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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Good Wife
2009
The West Wing
1999
Cheers
1982
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Closer
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Chicago Hope
1994
Will & Grace
1998
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft · 1999
The Good Wife
as James Paisley · 2009
The West Wing
as Chris Carrick · 1999
Cheers
as Evan Drake · 1982
Bonanza
as Jerry · 1959
Bonanza
as Corporal Bill Tanner · 1959
The Closer
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin · 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Chicago Hope
as Jim Kellner · 1994
Will & Grace
as Dr. Jay Markus · 1998
Hawaii Five-O
as Lew Morgan · 1969
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell · 2009
Wagon Train
as Hamish Browne · 1957
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
The Fugitive
as Neely Hollister · 1963
The Fugitive
as Pete Edwards · 1963
Madam Secretary
as Patrick McCord · 2014
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Frank Farmer · 1962
Brothers and Sisters
as William Walker · 2006
Mannix
as Morgan Carpenter · 1967
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self · 1944
Cannon
as Bud · 1971
The Virginian
as Eric Kroeger · 1962
The Virginian
as Rev. Paul Martinson · 1962
The Virginian
as Billy Landers · 1962
The Virginian
as Moran · 1962
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "What Are Friends For?") · 1985
Alien
as Dallas · 1979
Combat!
as Hicks · 1962
Combat!
as Burke · 1962
Combat!
as Sgt. Decker · 1962
Leverage
as Jimmy Ford · 2008
The Dead Zone
as Herb Smith · 2002
The Hitchhiker
as Detective Frank Sheen · 1983
The F.B.I.
as Robert Hastings · 1965
The F.B.I.
as John Clarence Rim · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Thorn Hazard · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Bill Leonard · 1965
Run for Your Life
as Lou Patterson · 1965
Baretta
· 1975
Gunsmoke
as Edmund Dano · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Ben Stone · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Orv Timpson · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Fred Garth · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Tuck Frye · 1955
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Self · 2007
The Real McCoys
as Mailman · 1957
The Time Tunnel
as Matthew Gebhardt · 1966
Picket Fences
as Jimmy Brock · 1992
12 O'Clock High
as Lt. Paddy Gialella · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as Lt. Steve Parmalee · 1964
Felony Squad
· 1966
Top Gun
as Viper · 1986
Ted
as Tom Skerritt · 2012
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
· 1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Robert W. Palmer · 1974
Lancer
· 1968
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes · 2003
Cimarron Strip
as Enoch Shelton · 1967
Contact
as David Drumlin · 1997
Danger Bay
as Don Bared · 1985
Huff
· 2004
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Corky Mardis · 1954
A River Runs Through It
as Reverend Maclean · 1992
Nichols
as Charley Doyle · 1971
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman · 1983
S.W.A.T.
· 1975
The Manhunter
· 1974
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury · 2009
The Outsider
as Arnie Cambor · 1968
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton · 1989
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman · 1990
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest · 1970
Singles
as Mayor Weber · 1992
Get Christie Love!
