Tom Skerritt
Aug 25, 1933 (91 years old) in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Skerritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oliver Taft
Cheers
Evan Drake
The Good Wife
James Paisley
Bonanza
Jerry
Danger Bay
Don Bared
Wagon Train
Hamish Browne
White Collar
Alan Mitchell
Mannix
Morgan Carpenter
The F.B.I.
Robert Hastings
Brothers and Sisters
William Walker
Credits
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Broke 2025Cliff★ 7.4 -
Self - Interviewee★ 7 -
Self★ NR -
Ben Givens★ 5.3 -
Catch the Bullet 2021Dex★ 5.6 -
The Phantom 52 2019The Phantom★ 9.4 -
Self★ 6.3 -
Lucky 2017Fred★ 7.3 -
Day of Days 2017Walter★ 3.5 -
Tobias Cook★ 6.4 -
The American West 2016Self★ 6.7 -
Ron Clay★ 5.8 -
Field of Lost Shoes 2015Ulysses S. Grant★ 6.1 -
Madam Secretary 2014Patrick McCord★ 7 -
Narrator (voice)★ 8 -
Colonel (voice)★ 5.4 -
At Middleton 2013Dr. Roland Emerson★ 6.2 -
Redwood Highway 2013Pete Peterson★ 5.9 -
Ted 2012Tom Skerritt★ 6.4 -
Soda Springs 2012Walt Jackson★ 5.6 -
Redemption Road 2011Santa★ 5 -
Jack Connors★ 5.8 -
Over Hawaii 2011Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Soaring Over America 2010★ NR -
Narrator★ 5.2 -
For Sale By Owner 2009Clive Farrier★ 3.3 -
White Collar 2009Alan Mitchell★ 8.2 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
The Good Wife 2009James Paisley★ 7.6 -
Whiteout 2009Dr. John Fury★ 5.6 -
The Velveteen Rabbit 2009Horse (voice)★ 6.6 -
Leverage 2008Jimmy Ford★ 7.6 -
Beer for My Horses 2008Sheriff Wilson Landry★ 5 -
Gabe Utterson★ 4.7 -
The Trojan Horse 2008President Stanfield★ 4 -
Over America 2008★ NR -
Killer Wave 2007Victor Bannister★ 5.3 -
Self★ 7.4 -
Brothers and Sisters 2006William Walker★ 7.1 -
Bonneville 2006Emmett L. Johnson★ 5.6 -
Fallen 2006Zeke★ 6.9 -
Desperation 2006John Edward Marinville★ 5.5 -
Mammoth 2006Simon Abernathy★ 4.6 -
Colonel Mike Davis★ 6.1 -
The Closer 2005Det. Joey 'O' Olin★ 7.8 -
Vinegar Hill 2005Fritz Grier★ 4.3 -
Huff 2004★ 7.7 -
The Grid 2004★ 6.5 -
Homeland Security 2004Admiral McKee★ 3.8 -
Self★ 8.2 -
Path to War 2003William Westmoreland★ 6.7 -
Swing 2003George Verdi★ NR -
Tears of the Sun 2003Captain Bill Rhodes★ 6.9 -
The Alien Saga 2002Self★ 6.6 -
Greenmail 2002Tom Bradshaw★ 2.3 -
Changing Hearts 2002Johnny Pinkley★ 6.3 -
Texas Rangers 2001Richard Dukes★ 6 -
Self★ 7.7 -
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy★ NR -
High Noon 2000Will Kane★ 5.2 -
Backstory 2000Self★ 6.5 -
An American Daughter 2000Walter★ 4.4 -
Self★ 6 -
Self★ NR -
Thomas Ahearn★ 7 -
The West Wing 1999Senator Chris Carrick★ 8.3 -
Oliver Taft★ 7.9 -
Fred Maddux★ 4.2 -
Fred Maddux★ 4.7 -
Into the Wild Blue 1999Host★ NR -
The Other Sister 1999Radley Tate★ 6.4 -
Will & Grace 1998Dr. Jay Markus★ 6.8 -
Smoke Signals 1998Police Chief★ 6.8 -
Two for Texas 1998Sam Houston★ 6 -
Norm Jenkins★ 6.2 -
Contact 1997David Drumlin★ 7.4 -
Divided by Hate 1997Steve Riordan★ 6.7 -
★ 8.1 -
Chicago Hope 1994★ 7.2 -
Narrator (voice)★ 6.5 -
Rev. Maclean★ 7 -
Singles 1992Mayor Weber★ 6.4 -
Picket Fences 1992Jimmy Brock★ 7.4 -
Jack Montgomery★ NR -
