Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Oliver Taft

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 • as Self - Guest

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

2005 • as Viper (archive footage)

The West Wing

The West Wing

1999 • as Senator Chris Carrick

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1968 • as Lew Morgan

Filmography

2025

Broke
Broke
as Cliff
Movie - Released: 5/5/2025
Alien, Terror in Space
Alien, Terror in Space
as Self - Interviewee
Movie - Released: 2/21/2025

2024

A Look Through His Lens
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/6/2024

2021

East of the Mountains
East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens
Movie - Released: 9/24/2021
Catch the Bullet
Catch the Bullet
as Dex
Movie - Released: 9/10/2021

2019

The Phantom 52
The Phantom 52
as The Phantom
Movie - Released: 1/25/2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/24/2019

2017

Lucky
Lucky
as Fred
Movie - Released: 9/29/2017
Day of Days
Day of Days
as Walter
Movie - Released: 7/27/2017

2016

A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay
Movie - Released: 4/22/2016
Journey Back to Christmas
Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook
Movie - Released: 11/27/2016
The American West
The American West
as Self
TV - Released: 6/11/2016

2015

Field of Lost Shoes
Field of Lost Shoes
as Ulysses S. Grant
Movie - Released: 3/30/2015

2014

Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
as Colonel (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/8/2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/3/2014
Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary
as Patrick McCord
TV - Released: 9/21/2014

2013

At Middleton
At Middleton
as Dr. Roland Emerson
Movie - Released: 10/9/2013
Redwood Highway
Redwood Highway
as Pete Peterson
Movie - Released: 4/5/2013

2012

Ted
Ted
as Tom Skerritt
Movie - Released: 6/29/2012
Soda Springs
Soda Springs
as Walt Jackson
Movie - Released: 3/27/2012

2011

Redemption Road
Redemption Road
as Santa
Movie - Released: 8/26/2011
Over Hawaii
Over Hawaii
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2011
Your Love Never Fails
Your Love Never Fails
as Jack Connors
Movie - Released: 2/4/2011

2010

Soaring Over America
Soaring Over America
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

2009

Whiteout
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury
Movie - Released: 9/9/2009
For Sale By Owner
For Sale By Owner
as Clive Farrier
Movie - Released: 10/27/2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Horse (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/27/2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/17/2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/10/2009
White Collar
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell
TV - Released: 10/23/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as James Paisley
TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Gabe Utterson
Movie - Released: 5/17/2008
Beer for My Horses
Beer for My Horses
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
Movie - Released: 8/8/2008
Over America
Over America
Movie - Released: 2/5/2008
The Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse
as President Stanfield
TV - Released: 3/30/2008
Leverage
Leverage
as Jimmy Ford
TV - Released: 12/7/2008

2007

Killer Wave
Killer Wave
as Victor Bannister
Movie - Released: 2/16/2007
Fallen
Fallen
TV - Released: 8/4/2007
Killer Wave
Killer Wave
as Victor Bannister
TV - Released: 1/10/2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Self
TV - Released: 2/11/2007

2006

Desperation
Desperation
as John Edward Marinville
Movie - Released: 5/23/2006
Mammoth
Mammoth
as Simon Abernathy
Movie - Released: 4/22/2006
Bonneville
Bonneville
as Emmett L. Johnson
Movie - Released: 9/11/2006
Fallen
Fallen
as Zeke
Movie - Released: 7/23/2006
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters
as William Walker
TV - Released: 9/24/2006

2005

Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill
as Fritz Grier
Movie - Released: 3/6/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Colonel Mike Davis
Movie - Released: 11/6/2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
as Viper (archive footage)
TV - Released: 10/17/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Colonel Mike Davis
TV - Released: 11/6/2005
The Closer
The Closer
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
TV - Released: 6/13/2005

2004

Homeland Security
Homeland Security
as Admiral McKee
Movie - Released: 4/11/2004
Huff
Huff
TV - Released: 11/7/2004
The Grid
The Grid
TV - Released: 7/19/2004
Homeland Security
Homeland Security
as Admiral Theodore McKee
TV - Released: 4/11/2004

2003

Path to War
Path to War
as William Westmoreland
Movie - Released: 10/28/2003
Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes
Movie - Released: 3/7/2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/2/2003
Swing
Swing
as George Verdi
Movie - Released: 10/9/2003

2002

Changing Hearts
Changing Hearts
as Johnny Pinkley
Movie - Released: 4/22/2002
Greenmail
Greenmail
as Tom Bradshaw
Movie - Released: 7/16/2002
The Alien Saga
The Alien Saga
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/13/2002
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone
as Herb Smith
TV - Released: 6/16/2002

2001

Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers
as Richard Dukes
Movie - Released: 11/30/2001
History vs. Hollywood
History vs. Hollywood
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/2001

