Person
Tom Skerritt
Acting · Born 1933-08-25 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oliver Taft
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Good Wife
James Paisley
The West Wing
Chris Carrick
The Closer
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
Chicago Hope
Jim Kellner
The Fugitive
Neely Hollister
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Hawaii Five-O
Lew Morgan
Bonanza
Jerry
Filmography
- 2025BrokeCliff
- 2025Alien: Terror in SpaceSelf - Actor
- 2024A Look Through His LensSelf
- 2022Going HomeVance Baker
- 2021East of the MountainsBen Givens
- 2021Catch the BulletDex
- 2019The Phantom 52The Phantom
- 2019Memory: The Origins of AlienSelf
- 2017LuckyFred
- 2017Day of DaysWalter
- 2016Journey Back to ChristmasTobias Cook
- 2016The American WestSelf
- 2016A Hologram for the KingRon Clay
- 2015Field of Lost ShoesUlysses S. Grant
- 2014Madam SecretaryPatrick McCord
- 2014The Rocky Mountain Fly HighwayNarrator (voice)
- 2014Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel (voice)
- 2013At MiddletonDr. Roland Emerson
- 2013Redwood HighwayPete Peterson
- 2012TedTom Skerritt
- 2012Soda SpringsWalt Jackson
- 2011Redemption RoadSanta
- 2011Your Love Never FailsJack Connors
- 2011Over HawaiiNarrator (voice)
- 2010Soaring Over America
- 2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubNarrator
- 2009For Sale by OwnerClive Farrier
- 2009White CollarAlan Mitchell
- 2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionNarrator (voice)
- 2009The Good WifeJames Paisley
- 2009WhiteoutDr. John Fury
- 2009The Velveteen RabbitHorse (voice)
- 2008LeverageJimmy Ford
- 2008Beer for My HorsesSheriff Wilson Landry
- 2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe Utterson
- 2008The Trojan HorsePresident Stanfield
- 2007FallenZeke
- 2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Self
- 2007Killer WaveVictor Bannister
- 2006Brothers and SistersWilliam Walker
- 2006BonnevilleEmmett L. Johnson
- 2006FallenZeke
- 2006DesperationJohn Edward Marinville
- 2006MammothSimon Abernathy
- 2005Category 7: The End of the WorldColonel Mike Davis
- 2005The CloserDet. Joey 'O' Olin
- 2005Vinegar HillFritz Grier
- 2004Huff
- 2004The Grid
- 2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral McKee
- 2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral Theodore McKee
- 2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf
- 2003Path to WarWilliam Westmoreland
- 2003SwingGeorge Verdi
- 2003Tears of the SunCaptain Bill Rhodes
- 2002The Alien SagaSelf
- 2002GreenmailTom Bradshaw
- 2002The Dead ZoneHerb Smith
- 2002Changing HeartsJohnny Pinkley
- 2001Texas RangersRichard Dukes
- 2001History vs. HollywoodSelf
- 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 2000High NoonWill Kane
- 2000BackstorySelf
- 2000An American DaughterWalter
- 2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'Self
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
- 1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkThomas Ahearn
- 1999The West WingChris Carrick
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitOliver Taft
- 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFred Maddux
- 1999The Hunt For The Unicorn KillerFred Maddux
- 1999Into the Wild BlueHost
- 1999The Other SisterRadley Tate
- 1998Will & GraceDr. Jay Markus
- 1998Smoke SignalsPolice Chief
- 1998Two for TexasSam Houston
- 1997What the Deaf Man HeardNorm Jenkins
- 1997ContactDavid Drumlin
- 1997Divided by HateSteve Riordan
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1995Over America
