Tom Skerritt
Acting
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.
TV Shows(66)
Going Home
Vance Baker
2022
The American West
Self
2016
Madam Secretary
Patrick McCord
2014
White Collar
Alan Mitchell
2009
The Good Wife
James Paisley
2009
Leverage
Jimmy Ford
2008
The Trojan Horse
President Stanfield
2008
Fallen
Zeke
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self
2007
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister
2007
Brothers and Sisters
William Walker
2006
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis
2005
The Colbert Report
Viper (archive footage)
2005
The Closer
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
2005
Huff
2004
The Grid
2004
Homeland Security
Admiral Theodore McKee
2004
The Dead Zone
Herb Smith
2002
History vs. Hollywood
Self
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
2000
Backstory
Self
2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Thomas Ahearn
1999
The West Wing
Chris Carrick
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oliver Taft
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
1999
Will & Grace
Dr. Jay Markus
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Chicago Hope
Jim Kellner
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Picket Fences
Jimmy Brock
1992
Danger Bay
Don Bared
1985
The Twilight Zone
(segment "What Are Friends For?")
1985
The Hitchhiker
Detective Frank Sheen
1983
Ryan's Four
Dr. Thomas Ryan
1983
Cheers
Evan Drake
1982
Origins of the Mafia
Bernardino Campo
1976
S.W.A.T.
1975
Baretta
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Get Christie Love!
1974
Nichols
Charley Doyle
1971
Cannon
Bud
1971
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Lew Morgan
1968
The Outsider
Arnie Cambor
1968
Mannix
Morgan Carpenter
1967
Cimarron Strip
Enoch Shelton
1967
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
Matthew Gebhardt
1966
The F.B.I.
Robert Hastings
1965
Run for Your Life
Lou Patterson
1965
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Paddy Gialella
1964
The Fugitive
Neely Hollister
1963
Combat!
Hicks
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Frank Farmer
1962
The Virginian
Eric Kroeger
1962
Bonanza
Jerry
1959
The Real McCoys
Mailman
1957
Wagon Train
Hamish Browne
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Gunsmoke
Edmund Dano
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Corky Mardis
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Norm Jenkins
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(117)
Broke
Cliff
2025
Alien: Terror in Space
Self - Actor
2025
A Look Through His Lens
Self
2024
East of the Mountains
Ben Givens
2021
Catch the Bullet
Dex
2021
The Phantom 52
The Phantom
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
2019
Lucky
Fred
2017
Day of Days
Walter
2017
Journey Back to Christmas
Tobias Cook
2016
A Hologram for the King
Ron Clay
2016
Field of Lost Shoes
Ulysses S. Grant
2015
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Narrator (voice)
2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Colonel (voice)
2014
At Middleton
Dr. Roland Emerson
2013
Redwood Highway
Pete Peterson
2013
Ted
Tom Skerritt
2012
Soda Springs
Walt Jackson
2012
Redemption Road
Santa
2011
Your Love Never Fails
Jack Connors
2011
Over Hawaii
Narrator (voice)
2011
Soaring Over America
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Narrator
2009
For Sale by Owner
Clive Farrier
2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Narrator (voice)
2009
Whiteout
Dr. John Fury
2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
Horse (voice)
2009
Beer for My Horses
Sheriff Wilson Landry
2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Gabe Utterson
2008
Over America
2008
Bonneville
Emmett L. Johnson
2006
Fallen
Zeke
2006
Desperation
John Edward Marinville
2006
Mammoth
Simon Abernathy
2006
Vinegar Hill
Fritz Grier
2005
Homeland Security
Admiral McKee
2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
2003
Path to War
William Westmoreland
2003
Swing
George Verdi
2003
Tears of the Sun
Captain Bill Rhodes
2003
The Alien Saga
Self
2002
Greenmail
Tom Bradshaw
2002
Changing Hearts
Johnny Pinkley
2002
Texas Rangers
Richard Dukes
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
2000
High Noon
Will Kane
2000
An American Daughter
Walter
2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Self
2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
1999
Into the Wild Blue
Host
1999
The Other Sister
Radley Tate
1999
Smoke Signals
Police Chief
1998
Two for Texas
Sam Houston
1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
Norm Jenkins
1997
Contact
David Drumlin
1997
Divided by Hate
Steve Riordan
1997
Over California in High Definition
Narrator (voice)
1994
A River Runs Through It
Rev. Maclean
1992
Singles
Mayor Weber
1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Jack Montgomery
1992
Poison Ivy
Darryl Cooper
1992
In Sickness and in Health
Jerritt Mattison
1992
Knight Moves
Frank Sedman
1992
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Ham McDonald
1991
The Rookie
Eugene Ackerman
1990
She'll Take Romance
Judge Warren Danvers
1990
A Question About Sex
Jim
1990
Child in the Night
Detective Bass
1990
The China Lake Murders
Sheriff Sam Brodie
1990
Big Man on Campus
Dr. Webster
1989
Red King, White Knight
Stoner
1989
Steel Magnolias
Drum Eatenton
1989
The Heist
Ebbet Berens
1989
Poltergeist III
Bruce Gardner
1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Ding
1988
Moving Target
Joseph Kellogg
1988
Honor Bound
Sam Cahill
1988
The Big Town
Phil Carpenter
1987
Maid to Order
Charles Montgomery
1987
Poker Alice
Jeremy Collins
1987
Wisdom
Lloyd Wisdom
1986
Miles to Go…
Stuart Browning
1986
Opposing Force
Logan
1986
The Parent Trap II
Bill Grand
1986
SpaceCamp
Zack
1986
Top Gun
Viper
1986
A Touch of Scandal
Father Dwelle
1984
Calendar Girl Murders
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
1984
The Dead Zone
Sheriff Bannerman
1983
A Dangerous Summer
Howard Anderson
1982
Fighting Back
John D'Angelo
1982
Silence of the North
Walter Reamer
1981
Savage Harvest
Casey
1981
Alien
Dallas
1979
Ice Castles
Marcus Winston
1978
Up in Smoke
Strawberry
1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
John Gosford
1978
The Turning Point
Wayne
1977
Plot of Fear
Chief Inspector
1976
La madama
Jack
1976
The Devil’s Rain
Tom Preston
1975
The Last Day
Bill Powers
1975
Big Bad Mama
Fred
1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Margherito
1974
Thieves Like Us
Dee Mobley
1974
The Birdmen
Orville Fitzgerald
1973
Fuzz
Det. Bert Kling
1972
Harold and Maude
Motorcycle Officer
1971
Wild Rovers
John Buckman
1971
The Moonshine War
Neighbor (uncredited)
1970
M*A*S*H
Duke Forrest
1970
A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Trapani
1967
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Corky Mardis
1965
Those Calloways
Whit Turner
1964
One Man's Way
Leonard Peale, Grown
1964
War Hunt
Sgt. Stan Showalter
1962