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
M*A*S*H
(1970)
Duke Forrest
Top Gun
(1986)
Viper
Ted
(2012)
Tom Skerritt
Tears of the Sun
(2003)
Captain Bill Rhodes
Contact
(1997)
David Drumlin
The Dead Zone
(1983)
Sheriff Bannerman
Poison Ivy
(1992)
Darryl Cooper
The Rookie
(1990)
Eugene Ackerman
A River Runs Through It
(1992)
Rev. Maclean
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Drum Eatenton
Poltergeist III
(1988)
Bruce Gardner
Fallen
(2006)
Zeke
A Hologram for the King
(2016)
Ron Clay
Lucky
(2017)
Fred
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Strawberry
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)
Harold and Maude
(1971)
Motorcycle Officer (as M. Borman)
Wild Rovers
(1971)
John Buckman
Fuzz
(1972)
Det. Bert Kling
The Birdmen
(1973)
Orville Fitzgerald
Big Bad Mama
(1974)
Fred
Thieves Like Us
(1974)
Dee Mobley
Run, Run, Joe!
(1974)
Margherito
The Last Day
(1975)
Bill Powers
The Devil's Rain
(1975)
Tom Preston
La madama
(1976)
Jack
Plot of Fear
(1976)
Chief Inspector
The Turning Point
(1977)
Wayne
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Strawberry
Maneaters Are Loose!
(1978)
John Gosford
Ice Castles
(1978)
Marcus Winston
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
A Touch of Scandal
(1984)
Father Dwelle
Calendar Girl Murders
(1984)
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Opposing Force
(1986)
Logan
The Parent Trap II
(1986)
Bill Grand
Miles to Go…
(1986)
Stuart Browning
Top Gun
(1986)
Viper
SpaceCamp
(1986)
Zack
Wisdom
(1986)
Lloyd Wisdom
Poker Alice
(1987)
Jeremy Collins
The Big Town
(1987)
Phil Carpenter
Maid to Order
(1987)
Charles Montgomery
Moving Target
(1988)
Joseph Kellogg
Nightmare at Bittercreek
(1988)
Ding
Poltergeist III
(1988)
Bruce Gardner
Honor Bound
(1988)
Sam Cahill
Red King, White Knight
(1989)
Stoner
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Drum Eatenton
Big Man on Campus
(1989)
Dr. Webster
The Heist
(1989)
Ebbet Berens
The Rookie
(1990)
Eugene Ackerman
The China Lake Murders
(1990)
Sheriff Sam Brodie
She'll Take Romance
(1990)
Judge Warren Danvers
Child in the Night
(1990)
Detective Bass
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
(1991)
Ham McDonald
Getting Up and Going Home
(1992)
Jack Montgomery
Poison Ivy
(1992)
Darryl Cooper
In Sickness and in Health
(1992)
Jerritt Mattison
Knight Moves
(1992)
Frank Sedman
A River Runs Through It
(1992)
Rev. Maclean
Singles
(1992)
Mayor Weber
Over California in High Definition
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
Divided by Hate
(1997)
Steve Riordan
Contact
(1997)
David Drumlin
What the Deaf Man Heard
(1997)
Norm Jenkins
Smoke Signals
(1998)
Police Chief
Two for Texas
(1998)
Sam Houston
Into the Wild Blue
(1999)
Host
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
(1999)
Fred Maddux
The Other Sister
(1999)
Radley Tate
An American Daughter
(2000)
Walter
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
(2000)
Self
High Noon
(2000)
Will Kane
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
(2000)
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Texas Rangers
(2001)
Richard Dukes
Greenmail
(2002)
Tom Bradshaw
Changing Hearts
(2002)
Johnny Pinkley
Swing
(2003)
George Verdi
The Beast Within: Making Alien
(2003)
Self
Tears of the Sun
(2003)
Captain Bill Rhodes
Path to War
(2003)
General William Westmoreland
Homeland Security
(2004)
Admiral McKee
Vinegar Hill
(2005)
Fritz Grier
Category 7: The End of the World
(2005)
Colonel Mike Davis
Bonneville
(2006)
Emmett L. Johnson
Mammoth
(2006)
Simon Abernathy
Fallen
(2006)
Zeke
Desperation
(2006)
John Edward Marinville
Killer Wave
(2007)
Victor Bannister
Over America
(2008)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(2008)
Gabe Utterson
Beer for My Horses
(2008)
Sheriff Wilson Landry
The Velveteen Rabbit
(2009)
Horse (voice)
Whiteout
(2009)
Dr. John Fury
For Sale By Owner
(2009)
Clive Farrier
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
(2009)
Narrator (voice)
Soaring Over America
(2010)
Over Hawaii
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
Redemption Road
(2011)
Santa
Your Love Never Fails
(2011)
Jack Connors
Soda Springs
(2012)
Walt Jackson
Ted
(2012)
Tom Skerritt
At Middleton
(2013)
Dr. Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway
(2013)
Pete Peterson
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
(2014)
Colonel (voice)
Field of Lost Shoes
(2015)
Ulysses S. Grant
Journey Back to Christmas
(2016)
Tobias Cook
A Hologram for the King
(2016)
Ron Clay
Day of Days
(2017)
Walter
Lucky
(2017)
Fred
The Phantom 52
(2019)
The Phantom
Memory: The Origins of Alien
(2019)
Self
Catch the Bullet
(2021)
Dex
East of the Mountains
(2021)
Ben Givens
A Look Through His Lens
(2024)
Self
Directing
Production