Tom Skerritt
Acting
Born August 25, 1933 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
Broke
2025 · Cliff
East of the Mountains
2021 · Ben Givens
Catch the Bullet
2021 · Dex
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019 · Self
Lucky
2017 · Fred
A Hologram for the King
2016 · Ron Clay
Journey Back to Christmas
2016 · Tobias Cook
Field of Lost Shoes
2015 · Ulysses S. Grant
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2014 · Colonel (voice)
At Middleton
2013 · Dr. Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway
2013 · Pete Peterson
Ted
2012 · Tom Skerritt
Redemption Road
2011 · Santa
Your Love Never Fails
2011 · Jack Connors
Whiteout
2009 · Dr. John Fury
For Sale by Owner
2009 · Clive Farrier
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009 · Horse (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008 · Gabe Utterson
Beer for My Horses
2008 · Sheriff Wilson Landry
Desperation
2006 · John Edward Marinville
Mammoth
2006 · Simon Abernathy
Bonneville
2006 · Emmett L. Johnson
Fallen
2006 · Zeke
Path to War
2003 · William Westmoreland
Tears of the Sun
2003 · Captain Bill Rhodes
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
The Alien Saga
2002 · Self
Texas Rangers
2001 · Richard Dukes
The Other Sister
1999 · Radley Tate
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999 · Fred Maddux
Smoke Signals
1998 · Police Chief
Contact
1997 · David Drumlin
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · Norm Jenkins
A River Runs Through It
1992 · Rev. Maclean
Singles
1992 · Mayor Weber
Knight Moves
1992 · Frank Sedman
Poison Ivy
1992 · Darryl Cooper
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991 · Ham McDonald
The Rookie
1990 · Eugene Ackerman
Child in the Night
1990 · Detective Bass
The China Lake Murders
1990 · Sheriff Sam Brodie
Steel Magnolias
1989 · Drum Eatenton
The Heist
1989 · Ebbet Berens
Big Man on Campus
1989 · Dr. Webster
Poltergeist III
1988 · Bruce Gardner
Moving Target
1988 · Joseph Kellogg
Maid to Order
1987 · Charles Montgomery
The Big Town
1987 · Phil Carpenter
Top Gun
1986 · Viper
Opposing Force
1986 · Logan
SpaceCamp
1986 · Zack
Wisdom
1986 · Lloyd Wisdom
The Parent Trap II
1986 · Bill Grand
Calendar Girl Murders
1984 · Lieutenant Dan Stoner
The Dead Zone
1983 · Sheriff Bannerman
Fighting Back
1982 · John D'Angelo
Savage Harvest
1981 · Casey
Alien
1979 · Dallas
Ice Castles
1978 · Marcus Winston
Up in Smoke
1978 · Strawberry
The Turning Point
1977 · Wayne
Plot of Fear
1976 · Chief Inspector
The Devil’s Rain
1975 · Tom Preston
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Dee Mobley
Big Bad Mama
1974 · Fred
Fuzz
1972 · Det. Bert Kling
Wild Rovers
1971 · John Buckman
Harold and Maude
1971 · Motorcycle Officer
M*A*S*H
1970 · Duke Forrest
The Moonshine War
1970 · Neighbor (uncredited)
Those Calloways
1964 · Whit Turner
War Hunt
1962 · Sgt. Stan Showalter