Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
25 agosto 1933 (93)
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as
Tom Skerrit · Thomas Roy Skerritt · Τομ Σκέριτ · 汤姆·斯凯里特
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.
Conosciuto per
8.2
Film
Alien
Dallas
1979
7.1
Film
Top Gun
Viper
1986
5.3
Film
Poltergeist III
Bruce Gardner
1988
6.5
Film
Ted
Tom Skerritt
2012
7.4
Film
Contact
David Drumlin
1997
6.9
Film
Tears of the Sun
Captain Bill Rhodes
2003
7.2
Film
Steel Magnolias
Drum Eatenton
1989
7.5
Series
Picket Fences
Jimmy Brock
1992–1996
7.0
Film
The Dead Zone
Sheriff Bannerman
1983
6.9
Film
M*A*S*H
Duke Forrest
1970
7.0
Film
A River Runs Through It
Reverend Maclean
1992
4.7
Series
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
1999
7.4
Film
Ice Castles
Marcus Winston
1978
5.5
Film
Desperation
John Edward Marinville
2006
5.7
Film
Big Bad Mama
Fred
1974
6.6
Series
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis
2005
6.0
Series
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister
2007
5.9
Film
The Rookie
Eugene Ackerman
1990
6.4
Film
Singles
Mayor Weber
1992
5.4
Film
Poison Ivy
Darryl Cooper
1992
7.6
Film
Harold and Maude
Motorcycle Officer
1971
6.6
Film
Up in Smoke
Strawberry
1978
6.0
Film
Texas Rangers
Richard Dukes
2001
5.6
Film
Whiteout
Dr. John Fury
2009
7.1
Film
Broke
Cliff
2025
6.6
Series
The Grid
2004
7.0
Series
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Thomas Ahearn
1999
5.9
Film
A Hologram for the King
Ron Clay
2016
7.3
Film
Lucky
Fred
2017
7.0
Series
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
2000
6.4
Film
What the Deaf Man Heard
Norm Jenkins
1997
4.0
Series
The Trojan Horse
President Stanfield
2008
6.4
Film
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
2019
5.6
Film
Catch the Bullet
Dex
2021
7.0
Film
Alien: Terror in Space
Self - Actor
2025
5.5
Film
East of the Mountains
Ben Givens
2021
6.5
Film
Journey Back to Christmas
Tobias Cook
2016
3.5
Film
Day of Days
Walter
2017
9.4
Film
The Phantom 52
The Phantom
2019
Acting credits 39 titles
Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actor
7.0
2025
Broke
as Cliff
7.1
2025
East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens
5.5
2021
Catch the Bullet
as Dex
5.6
2021
The Phantom 52
as The Phantom
9.4
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
6.4
2019
Day of Days
as Walter
3.5
2017
Lucky
as Fred
7.3
2017
Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook
6.5
2016
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay
5.9
2016
Ted
as Tom Skerritt
6.5
2012
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury
5.6
2009
The Trojan Horse
as President Stanfield
4.0
2008
Killer Wave
as Victor Bannister
6.0
2007
Desperation
as John Edward Marinville
5.5
2006
Category 7: The End of the World
as Colonel Mike Davis
6.6
2005
The Grid
6.6
2004
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes
6.9
2003
Texas Rangers
as Richard Dukes
6.0
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
7.0
2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Thomas Ahearn
7.0
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux
4.7
1999
Contact
as David Drumlin
7.4
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Norm Jenkins
6.4
1997
Picket Fences
as Jimmy Brock
7.5
1992–1996
Poison Ivy
as Darryl Cooper
5.4
1992
A River Runs Through It
as Reverend Maclean
7.0
1992
Singles
as Mayor Weber
6.4
1992
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman
5.9
1990
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton
7.2
1989
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner
5.3
1988
Top Gun
as Viper
7.1
1986
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
7.0
1983
Alien
as Dallas
8.2
1979
Ice Castles
as Marcus Winston
7.4
1978
Up in Smoke
as Strawberry
6.6
1978
Big Bad Mama
as Fred
5.7
1974
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer
7.6
1971
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
6.9
1970