Personal Info
Birthday
August 25, 1933
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Acting
Tom Skerritt
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.
Directed Movies (3)
Acting Filmography (180)
7.1
Broke
Movie2025
7.0
Alien: Terror in Space
Movie2025
0.0
Going Home
TV Series2022
5.5
East of the Mountains
Movie2021
5.6
Catch the Bullet
Movie2021
No Backdrop
9.4
The Phantom 52
Movie2019
6.4
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Movie2019
7.3
Lucky
Movie2017
3.5
Day of Days
Movie2017
6.5
Journey Back to Christmas
Movie2016
6.7
The American West
TV Series2016
5.8
A Hologram for the King
Movie2016
6.1
Field of Lost Shoes
Movie2015
7.0
Madam Secretary
TV Series2014
No Backdrop
8.0
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Movie2014
5.3
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Movie2014
6.3
At Middleton
Movie2013
5.9
Redwood Highway
Movie2013
6.5
Ted
Movie2012
5.6
Soda Springs
Movie2012
No Backdrop
5.0
Redemption Road
Movie2011
5.8
Your Love Never Fails
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Over Hawaii
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Soaring Over America
Movie2010
No Backdrop
6.2
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Movie2009
No Backdrop
3.4
For Sale by Owner
Movie2009
8.2
White Collar
TV Series2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Movie2009
7.6
The Good Wife
TV Series2009
5.6
Whiteout
Movie2009
6.6
The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie2009
7.6
Leverage
TV Series2008
4.7
Beer for My Horses
Movie2008
4.6
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie2008
No Backdrop
4.0
The Trojan Horse
TV Series2008
6.6
Fallen
TV Series2007
7.1
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV Series2007
No Backdrop
6.0
Killer Wave
TV Series2007
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
TV Series2006
5.6
Bonneville
Movie2006
6.9
Fallen
Movie2006
5.5
Desperation
Movie2006
4.5
Mammoth
Movie2006
6.7
Category 7: The End of the World
TV Series2005
7.9
The Closer
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
4.4
Vinegar Hill
Movie2005
7.7
Huff
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
6.6
The Grid
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
4.8
Homeland Security
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Homeland Security
TV Series2004
8.2
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie2003
6.7
Path to War
Movie2003
No Backdrop
9.0
Swing
Movie2003
6.9
Tears of the Sun
Movie2003
6.3
The Alien Saga
Movie2002
No Backdrop
3.4
Greenmail
Movie2002
7.3
The Dead Zone
TV Series2002
6.4
Changing Hearts
Movie2002
6.0
Texas Rangers
Movie2001
No Backdrop
8.0
History vs. Hollywood
TV Series2001
No Backdrop
7.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
TV Series2000
0.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Movie2000
No Backdrop
5.7
High Noon
Movie2000
No Backdrop
7.7
Backstory
TV Series2000
No Backdrop
4.7
An American Daughter
Movie2000
No Backdrop
9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
Movie2000
7.0
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV Series1999
8.3
The West Wing
TV Series1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
4.7
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie1999
4.7
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
10.0
Into the Wild Blue
Movie1999
6.4
The Other Sister
Movie1999
6.9
Will & Grace
TV Series1998
6.8
Smoke Signals
Movie1998
6.6
Two for Texas
Movie1998
6.4
What the Deaf Man Heard
Movie1997
7.4
Contact
Movie1997
No Backdrop
7.3
Divided by Hate
Movie1997
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
0.0
Over America
Movie1995
7.2
Chicago Hope
TV Series1994
6.5
Over California
Movie1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV Series1993
7.0
A River Runs Through It
Movie1992
6.4
Singles
Movie1992
7.5
Picket Fences
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
10.0
Getting Up and Going Home
Movie1992
5.4
Poison Ivy
Movie1992
No Backdrop
4.0
In Sickness and in Health
Movie1992
5.8
Knight Moves
Movie1992
5.4
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Movie1991
5.9
The Rookie
Movie1990
No Backdrop
4.7
She'll Take Romance
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
A Question About Sex
Movie1990
5.6
Child in the Night
Movie1990
5.4
The China Lake Murders
Movie1990
6.2
Big Man on Campus
Movie1989
No Backdrop
6.4
Red King, White Knight
Movie1989
7.2
Steel Magnolias
Movie1989
4.9
The Heist
Movie1989
5.2
Poltergeist III
Movie1988
No Backdrop
6.3
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Movie1988
6.1
Moving Target
Movie1988
No Backdrop
10.0
Honor Bound
Movie1988
5.5
The Big Town
Movie1987
5.5
Maid to Order
Movie1987
6.9
Poker Alice
Movie1987
6.0
Wisdom
Movie1986
No Backdrop
7.3
Miles to Go…
Movie1986
4.4
Opposing Force
Movie1986
5.5
The Parent Trap II
Movie1986
5.9
SpaceCamp
Movie1986
7.1
Top Gun
Movie1986
7.4
Danger Bay
TV Series1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
8.0
A Touch of Scandal
Movie1984
4.7
Calendar Girl Murders
Movie1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
TV Series1983
7.0
The Dead Zone
Movie1983
No Backdrop
0.0
Ryan's Four
TV Series1983
4.1
A Dangerous Summer
Movie1982
7.6
Cheers
TV Series1982
5.8
Fighting Back
Movie1982
No Backdrop
7.0
Silence of the North
Movie1981
6.2
Savage Harvest
Movie1981
8.2
Alien
Movie1979
7.4
Ice Castles
Movie1978
6.6
Up in Smoke
Movie1978
No Backdrop
10.0
Maneaters Are Loose!
Movie1978
6.6
The Turning Point
Movie1977
No Backdrop
8.0
Origins of the Mafia
TV Series1976
5.5
Plot of Fear
Movie1976
6.2
La madama
Movie1976
5.0
The Devil’s Rain
Movie1975
7.1
S.W.A.T.
TV Series1975
6.5
The Last Day
Movie1975
6.5
Baretta
TV Series1975
5.7
Big Bad Mama
Movie1974
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV Series1974
7.0
The Manhunter
TV Series1974
6.0
Run, Run, Joe!
Movie1974
6.5
Thieves Like Us
Movie1974
8.1
Get Christie Love!
TV Series1974
7.7
The Birdmen
Movie1973
5.5
Fuzz
Movie1972
7.6
Harold and Maude
Movie1971
6.3
Nichols
TV Series1971
6.7
Cannon
TV Series1971
6.1
Wild Rovers
Movie1971
5.7
The Moonshine War
Movie1970
6.9
M*A*S*H
Movie1970
5.6
Lancer
TV Series1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
TV Series1968
6.0
The Outsider
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
0.0
A Bell for Adano
Movie1967
6.8
Mannix
TV Series1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
6.5
Felony Squad
TV Series1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
TV Series1966
No Backdrop
0.0
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Movie1965
5.6
The F.B.I.
TV Series1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
TV Series1965
6.4
Those Calloways
Movie1964
7.2
12 O'Clock High
TV Series1964
No Backdrop
4.3
One Man's Way
Movie1964
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.8
Combat!
TV Series1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
6.4
War Hunt
Movie1962
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
5.9
The Real McCoys
TV Series1957
6.6
Wagon Train
TV Series1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
6.7
Gunsmoke
TV Series1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Series1954
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944