Tom Skerritt
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-08-25
- Died:
- 2026-10-21
- Place of birth:
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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
Alien: Terror in Space
A Look Through His Lens
Going Home
East of the Mountains
Catch the Bullet
The Phantom 52
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Lucky
Day of Days
Journey Back to Christmas
The American West
A Hologram for the King
Field of Lost Shoes
Madam Secretary
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
At Middleton
Redwood Highway
Ted
Soda Springs
Redemption Road
Your Love Never Fails
Over Hawaii
Soaring Over America
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
For Sale by Owner
White Collar
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
The Good Wife
Whiteout
The Velveteen Rabbit
Leverage
Beer for My Horses
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Trojan Horse
Fallen
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Killer Wave
Brothers and Sisters
Bonneville
Fallen
Desperation
Mammoth
Category 7: The End of the World
The Closer
Vinegar Hill
Huff
The Grid
Homeland Security
Homeland Security
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Path to War
Swing
Tears of the Sun
The Alien Saga
Greenmail
The Dead Zone
Changing Hearts
Texas Rangers
History vs. Hollywood
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
High Noon
Backstory
An American Daughter
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Altman on His Own Terms
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
The West Wing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Into the Wild Blue
The Other Sister
Will & Grace
Smoke Signals
Two for Texas
What the Deaf Man Heard
Contact
Divided by Hate
E! True Hollywood Story
Over America
Chicago Hope
Over California
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
A River Runs Through It
Singles
Picket Fences
Getting Up and Going Home
Poison Ivy
In Sickness and in Health
Knight Moves
The Making of 'Alien³'
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
The Rookie
She'll Take Romance
A Question About Sex
Child in the Night
The China Lake Murders
Big Man on Campus
Red King, White Knight
Steel Magnolias
The Heist
Poltergeist III
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Moving Target
Honor Bound
The Big Town
Maid to Order
Poker Alice
Wisdom
Miles to Go…
Opposing Force
The Parent Trap II
SpaceCamp
Top Gun
Danger Bay
The Twilight Zone
A Touch of Scandal
Calendar Girl Murders
The Hitchhiker
The Dead Zone
Ryan's Four
A Dangerous Summer
Cheers
Fighting Back
Silence of the North
Savage Harvest
Alien
Ice Castles
Up in Smoke
Maneaters Are Loose!
The Turning Point
Origins of the Mafia
Plot of Fear
La madama
The Devil’s Rain
S.W.A.T.
The Last Day
Baretta
Big Bad Mama
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Manhunter
Run, Run, Joe!
Thieves Like Us
Get Christie Love!
The Birdmen
Fuzz
Harold and Maude
Nichols
Cannon
Wild Rovers
The Moonshine War
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-O
Lancer
The Outsider
A Bell for Adano
Mannix
Cimarron Strip
Felony Squad
The Time Tunnel
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
The F.B.I.
Run for Your Life
Those Calloways
12 O'Clock High
One Man's Way
The Fugitive
Combat!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
War Hunt
Bonanza
The Real McCoys
Wagon Train
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Golden Globe Awards