2000

High Noon
High Noon
as Will Kane
Movie - Released: 8/20/2000
An American Daughter
An American Daughter
as Walter
Movie - Released: 6/5/2000
Movie
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/8/2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Movie - Released: 11/4/2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000
Backstory
Backstory
as Self
TV - Released: 8/12/2000

1999

The Other Sister
The Other Sister
as Radley Tate
Movie - Released: 2/26/1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux
Movie - Released: 5/9/1999
Into the Wild Blue
Into the Wild Blue
as Host
Movie - Released: 5/8/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft
TV - Released: 9/20/1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Thomas Ahearn
TV - Released: 11/14/1999
The West Wing
The West Wing
as Senator Chris Carrick
TV - Released: 9/22/1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux
TV - Released: 5/9/1999

1998

Two for Texas
Two for Texas
as Sam Houston
Movie - Released: 1/18/1998
Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals
as Police Chief
Movie - Released: 6/26/1998
Will & Grace
Will & Grace
as Dr. Jay Markus
TV - Released: 9/21/1998

1997

Contact
Contact
as David Drumlin
Movie - Released: 7/11/1997
Divided by Hate
Divided by Hate
as Steve Riordan
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Norm Jenkins
Movie - Released: 11/23/1997

1996

E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1994

Over California in High Definition
Over California in High Definition
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/8/1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean
Movie - Released: 10/9/1992
Singles
Singles
as Mayor Weber
Movie - Released: 9/18/1992
Knight Moves
Knight Moves
as Frank Sedman
Movie - Released: 1/14/1992
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
as Darryl Cooper
Movie - Released: 5/8/1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Getting Up and Going Home
as Jack Montgomery
Movie - Released: 7/21/1992
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health
as Jerritt Mattison
Movie - Released: 3/8/1992
Picket Fences
Picket Fences
as Jimmy Brock
TV - Released: 9/18/1992

1991

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Ham McDonald
Movie - Released: 10/31/1991

1990

The Rookie
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman
Movie - Released: 12/7/1990
Child in the Night
Child in the Night
as Detective Bass
Movie - Released: 5/1/1990
The China Lake Murders
The China Lake Murders
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
Movie - Released: 1/31/1990
She'll Take Romance
She'll Take Romance
as Judge Warren Danvers
Movie - Released: 11/25/1990
A Question About Sex
A Question About Sex
as Jim
Movie - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton
Movie - Released: 11/15/1989
The Heist
The Heist
as Ebbet Berens
Movie - Released: 9/16/1989
Big Man on Campus
Big Man on Campus
as Dr. Webster
Movie - Released: 12/12/1989
Red King, White Knight
Red King, White Knight
as Stoner
Movie - Released: 11/25/1989

1988

Poltergeist III
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner
Movie - Released: 6/10/1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Nightmare at Bittercreek
as Ding
Movie - Released: 5/24/1988
Moving Target
Moving Target
as Joseph Kellogg
Movie - Released: 2/8/1988
Honor Bound
Honor Bound
as Sam Cahill
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988

1987

Maid to Order
Maid to Order
as Charles Montgomery
Movie - Released: 7/10/1987
Poker Alice
Poker Alice
as Jeremy Collins
Movie - Released: 5/21/1987
The Big Town
The Big Town
as Phil Carpenter
Movie - Released: 9/25/1987

1986

Top Gun
Top Gun
as Viper
Movie - Released: 5/16/1986
Opposing Force
Opposing Force
as Logan
Movie - Released: 8/1/1986
SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp
as Zack
Movie - Released: 6/6/1986
Wisdom
Wisdom
as Lloyd Wisdom
Movie - Released: 12/31/1986
The Parent Trap II
The Parent Trap II
as Bill Grand
Movie - Released: 7/26/1986
Miles to Go…
Miles to Go…
as Stuart Browning
Movie - Released: 10/14/1986

1985

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
TV - Released: 9/27/1985
Danger Bay
Danger Bay
as Don Bared
TV - Released: 10/7/1985

1984

Calendar Girl Murders
Calendar Girl Murders
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Movie - Released: 4/8/1984
A Touch of Scandal
A Touch of Scandal
as Father Dwelle
Movie - Released: 11/27/1984

1983

The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
Movie - Released: 10/21/1983
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker
as Detective Frank Sheen
TV - Released: 11/1/1983
TV
Ryan's Four
TV - Released: 4/5/1983

1982

Fighting Back
Fighting Back
as John D'Angelo
Movie - Released: 5/21/1982
A Dangerous Summer
A Dangerous Summer
as Howard Anderson
Movie - Released: 10/22/1982
Cheers
Cheers
as Evan Drake
TV - Released: 9/30/1982

