Tom Skerritt
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Alien
1979
as Dallas
Ted
2012
as Tom Skerritt
Top Gun
1986
as Viper
Contact
1997
as David Drumlin
Tears of the Sun
2003
as Captain Bill Rhodes
Smoke Signals
1998
as Police Chief
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Rev. Maclean
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Drum Eatenton
M*A*S*H
1970
as Duke Forrest
The Dead Zone
1983
as Sheriff Bannerman
Broke
2025
as Cliff
A Hologram for the King
2016
as Ron Clay
Up in Smoke
1978
as Strawberry
Whiteout
2009
as Dr. John Fury
Poison Ivy
1992
as Darryl Cooper
Desperation
2006
as John Edward Marinville
The Rookie
1990
as Eugene Ackerman
Harold and Maude
1971
as Motorcycle Officer
SpaceCamp
1986
as Zack
Texas Rangers
2001
as Richard Dukes