· 1974
Killer Wave
as Victor Bannister · 2007
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer · 1971
Origins of the Mafia
as Bernardino Campo · 1976
Fallen
as Zeke · 2007
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay · 2016
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner · 1988
The American West
as Self · 2016
Going Home
as Vance Baker · 2022
Big Bad Mama
as Fred · 1974
The Grid
· 2004
Up in Smoke
as Strawberry · 1978
Poison Ivy
as Darryl Cooper · 1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Norm Jenkins · 1951
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Thomas Ahearn · 1999
Category 7: The End of the World
as Colonel Mike Davis · 2005
Broke
as Cliff · 2025
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
Desperation
as John Edward Marinville · 2006
Knight Moves
as Frank Sedman · 1992
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux · 1999
The Devil’s Rain
as Tom Preston · 1975
The Other Sister
as Radley Tate · 1999
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2000
History vs. Hollywood
as Self · 2001
Backstory
as Self · 2000
The Parent Trap II
as Bill Grand · 1986
Path to War
as William Westmoreland · 2003
The Trojan Horse
as President Stanfield · 2008
Ice Castles
as Marcus Winston · 1978
At Middleton
as Roland Emerson · 2013
SpaceCamp
as Zack · 1986
Texas Rangers
as Richard Dukes · 2001
Catch the Bullet
as Dex · 2021
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Horse (voice) · 2009
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Norm Jenkins · 1997
East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens · 2021
The Big Town
as Phil Carpenter · 1987
Field of Lost Shoes
as Ulysses S. Grant · 2015
Lucky
as Fred · 2017
Soda Springs
as Walt Jackson · 2012
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self · 2019
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Ham McDonald · 1991
Child in the Night
as Detective Bass · 1990
Fallen
as Zeke · 2006
Your Love Never Fails
as Jack Connors · 2011
Ryan's Four
as Dr. Thomas Ryan · 1983
Big Man on Campus
as Dr. Webster · 1989
Thieves Like Us
as Dee Mobley · 1974
The Turning Point
as Wayne · 1977
Beer for My Horses
as Sheriff Wilson Landry · 2008
Those Calloways
as Whit Turner · 1964
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Gabe Utterson · 2008
Smoke Signals
as Police Chief · 1998
Maid to Order
as Charles Montgomery · 1987
Mammoth
as Simon Abernathy · 2006
Over California
as Narrator (voice) · 1994
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux · 1999
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self · 2000
Fuzz
as Det. Bert Kling · 1972
Opposing Force
as Logan · 1986
Swing
as George Verdi · 2003
Calendar Girl Murders
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner · 1984
Fighting Back
as John D'Angelo · 1982
The Moonshine War
as Neighbor (uncredited) · 1970
Bonneville
as Emmett L. Johnson · 2006
Homeland Security
as Admiral Theodore McKee · 2004
Wild Rovers
as John Buckman · 1971
For Sale by Owner
as Clive Farrier · 2009
Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook · 2016
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self · 2003
Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actor · 2025
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2000
Plot of Fear
as Chief Inspector · 1976
A Touch of Scandal
as Father Dwelle · 1984
Run, Run, Joe!
as Margherito · 1974
War Hunt
as Sgt. Stan Showalter · 1962
Greenmail
as Tom Bradshaw · 2002
One Man's Way
as Leonard Peale, Grown · 1964
The China Lake Murders
as Sheriff Sam Brodie · 1990
Silence of the North
as Walter Reamer · 1981
Moving Target
as Joseph Kellogg · 1988
A Look Through His Lens
as Self · 2024
A Question About Sex
as Jim · 1990
Red King, White Knight
as Stoner · 1989
The Heist
as Ebbet Berens · 1989
Poker Alice
as Jeremy Collins · 1987
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
as Colonel (voice) · 2014
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Narrator · 2009
Miles to Go…
as Stuart Browning · 1986
Changing Hearts
as Johnny Pinkley · 2002
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Trapani · 1967
Wisdom
as Lloyd Wisdom · 1986
Day of Days
as Walter · 2017
The Last Day
as Bill Powers · 1975
The Birdmen
as Orville Fitzgerald · 1973
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
as Self · 2000
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Corky Mardis · 1965
Nightmare at Bittercreek
as Ding · 1988
The Alien Saga
as Self · 2002
In Sickness and in Health
as Jerritt Mattison · 1992
She'll Take Romance
as Judge Warren Danvers · 1990
An American Daughter
as Walter · 2000
Divided by Hate
as Steve Riordan · 1997
Maneaters Are Loose!
as John Gosford · 1978
Vinegar Hill
as Fritz Grier · 2005
Redwood Highway
as Pete Peterson · 2013
High Noon
as Will Kane · 2000
Redemption Road
as Santa · 2011
Into the Wild Blue
as Host · 1999
A Dangerous Summer
as Howard Anderson · 1982
The Phantom 52
as The Phantom · 2019
Over Hawaii
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
Getting Up and Going Home
as Jack Montgomery · 1992
Savage Harvest
as Casey · 1981
Honor Bound
as Sam Cahill · 1988
Two for Texas
as Sam Houston · 1998
Homeland Security
as Admiral McKee · 2004
La madama
as Jack · 1976
Soaring Over America
· 2010
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
as Narrator (voice) · 2009
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
as Narrator (voice) · 2014
Over America
· 1995
The Making of 'Alien³'
as Self · 1992