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Tom Skerritt

Born 25 August 1933 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Died 21 October 2026

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025Alien: Terror in Space54mSelf - Actor
  2. 2025Broke1h 44mCliff
  3. 2024A Look Through His Lens1h 43mSelf
  4. 2021East of the Mountains1h 33mBen Givens
  5. 2021Catch the Bullet1h 29mDex
  6. 2019The Phantom 528mThe Phantom
  7. 2019Memory: The Origins of Alien1h 35mSelf
  8. 2017Day of Days1h 47mWalter
  9. 2017Lucky1h 28mFred
  10. 2016Journey Back to Christmas1h 24mTobias Cook
  11. 2016A Hologram for the King1h 38mRon Clay
  12. 2015Field of Lost Shoes1h 36mUlysses S. Grant
  13. 2014The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway48mNarrator (voice)
  14. 2014Wings: Sky Force Heroes1h 24mColonel (voice)
  15. 2013At Middleton1h 41mDr. Roland Emerson
  16. 2013Redwood Highway1h 30mPete Peterson
  17. 2012Soda Springs1h 54mWalt Jackson
  18. 2012Ted1h 47mTom Skerritt
  19. 2011Over Hawaii55mNarrator (voice)
  20. 2011Your Love Never Fails1h 36mJack Connors
  21. 2011Redemption Road1h 31mSanta
  22. 2010Soaring Over America1h 40m
  23. 2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition58mNarrator (voice)
  24. 2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubNarrator
  25. 2009The Velveteen Rabbit1h 28mHorse (voice)
  26. 2009Whiteout1h 41mDr. John Fury
  27. 2009For Sale by Owner1h 34mClive Farrier
  28. 2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1h 29mGabe Utterson
  29. 2008Beer for My Horses1h 26mSheriff Wilson Landry
  30. 2008The Trojan Horse1 seasonPresident Stanfield
  31. 2007Killer Wave1 seasonVictor Bannister
  32. 2006Desperation2h 11mJohn Edward Marinville
  33. 2006Mammoth1h 30mSimon Abernathy
  34. 2006Bonneville1h 33mEmmett L. Johnson
  35. 2006Fallen1h 24mZeke
  36. 2005Vinegar Hill1h 33mFritz Grier
  37. 2005Category 7: The End of the World1 seasonColonel Mike Davis
  38. 2004The Grid1 season
  39. 2004Homeland Security1h 38mAdmiral McKee
  40. 2004Homeland Security1 seasonAdmiral Theodore McKee
  41. 2003Swing1h 38mGeorge Verdi
  42. 2003Tears of the Sun2h 1mCaptain Bill Rhodes
  43. 2003The Beast Within: Making Alien2h 58mSelf
  44. 2003Path to War2h 45mWilliam Westmoreland
  45. 2002Greenmail1h 37mTom Bradshaw
  46. 2002Changing Hearts1h 32mJohnny Pinkley
  47. 2002The Alien Saga1h 48mSelf
  48. 2001Texas Rangers1h 30mRichard Dukes
  49. 2000High Noon1h 25mWill Kane
  50. 2000An American Daughter1h 31mWalter
  51. 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis3hJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
  52. 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis1 seasonJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
  53. 2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'39mSelf
  54. 1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New York1 seasonThomas Ahearn
  55. 1999Into the Wild Blue1h 34mHost
  56. 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer1h 39mFred Maddux
  57. 1999The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer1 seasonFred Maddux
  58. 1999The Other Sister2h 10mRadley Tate
  59. 1998Two for Texas1h 36mSam Houston
  60. 1998Smoke Signals1h 29mPolice Chief
  61. 1997Divided by Hate1h 31mSteve Riordan
  62. 1997Contact2h 30mDavid Drumlin
  63. 1997What the Deaf Man Heard1h 39mNorm Jenkins
  64. 1995Over America1h 28m
  65. 1994Over California58mNarrator (voice)
  66. 1992Getting Up and Going Home1h 32mJack Montgomery
  67. 1992Picket Fences4 seasonsJimmy Brock
  68. 1992Poison Ivy1h 32mDarryl Cooper
  69. 1992In Sickness and in Health1h 35mJerritt Mattison
  70. 1992A River Runs Through It2h 3mRev. Maclean
  71. 1992Knight Moves1h 56mFrank Sedman
  72. 1992The Making of 'Alien³'24mSelf
  73. 1992Singles1h 39mMayor Weber
  74. 1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue1h 51mHam McDonald
  75. 1990The China Lake Murders1h 37mSheriff Sam Brodie
  76. 1990Child in the Night1h 35mDetective Bass
  77. 1990The Rookie2h 1mEugene Ackerman
  78. 1990She'll Take Romance1h 40mJudge Warren Danvers
  79. 1990A Question About Sex45mJim
  80. 1989Red King, White Knight1h 26mStoner
  81. 1989The Heist1h 37mEbbet Berens
  82. 1989Steel Magnolias1h 57mDrum Eatenton
  83. 1989Big Man on Campus1h 45mDr. Webster
  84. 1988Poltergeist III1h 38mBruce Gardner
  85. 1988Nightmare at Bittercreek1h 40mDing
  86. 1988Moving Target1h 40mJoseph Kellogg
  87. 1988Honor Bound1h 38mSam Cahill
  88. 1987Poker Alice1h 32mJeremy Collins
  89. 1987Maid to Order1h 33mCharles Montgomery
  90. 1987The Big Town1h 49mPhil Carpenter
  91. 1986Opposing Force1h 40mLogan
  92. 1986The Parent Trap II1h 21mBill Grand
  93. 1986Wisdom1h 49mLloyd Wisdom
  94. 1986Miles to Go…1h 40mStuart Browning
  95. 1986Top Gun1h 50mViper
  96. 1986SpaceCamp1h 47mZack
  97. 1984Calendar Girl Murders1h 35mLieutenant Dan Stoner
  98. 1984A Touch of Scandal1h 40mFather Dwelle
  99. 1983Ryan's Four1 seasonDr. Thomas Ryan
  100. 1983The Dead Zone1h 43mSheriff Bannerman
  101. 1982A Dangerous Summer1h 40mHoward Anderson
  102. 1982Fighting Back1h 38mJohn D'Angelo
  103. 1981Savage Harvest1h 27mCasey
  104. 1981Silence of the North1h 34mWalter Reamer
  105. 1979Alien1h 57mDallas
  106. 1978Maneaters Are Loose!1h 40mJohn Gosford
  107. 1978Ice Castles1h 48mMarcus Winston
  108. 1978Up in Smoke1h 26mStrawberry
  109. 1977The Turning Point1h 59mWayne
  110. 1976La madama1h 33mJack
  111. 1976Plot of Fear1h 38mChief Inspector
  112. 1975The Devil’s Rain1h 25mTom Preston
  113. 1975The Last Day1h 40mBill Powers
  114. 1974Run, Run, Joe!1h 43mMargherito
  115. 1974Big Bad Mama1h 24mFred
  116. 1974Thieves Like Us2h 3mDee Mobley
  117. 1973The Birdmen1h 14mOrville Fitzgerald
  118. 1972Fuzz1h 33mDet. Bert Kling
  119. 1971Wild Rovers2h 16mJohn Buckman
  120. 1971Harold and Maude1h 32mMotorcycle Officer
  121. 1970M*A*S*H1h 56mDuke Forrest
  122. 1967A Bell for Adano1h 30mSgt. Trapani
  123. 1965The Further Adventures of Gallegher2h 30mCorky Mardis
  124. 1964Those Calloways2h 11mWhit Turner
  125. 1962War Hunt1h 23mSgt. Stan Showalter