Poison Ivy 1992Darryl Cooper★ 5.4 -
Jerritt Mattison★ 1 -
Knight Moves 1992Frank Sedman★ 5.8 -
Ham McDonald★ 5.2 -
The Rookie 1990Eugene Ackerman★ 5.9 -
She'll Take Romance 1990Judge Warren Danvers★ 2.5 -
A Question About Sex 1990Jim★ NR -
Child in the Night 1990Detective Bass★ 5.4 -
Sheriff Sam Brodie★ 5.2 -
Big Man on Campus 1989Dr. Webster★ 6.2 -
Stoner★ 6 -
Steel Magnolias 1989Drum Eatenton★ 7.2 -
The Heist 1989Ebbet Berens★ 4.9 -
Poltergeist III 1988Bruce Gardner★ 5.2 -
Ding★ 5.6 -
Moving Target 1988Joseph Kellogg★ 6 -
Honor Bound 1988Sam Cahill★ NR -
The Big Town 1987Phil Carpenter★ 5.5 -
Maid to Order 1987Charles Montgomery★ 5.6 -
Poker Alice 1987Jeremy Collins★ 6.3 -
Wisdom 1986Lloyd Wisdom★ 5.8 -
Miles to Go… 1986Stuart Browning★ 6 -
Opposing Force 1986Logan★ 4.4 -
The Parent Trap II 1986Bill Grand★ 5.5 -
SpaceCamp 1986Zack★ 5.8 -
Top Gun 1986Viper★ 7.1 -
Danger Bay 1985Don Bared★ 7.1 -
The Twilight Zone 1985(segment "What Are Friends For?")★ 7.7 -
A Touch of Scandal 1984Father Dwelle★ NR -
Lieutenant Dan Stoner★ 4.5 -
The Hitchhiker 1983Detective Frank Sheen★ 6.2 -
The Dead Zone 1983Sheriff Bannerman★ 7 -
Ryan's Four 1983Dr. Thomas Ryan★ NR -
A Dangerous Summer 1982Howard Anderson★ 4 -
Cheers 1982Evan Drake★ 7.6 -
Fighting Back 1982John D'Angelo★ 5.7 -
Silence of the North 1981Walter Reamer★ 4 -
Savage Harvest 1981Casey★ 5.7 -
Alien 1979Dallas★ 8.2 -
Ice Castles 1978Marcus Winston★ 7.3 -
Up in Smoke 1978Strawberry★ 6.7 -
Maneaters Are Loose! 1978John Gosford★ NR -
The Turning Point 1977Wayne★ 6.6 -
Origins of the Mafia 1976Bernardino Campo★ NR -
Plot of Fear 1976Chief Inspector★ 5.4 -
La madama 1976Jack★ 5.2 -
The Devil's Rain 1975Tom Preston★ 5 -
S.W.A.T. 1975★ 7 -
The Last Day 1975Bill Powers★ 6.3 -
Baretta 1975★ 6.3 -
Big Bad Mama 1974Fred★ 5.7 -
★ 7.6 -
The Manhunter 1974★ 5 -
Run, Run, Joe! 1974Margherito★ 5 -
Thieves Like Us 1974Dee Mobley★ 6.6 -
Get Christie Love! 1974★ 7.9 -
The Birdmen 1973Orville Fitzgerald★ 7.5 -
Fuzz 1972Det. Bert Kling★ 5.5 -
Harold and Maude 1971Motorcycle Officer★ 7.6 -
Nichols 1971Charley Doyle★ 5 -
Cannon 1971Bud★ 6.5 -
Wild Rovers 1971John Buckman★ 6.3 -
The Moonshine War 1970Neighbor (uncredited)★ 5.8 -
M*A*S*H 1970Duke Forrest★ 7 -
Lancer 1968★ 4.7 -
Hawaii Five-O 1968Lew Morgan★ 7.1 -
The Outsider 1968Arnie Cambor★ 5.2 -
A Bell for Adano 1967Sgt. Trapani★ NR -
Mannix 1967Morgan Carpenter★ 6.7 -
Cimarron Strip 1967★ 5 -
Felony Squad 1966★ 6.4 -
The Time Tunnel 1966Matthew Gebhardt★ 7.6 -
Corky Mardis★ NR -
The F.B.I. 1965Robert Hastings★ 5.5 -
Run for Your Life 1965Lou Patterson★ 7.2 -
Those Calloways 1964Whit Turner★ 6.3 -
12 O'Clock High 1964Lt. Paddy Gialella★ 7.3 -
One Man's Way 1964Leonard Peale, Grown★ 4 -
The Fugitive 1963Neely Hollister★ 7.2 -
Combat! 1962Hicks★ 7.7 -
Frank Farmer★ 7.8 -
The Virginian 1962Eric Kroeger★ 6.4 -
War Hunt 1962Sgt. Stan Showalter★ 6.5 -
Bonanza 1959Jerry★ 7.5 -
The Real McCoys 1957Mailman★ 5.6 -
Wagon Train 1957Hamish Browne★ 6.3 -
Tony Awards 1956Self - Presenter★ 5.9 -
Gunsmoke 1955Edmund Dano★ 6.6 -
Corky Mardis★ 7.8 -
Norm Jenkins★ 8.6
