Acting
Tom Skerritt
EN, FR, IT, DE cinema · 118 credits
Born
25 August 1933
Died
21 October 2026 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Tom Skerrit · Thomas Roy Skerritt · Τομ Σκέριτ · 汤姆·斯凯里特 · 톰 스커릿 · 湯姆·史基瑞
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.
Known for
Filmography
Broke
as Cliff
Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actor
East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens, Executive Producer
The Phantom 52
as The Phantom
Lucky
as Fred
Day of Days
as Walter
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay
Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook
Field of Lost Shoes
as Ulysses S. Grant
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
as Colonel (voice)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
as Narrator (voice)
At Middleton
as Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway
as Pete Peterson
Ted
as Tom Skerritt
Soda Springs
as Walt Jackson
Redemption Road
as Santa
Over Hawaii
as Narrator (voice)
Your Love Never Fails
as Jack Connors
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury
For Sale by Owner
as Clive Farrier
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Horse (voice)
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
as Narrator (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Gabe Utterson
Beer for My Horses
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
Desperation
as John Edward Marinville
Mammoth
as Simon Abernathy
Bonneville
as Emmett L. Johnson
Fallen
as Zeke
Vinegar Hill
as Fritz Grier
Homeland Security
as Admiral McKee
Path to War
as William Westmoreland
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes
Swing
as George Verdi
Changing Hearts
as Johnny Pinkley
Greenmail
as Tom Bradshaw
The Alien Saga
as Self
Texas Rangers
as Richard Dukes
High Noon
as Will Kane
An American Daughter
as Walter
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
The Other Sister
as Radley Tate
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux
Two for Texas
as Sam Houston
Smoke Signals
as Police Chief
Contact
as David Drumlin
Divided by Hate
as Steve Riordan, Director
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Norm Jenkins
Over California
as Narrator (voice)
A River Runs Through It
as Reverend Maclean
Singles
as Mayor Weber
Knight Moves
as Frank Sedman
Poison Ivy
as Darryl Cooper
Getting Up and Going Home
as Jack Montgomery
In Sickness and in Health
as Jerritt Mattison
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Ham McDonald
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman
Child in the Night
as Detective Bass
The China Lake Murders
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
She'll Take Romance
as Judge Warren Danvers
A Question About Sex
as Jim, Director
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton
The Heist
as Ebbet Berens
Big Man on Campus
as Dr. Webster
Red King, White Knight
as Stoner
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner
Moving Target
as Joseph Kellogg
Honor Bound
as Sam Cahill
Maid to Order
as Charles Montgomery
Poker Alice
as Jeremy Collins
The Big Town
as Phil Carpenter
Top Gun
as Viper
Opposing Force
as Logan
SpaceCamp
as Zack
Wisdom
as Lloyd Wisdom
The Parent Trap II
as Bill Grand
Miles to Go…
as Stuart Browning
Calendar Girl Murders
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
A Touch of Scandal
as Father Dwelle
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
Fighting Back
as John D'Angelo
A Dangerous Summer
as Howard Anderson
Savage Harvest
as Casey
Silence of the North
as Walter Reamer
Alien
as Dallas
Maneaters Are Loose!
as John Gosford
Ice Castles
as Marcus Winston
Up in Smoke
as Strawberry
The Turning Point
as Wayne
Plot of Fear
as Chief Inspector
La madama
as Jack
The Devil’s Rain
as Tom Preston
The Last Day
as Bill Powers
Thieves Like Us
as Dee Mobley
Big Bad Mama
as Fred
Run, Run, Joe!
as Margherito
The Birdmen
as Orville Fitzgerald
Fuzz
as Det. Bert Kling
Wild Rovers
as John Buckman
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
The Moonshine War
as Neighbor (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Trapani
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Corky Mardis
One Man's Way
as Leonard Peale, Grown
Those Calloways
as Whit Turner
War Hunt
as Sgt. Stan Showalter