Tom Skerritt
Biography
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.
Movies (115)
Broke
2025
Alien: Terror in Space
2025
East of the Mountains
2021
Catch the Bullet
2021
The Phantom 52
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
Lucky
2017
Day of Days
2017
Journey Back to Christmas
2016
A Hologram for the King
2016
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2014
At Middleton
2013
Redwood Highway
2013
Ted
2012
Soda Springs
2012
Redemption Road
2011
Your Love Never Fails
2011
Over Hawaii
2011
Soaring Over America
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009
For Sale by Owner
2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
2009
Whiteout
2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
Beer for My Horses
2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008
Bonneville
2006
Fallen
2006
Desperation
2006
Mammoth
2006
Vinegar Hill
2005
Homeland Security
2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
Path to War
2003
Swing
2003
Tears of the Sun
2003
The Alien Saga
2002
Greenmail
2002
Changing Hearts
2002
Texas Rangers
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
High Noon
2000
An American Daughter
2000
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Into the Wild Blue
1999
The Other Sister
1999
Smoke Signals
1998
Two for Texas
1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Contact
1997
Divided by Hate
1997
Over America
1995
Over California
1994
A River Runs Through It
1992
Singles
1992
Getting Up and Going Home
1992
Poison Ivy
1992
In Sickness and in Health
1992
Knight Moves
1992
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
The Rookie
1990
She'll Take Romance
1990
A Question About Sex
1990
Child in the Night
1990
The China Lake Murders
1990
Big Man on Campus
1989
Red King, White Knight
1989
Steel Magnolias
1989
The Heist
1989
Poltergeist III
1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
1988
Moving Target
1988
Honor Bound
1988
The Big Town
1987
Maid to Order
1987
Poker Alice
1987
Wisdom
1986
Miles to Go…
1986
Opposing Force
1986
The Parent Trap II
1986
SpaceCamp
1986
Top Gun
1986
A Touch of Scandal
1984
Calendar Girl Murders
1984
The Dead Zone
1983
A Dangerous Summer
1982
Fighting Back
1982
Silence of the North
1981
Savage Harvest
1981
Alien
1979
Ice Castles
1978
Up in Smoke
1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
The Turning Point
1977
Plot of Fear
1976
La madama
1976
The Devil’s Rain
1975
The Last Day
1975
Big Bad Mama
1974
Run, Run, Joe!
1974
Thieves Like Us
1974
The Birdmen
1973
Fuzz
1972
Harold and Maude
1971
Wild Rovers
1971
The Moonshine War
1970
M*A*S*H
1970
A Bell for Adano
1967
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Those Calloways
1964
One Man's Way
1964
War Hunt
1962
TV Shows (83)
Going Home
2022
The American West
2016
Madam Secretary
2014
White Collar
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Leverage
2008
The Trojan Horse
2008
Fallen
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Killer Wave
2007
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
The Closer
2005
Huff
2004
The Grid
2004
Homeland Security
2004
The Dead Zone
2002
History vs. Hollywood
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
Backstory
2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
Will & Grace
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Chicago Hope
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Picket Fences
1992
Danger Bay
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Hitchhiker
1983
Ryan's Four
1983
Cheers
1982
Origins of the Mafia
1976
S.W.A.T.
1975
Baretta
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Get Christie Love!
1974
Nichols
1971
Cannon
1971
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
12 O'Clock High
1964
12 O'Clock High
1964
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Combat!
1962
Combat!
1962
Combat!
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Real McCoys
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Tony Awards
1956
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944