Tom Skerritt
Known for ActingBorn 1933-08-25Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Alien
1979 · as Dallas
Top Gun
1986 · as Viper
Tears of the Sun
2003 · as Captain Bill Rhodes
Ted
2012 · as Tom Skerritt
Contact
1997 · as David Drumlin
Poltergeist III
1988 · as Bruce Gardner
A River Runs Through It
1992 · as Rev. Maclean
M*A*S*H
1970 · as Duke Forrest
Whiteout
2009 · as Dr. John Fury
The Dead Zone
1983 · as Sheriff Bannerman
Steel Magnolias
1989 · as Drum Eatenton
Broke
2025 · as Cliff
The Rookie
1990 · as Eugene Ackerman
Singles
1992 · as Mayor Weber
Poison Ivy
1992 · as Darryl Cooper
Harold and Maude
1971 · as Motorcycle Officer
Desperation
2006 · as John Edward Marinville
Up in Smoke
1978 · as Strawberry