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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Skerritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Alien
(1979)
Dallas
Top Gun
(1986)
Cmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf
M*A*S*H
(1970)
Duke Forrest
Ted
(2012)
Tom Skerritt
Tears of the Sun
(2003)
Captain Bill Rhodes
Contact
(1997)
David Drumlin
The Dead Zone
(1983)
Sheriff Bannerman
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Drum Eatenton
Poison Ivy
(1992)
Darryl Cooper
A Hologram for the King
(2016)
Ron Clay
Harold and Maude
(1971)
Motorcycle Officer
The Rookie
(1990)
Eugene Ackerman
A River Runs Through It
(1992)
Rev. Maclean
Whiteout
(2009)
Dr. John Fury
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Strawberry
Lucky
(2017)
Fred
Full Filmography
Acting
War Hunt
(1962)
Sgt. Stan Showalter
One Man's Way
(1964)
Leonard Peale, Grown
Those Calloways
(1965)
Whit Turner
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
(1965)
Corky Mardis
A Bell for Adano
(1967)
Sgt. Trapani
M*A*S*H
(1970)
Duke Forrest
The Moonshine War
(1970)
Neighbor (uncredited)
Wild Rovers
(1971)
John Buckman
Harold and Maude
(1971)
Motorcycle Officer
Fuzz
(1972)
Det. Bert Kling
The Birdmen
(1973)
Orville Fitzgerald
Thieves Like Us
(1974)
Dee Mobley
Big Bad Mama
(1974)
Fred
Run, Run, Joe!
(1974)
Margherito
The Devil's Rain
(1975)
Tom Preston
The Last Day
(1975)
Bill Powers
Plot of Fear
(1976)
Chief Inspector
La madama
(1976)
Jack
The Turning Point
(1977)
Wayne
Maneaters Are Loose!
(1978)
John Gosford
Ice Castles
(1978)
Marcus Winston
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Strawberry
Alien
(1979)
Dallas
Savage Harvest
(1981)
Casey
Silence of the North
(1981)
Walter Reamer
Fighting Back
(1982)
John D'Angelo
A Dangerous Summer
(1982)
Howard Anderson
The Dead Zone
(1983)
Sheriff Bannerman
Calendar Girl Murders
(1984)
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
A Touch of Scandal
(1984)
Father Dwelle
Top Gun
(1986)
Cmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf
Opposing Force
(1986)
Logan
SpaceCamp
(1986)
Zack
Wisdom
(1986)
Lloyd Wisdom
The Parent Trap II
(1986)
Bill Grand
Miles to Go…
(1986)
Stuart Browning
Maid to Order
(1987)
Charles Montgomery
Poker Alice
(1987)
Jeremy Collins
The Big Town
(1987)
Phil Carpenter
Poltergeist III
(1988)
Bruce Gardner
Nightmare at Bittercreek
(1988)
Ding
Moving Target
(1988)
Joseph Kellogg
Honor Bound
(1988)
Sam Cahill
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Drum Eatenton
The Heist
(1989)
Ebbet Berens
Big Man on Campus
(1989)
Dr. Webster
Red King, White Knight
(1989)
Stoner
The Rookie
(1990)
Eugene Ackerman
Child in the Night
(1990)
Detective Bass
The China Lake Murders
(1990)
Sheriff Sam Brodie
She'll Take Romance
(1990)
Judge Warren Danvers
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
(1991)
Ham McDonald
A River Runs Through It
(1992)
Rev. Maclean
Singles
(1992)
Mayor Weber
Knight Moves
(1992)
Frank Sedman
Poison Ivy
(1992)
Darryl Cooper
In Sickness and in Health
(1992)
Jerritt Mattison
Getting Up and Going Home
(1992)
Jack Montgomery
Over California in High Definition
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
Contact
(1997)
David Drumlin
Divided by Hate
(1997)
Steve Riordan
What the Deaf Man Heard
(1997)
Norm Jenkins
Two for Texas
(1998)
Sam Houston
Smoke Signals
(1998)
Police Chief
The Other Sister
(1999)
Radley Tate
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
(1999)
Fred Maddux
Into the Wild Blue
(1999)
Host
High Noon
(2000)
Will Kane
An American Daughter
(2000)
Walter
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
(2000)
Self
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
(2000)
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Texas Rangers
(2001)
Richard Dukes
Changing Hearts
(2002)
Johnny Pinkley
Greenmail
(2002)
Tom Bradshaw
Path to War
(2003)
General William Westmoreland
Tears of the Sun
(2003)
Captain Bill Rhodes
The Beast Within: Making Alien
(2003)
Self
Swing
(2003)
George Verdi
Homeland Security
(2004)
Admiral McKee
Vinegar Hill
(2005)
Fritz Grier
Category 7: The End of the World
(2005)
Colonel Mike Davis
Desperation
(2006)
John Edward Marinville
Mammoth
(2006)
Simon Abernathy
Bonneville
(2006)
Emmett L. Johnson
Fallen
(2006)
Zeke
Killer Wave
(2007)
Victor Bannister
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(2008)
Gabe Utterson
Beer for My Horses
(2008)
Sheriff Wilson Landry
Over America
(2008)
Whiteout
(2009)
Dr. John Fury
For Sale By Owner
(2009)
Clive Farrier
The Velveteen Rabbit
(2009)
Horse (voice)
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
(2009)
Narrator (voice)
Soaring Over America
(2010)
Redemption Road
(2011)
Santa
Over Hawaii
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
Your Love Never Fails
(2011)
Jack Connors
Ted
(2012)
Tom Skerritt
Soda Springs
(2012)
Walt Jackson
At Middleton
(2013)
Dr. Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway
(2013)
Pete Peterson
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
(2014)
Colonel (voice)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
Field of Lost Shoes
(2015)
Ulysses S. Grant
A Hologram for the King
(2016)
Ron Clay
Journey Back to Christmas
(2016)
Tobias Cook
Lucky
(2017)
Fred
Day of Days
(2017)
Walter
The Phantom 52
(2019)
The Phantom
Memory: The Origins of Alien
(2019)
Self
East of the Mountains
(2021)
Ben Givens
Catch the Bullet
(2021)
Dex
Directing
Production