Tom Skerritt
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Alien
as Dallas 1979
Ted
as Tom Skerritt 2012
Top Gun
as Viper 1986
Contact
as David Drumlin 1997
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes 2003
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman 1983
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay 2016
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer 1971
A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean 1992
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest 1970
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury 2009
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton 1989
Lucky
as Fred 2017
Up in Smoke
as Strawberry 1978
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman 1990
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner 1988
Singles
as Mayor Weber 1992