- 1994Chicago HopeJim Kellner
- 1994Over CaliforniaNarrator (voice)
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1992A River Runs Through ItRev. Maclean
- 1992SinglesMayor Weber
- 1992Picket FencesJimmy Brock
- 1992Getting Up and Going HomeJack Montgomery
- 1992Poison IvyDarryl Cooper
- 1992In Sickness and in HealthJerritt Mattison
- 1992Knight MovesFrank Sedman
- 1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonald
- 1990The RookieEugene Ackerman
- 1990She'll Take RomanceJudge Warren Danvers
- 1990A Question About SexJim
- 1990Child in the NightDetective Bass
- 1990The China Lake MurdersSheriff Sam Brodie
- 1989Big Man on CampusDr. Webster
- 1989Red King, White KnightStoner
- 1989Steel MagnoliasDrum Eatenton
- 1989The HeistEbbet Berens
- 1988Poltergeist IIIBruce Gardner
- 1988Nightmare at BittercreekDing
- 1988Moving TargetJoseph Kellogg
- 1988Honor BoundSam Cahill
- 1987The Big TownPhil Carpenter
- 1987Maid to OrderCharles Montgomery
- 1987Poker AliceJeremy Collins
- 1986WisdomLloyd Wisdom
- 1986Miles to Go…Stuart Browning
- 1986Opposing ForceLogan
- 1986The Parent Trap IIBill Grand
- 1986SpaceCampZack
- 1986Top GunViper
- 1985Danger BayDon Bared
- 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "What Are Friends For?")
- 1984A Touch of ScandalFather Dwelle
- 1984Calendar Girl MurdersLieutenant Dan Stoner
- 1983The HitchhikerDetective Frank Sheen
- 1983The Dead ZoneSheriff Bannerman
- 1983Ryan's FourDr. Thomas Ryan
- 1982A Dangerous SummerHoward Anderson
- 1982CheersEvan Drake
- 1982Fighting BackJohn D'Angelo
- 1981Silence of the NorthWalter Reamer
- 1981Savage HarvestCasey
- 1979AlienDallas
- 1978Ice CastlesMarcus Winston
- 1978Up in SmokeStrawberry
- 1978Maneaters Are Loose!John Gosford
- 1977The Turning PointWayne
- 1976Origins of the MafiaBernardino Campo
- 1976Plot of FearChief Inspector
- 1976La madamaJack
- 1975The Devil’s RainTom Preston
- 1975S.W.A.T.
- 1975The Last DayBill Powers
- 1975Baretta
- 1974Big Bad MamaFred
- 1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- 1974The Manhunter
- 1974Run, Run, Joe!Margherito
- 1974Thieves Like UsDee Mobley
- 1974Get Christie Love!
- 1973The BirdmenOrville Fitzgerald
- 1972ABC Afterschool SpecialDirector
- 1972FuzzDet. Bert Kling
- 1971Harold and MaudeMotorcycle Officer
- 1971NicholsCharley Doyle
- 1971CannonBud
- 1971Wild RoversJohn Buckman
- 1970The Moonshine WarNeighbor (uncredited)
- 1970M*A*S*HDuke Forrest
- 1968Lancer
- 1968Hawaii Five-OLew Morgan
- 1968The OutsiderArnie Cambor
- 1967A Bell for AdanoSgt. Trapani
- 1967MannixMorgan Carpenter
- 1967Cimarron StripEnoch Shelton
- 1966Felony Squad
- 1966The Time TunnelMatthew Gebhardt
- 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherCorky Mardis
- 1965The F.B.I.Robert Hastings
- 1965Run for Your LifeLou Patterson
- 1964Those CallowaysWhit Turner
- 196412 O'Clock HighLt. Paddy Gialella
- 1964One Man's WayLeonard Peale, Grown
- 1963The FugitiveNeely Hollister
- 1962Combat!Hicks
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourFrank Farmer
- 1962The VirginianEric Kroeger
- 1962War HuntSgt. Stan Showalter
- 1959BonanzaJerry
- 1957The Real McCoysMailman
- 1957Wagon TrainHamish Browne
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1955GunsmokeEdmund Dano
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyCorky Mardis
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameNorm Jenkins
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
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