Actor
Tom Skerritt
- Born August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died October 21, 2026
Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in M*A*S*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992–96), Skerritt earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for the latter.
Known for
Alien1979
Ted2012
Top Gun1986
Contact1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Tears of the Sun2003
The Dead Zone1983
White Collar2009
Filmography
- 2025BrokeFilmCliff
- 2025Alien: Terror in SpaceFilmSelf - Actor
- 2024A Look Through His LensFilmSelf
- 2022Going HomeSeriesVance Baker
- 2021Catch the BulletFilmDex
- 2021East of the MountainsFilmBen Givens, Executive Producer
- 2019Memory: The Origins of AlienFilmSelf
- 2019The Phantom 52FilmThe Phantom
- 2017LuckyFilmFred
- 2017Day of DaysFilmWalter
- 2016A Hologram for the KingFilmRon Clay
- 2016Journey Back to ChristmasFilmTobias Cook
- 2016The American WestSeriesSelf
- 2015Field of Lost ShoesFilmUlysses S. Grant
- 2014Madam SecretarySeriesPatrick McCord
- 2014Wings: Sky Force HeroesFilmColonel (voice)
- 2014The Rocky Mountain Fly HighwayFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2013At MiddletonFilmRoland Emerson
- 2013Redwood HighwayFilmPete Peterson
- 2012TedFilmTom Skerritt
- 2012Soda SpringsFilmWalt Jackson
- 2011Your Love Never FailsFilmJack Connors
- 2011Redemption RoadFilmSanta
- 2011Over HawaiiFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2010Soaring Over AmericaFilm
- 2009White CollarSeriesAlan Mitchell
- 2009WhiteoutFilmDr. John Fury
- 2009The Good WifeSeriesJames Paisley
- 2009The Velveteen RabbitFilmHorse (voice)
- 2009For Sale by OwnerFilmClive Farrier
- 2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubFilmNarrator
- 2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2008LeverageSeriesJimmy Ford
- 2008Beer for My HorsesFilmSheriff Wilson Landry
- 2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilmGabe Utterson
- 2008The Trojan HorseSeriesPresident Stanfield
- 2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!SeriesSelf
- 2007FallenSeriesZeke
- 2007Killer WaveSeriesVictor Bannister
- 2006DesperationFilmJohn Edward Marinville
- 2006Brothers and SistersSeriesWilliam Walker
- 2006FallenFilmZeke
- 2006MammothFilmSimon Abernathy
- 2006BonnevilleFilmEmmett L. Johnson
- 2005The CloserSeriesDet. Joey 'O' Olin
- 2005Category 7: The End of the WorldSeriesColonel Mike Davis
- 2005Vinegar HillFilmFritz Grier
- 2004HuffSeries
- 2004The GridSeries
- 2004Homeland SecurityFilmAdmiral McKee
- 2004Homeland SecuritySeriesAdmiral Theodore McKee
- 2003Tears of the SunFilmCaptain Bill Rhodes
- 2003Path to WarFilmWilliam Westmoreland
- 2003The Beast Within: Making AlienFilmSelf
- 2003SwingFilmGeorge Verdi
- 2002The Dead ZoneSeriesHerb Smith
- 2002The Alien SagaFilmSelf
- 2002Changing HeartsFilmJohnny Pinkley
- 2002GreenmailFilmTom Bradshaw
- 2001Texas RangersFilmRichard Dukes
- 2001History vs. HollywoodSeriesSelf
- 2000High NoonFilmWill Kane
- 2000An American DaughterFilmWalter
- 2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'FilmSelf
- 2000BackstorySeriesSelf
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsFilmSelf
- 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisSeriesJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisFilmJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeriesOliver Taft
- 1999The West WingSeriesChris Carrick
- 1999The Other SisterFilmRadley Tate
- 1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkSeriesThomas Ahearn
- 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFilmFred Maddux
- 1999The Hunt For The Unicorn KillerSeriesFred Maddux
- 1999Into the Wild BlueFilmHost
- 1998Will & GraceSeriesDr. Jay Markus
- 1998Smoke SignalsFilmPolice Chief
- 1998Two for TexasFilmSam Houston
- 1997ContactFilmDavid Drumlin
- 1997What the Deaf Man HeardFilmNorm Jenkins