8.2
Movie
Acting
Tom Skerritt
- Born
- Died
- (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Credits
- 184 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.2
Movie
6.5
Movie
Ted
7.1
Movie
Top Gun
7.5
Movie
Contact
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
6.9
Movie
Tears of the Sun
7.0
Movie
The Dead Zone
8.2
TV
White Collar
5.8
Movie
A Hologram for the King
7.6
Movie
Harold and Maude
7.0
Movie
A River Runs Through It
6.9
Movie
M*A*S*H
5.6
Movie
Whiteout
7.2
Movie
Steel Magnolias
7.6
TV
Cheers
7.6
TV
The Good Wife
7.3
Movie
Lucky
6.6
Movie
Up in Smoke
Acting credits 183
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Broke Film | Cliff |
| 2025 | Alien: Terror in Space Film | Self - Actor |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens Film | Self |
| 2022 | Going Home TV | Vance Baker (1 ep) |
| 2021 | East of the Mountains Film | Ben Givens |
| 2021 | Catch the Bullet Film | Dex |
| 2019 | The Phantom 52 Film | The Phantom |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien Film | Self |
| 2017 | Lucky Film | Fred |
| 2017 | Day of Days Film | Walter |
| 2016 | Journey Back to Christmas Film | Tobias Cook |
| 2016 | The American West TV | Self (8 ep) |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King Film | Ron Clay |
| 2015 | Field of Lost Shoes Film | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary TV | Patrick McCord (1 ep) |
| 2014 | The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Wings: Sky Force Heroes Film | Colonel (voice) |
| 2013 | At Middleton Film | Roland Emerson |
| 2013 | Redwood Highway Film | Pete Peterson |
| 2012 | Ted Film | Tom Skerritt |
| 2012 | Soda Springs Film | Walt Jackson |
| 2011 | Redemption Road Film | Santa |
| 2011 | Your Love Never Fails Film | Jack Connors |
| 2011 | Over Hawaii Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Soaring Over America Film | |
| 2009 | The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Film | Narrator |
| 2009 | For Sale by Owner Film | Clive Farrier |
| 2009 | White Collar TV | Alan Mitchell (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Good Wife TV | James Paisley (2 ep) |
| 2009 | Whiteout Film | Dr. John Fury |
| 2009 | The Velveteen Rabbit Film | Horse (voice) |
| 2008 | Leverage TV | Jimmy Ford (2 ep) |
| 2008 | Beer for My Horses Film | Sheriff Wilson Landry |
| 2008 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Film | Gabe Utterson |
| 2008 | The Trojan Horse TV | President Stanfield (2 ep) |
| 2007 | Fallen TV | Zeke (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Killer Wave TV | Victor Bannister (2 ep) |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters TV | William Walker (6 ep) |
| 2006 | Bonneville Film | Emmett L. Johnson |
| 2006 | Fallen Film | Zeke |
| 2006 | Desperation Film | John Edward Marinville |
| 2006 | Mammoth Film | Simon Abernathy |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World TV | Colonel Mike Davis (2 ep) |
| 2005 | The Closer TV | Det. Joey 'O' Olin (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Vinegar Hill Film | Fritz Grier |
| 2004 | Huff TV | (2 ep) |
| 2004 | The Grid TV | (6 ep) |
| 2004 | Homeland Security Film | Admiral McKee |
| 2004 | Homeland Security TV | Admiral Theodore McKee (1 ep) |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien Film | Self |
| 2003 | Path to War Film | William Westmoreland |
| 2003 | Swing Film | George Verdi |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun Film | Captain Bill Rhodes |
| 2002 | The Alien Saga Film | Self |
| 2002 | Greenmail Film | Tom Bradshaw |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone TV | Herb Smith (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Changing Hearts Film | Johnny Pinkley |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers Film | Richard Dukes |
Crew credits 4
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | East of the Mountains Film | Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate Film | Director |
| 1990 | A Question About Sex Film | Director |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special TV | Director (1 ep) |