1981

Savage Harvest
Savage Harvest
as Casey
Movie - Released: 4/11/1981
Silence of the North
Silence of the North
as Walter Reamer
Movie - Released: 10/23/1981

1979

Alien
Alien
as Dallas
Movie - Released: 5/25/1979

1978

Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose!
as John Gosford
Movie - Released: 5/3/1978
Ice Castles
Ice Castles
as Marcus Winston
Movie - Released: 12/31/1978
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke
as Strawberry
Movie - Released: 5/16/1978

1977

The Turning Point
The Turning Point
as Wayne
Movie - Released: 11/14/1977

1976

Plot of Fear
Plot of Fear
as Chief Inspector
Movie - Released: 9/17/1976
La madama
La madama
as Jack
Movie - Released: 1/16/1976
Origins of the Mafia
Origins of the Mafia
as Bernardino Campo
TV - Released: 11/19/1976

1975

The Devil's Rain
The Devil's Rain
as Tom Preston
Movie - Released: 7/1/1975
The Last Day
The Last Day
as Bill Powers
Movie - Released: 2/15/1975
Baretta
Baretta
TV - Released: 1/17/1975
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
TV - Released: 2/24/1975

1974

Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us
as Dee Mobley
Movie - Released: 2/11/1974
Big Bad Mama
Big Bad Mama
as Fred
Movie - Released: 9/19/1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Run, Run, Joe!
as Margherito
Movie - Released: 4/11/1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV - Released: 9/13/1974
The Manhunter
The Manhunter
TV - Released: 9/11/1974
Get Christie Love!
Get Christie Love!
TV - Released: 1/22/1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Robert W. Palmer
TV - Released: 9/13/1974

1973

The Birdmen
The Birdmen
as Orville Fitzgerald
Movie - Released: 11/8/1973

1972

Fuzz
Fuzz
as Det. Bert Kling
Movie - Released: 7/14/1972

1971

Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers
as John Buckman
Movie - Released: 6/23/1971
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer
Movie - Released: 12/20/1971
Cannon
Cannon
as Bud
TV - Released: 9/14/1971
Nichols
Nichols
as Charley Doyle
TV - Released: 9/16/1971

1970

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
Movie - Released: 2/18/1970
The Moonshine War
The Moonshine War
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/30/1970

1968

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Lew Morgan
TV - Released: 9/20/1968
Lancer
Lancer
TV - Released: 9/24/1968
The Outsider
The Outsider
TV - Released: 9/18/1968

1967

A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Trapani
Movie - Released: 11/11/1967
Mannix
Mannix
as Morgan Carpenter
TV - Released: 9/16/1967
Cimarron Strip
Cimarron Strip
TV - Released: 9/7/1967

1966

The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
as Matthew Gebhardt
TV - Released: 9/9/1966
Felony Squad
Felony Squad
TV - Released: 9/12/1966

1965

Those Calloways
Those Calloways
as Whit Turner
Movie - Released: 1/28/1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Corky Mardis
Movie - Released: 10/3/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Robert Hastings
TV - Released: 9/19/1965
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
as Lou Patterson
TV - Released: 9/13/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as John Clarence Rim
TV - Released: 9/19/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Thorn Hazard
TV - Released: 9/19/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Bill Leonard
TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1964

One Man's Way
One Man's Way
as Leonard Peale, Grown
Movie - Released: 2/26/1964
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High
as Lt. Paddy Gialella
TV - Released: 9/18/1964
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High
as Lt. Steve Parmalee
TV - Released: 9/18/1964

1963

The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Neely Hollister
TV - Released: 9/17/1963
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Pete Edwards
TV - Released: 9/17/1963

1962

War Hunt
War Hunt
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
Movie - Released: 5/1/1962
Combat!
Combat!
as Hicks
TV - Released: 10/2/1962
The Virginian
The Virginian
as Eric Kroeger
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
Combat!
Combat!
as Burke
TV - Released: 10/2/1962
Combat!
Combat!
as Sgt. Decker
TV - Released: 10/2/1962
The Virginian
The Virginian
as Rev. Paul Martinson
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
The Virginian
The Virginian
as Billy Landers
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
The Virginian
The Virginian
as Moran
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Frank Farmer
TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1959

Bonanza
Bonanza
as Jerry
TV - Released: 9/12/1959
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Corporal Bill Tanner
TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1957

Wagon Train
Wagon Train
as Hamish Browne
TV - Released: 9/18/1957
The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys
as Mailman
TV - Released: 10/3/1957

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1955

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Edmund Dano
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Ben Stone
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Orv Timpson
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Fred Garth
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Tuck Frye
TV - Released: 9/10/1955

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Corky Mardis
TV - Released: 10/27/1954

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Norm Jenkins
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944