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Tom Skerritt

Acting · Born August 25, 1933 · Detroit, 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.

Movies with Tom Skerritt

• Alien (1979) — Dallas
• Ted (2012) — Tom Skerritt
• Top Gun (1986) — Viper
• Tears of the Sun (2003) — Captain Bill Rhodes
• Contact (1997) — David Drumlin
• The Dead Zone (1983) — Sheriff Bannerman
• A River Runs Through It (1992) — Reverend Maclean
• Singles (1992) — Mayor Weber
• Steel Magnolias (1989) — Drum Eatenton
• The Rookie (1990) — Eugene Ackerman
• M*A*S*H (1970) — Duke Forrest
• Big Bad Mama (1974) — Fred

TV shows with Tom Skerritt

• Cheers (1982) — Evan Drake
• Brothers and Sisters (2006) — William Walker
• Picket Fences (1992) — Jimmy Brock
• The American West (2016) — Self
• The Grid (2004)
• Ryan's Four (1983) — Dr. Thomas Ryan