movieThieves Like Us
1974
Dee Mobley
movieThe Birdmen
1973
Orville Fitzgerald
movieFuzz
1972
Det. Bert Kling
movieHarold and Maude
1971
Motorcycle Officer
tvNichols
1971
Charley Doyle
tvCannon
1971
Bud
movieWild Rovers
1971
John Buckman
movieThe Moonshine War
1970
Neighbor (uncredited)
movieM*A*S*H
1970
Duke Forrest
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Lew Morgan
tvThe Outsider
1968
Arnie Cambor
movieA Bell for Adano
1967
Sgt. Trapani
tvMannix
1967
Morgan Carpenter
tvCimarron Strip
1967
Enoch Shelton
tvThe Time Tunnel
1966
Matthew Gebhardt
movieThe Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Corky Mardis
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Robert Hastings / John Clarence Rim / Thorn Hazard / Bill Leonard
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Lou Patterson
movieThose Calloways
1964
Whit Turner
tv12 O'Clock High
1964
Lt. Paddy Gialella / Lt. Steve Parmalee
movieOne Man's Way
1964
Leonard Peale, Grown
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Neely Hollister / Pete Edwards
tvCombat!
1962
Hicks / Burke / Sgt. Decker
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Frank Farmer
tvThe Virginian
1962
Eric Kroeger / Rev. Paul Martinson / Billy Landers / Moran
movieWar Hunt
1962
Sgt. Stan Showalter
tvBonanza
1959
Jerry / Corporal Bill Tanner
tvThe Real McCoys
1957
Mailman
tvWagon Train
1957
Hamish Browne
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvGunsmoke
1955
Edmund Dano / Ben Stone / Orv Timpson / Fred Garth / Tuck Frye
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Corky Mardis
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Norm Jenkins
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self
Directing3
movieDivided by Hate
1997
Director
movieA Question About Sex
1990
Director
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972
Director
Production1
movieEast of the Mountains
2021
Executive Producer