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 MAS*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.
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 MAS*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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320093
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Filmography (Movies)
Broke
Character:Cliff
Release Date:10/06/2025
Alien: Terror in Space
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:21/02/2025
A Look Through His Lens
Character:Self
Release Date:06/01/2024
East of the Mountains
Character:Ben Givens
Release Date:24/09/2021
Catch the Bullet
Character:Dex
Release Date:10/09/2021
The Phantom 52
Character:The Phantom
Release Date:25/01/2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2019
Lucky
Character:Fred
Release Date:29/09/2017
Day of Days
Character:Walter
Release Date:27/07/2017
Journey Back to Christmas
Character:Tobias Cook
Release Date:27/11/2016
A Hologram for the King
Character:Ron Clay
Release Date:22/04/2016
Field of Lost Shoes
Character:Ulysses S. Grant
Release Date:30/03/2015
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/09/2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Character:Colonel (voice)
Release Date:08/07/2014
At Middleton
Character:Dr. Roland Emerson
Release Date:09/10/2013
Redwood Highway
Character:Pete Peterson
Release Date:05/04/2013
Ted
Character:Tom Skerritt
Release Date:29/06/2012
Soda Springs
Character:Walt Jackson
Release Date:27/03/2012
Redemption Road
Character:Santa
Release Date:26/08/2011
Your Love Never Fails
Character:Jack Connors
Release Date:04/02/2011
Over Hawaii
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2011
Soaring Over America
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/12/2009
For Sale by Owner
Character:Clive Farrier
Release Date:27/10/2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/10/2009
Whiteout
Character:Dr. John Fury
Release Date:09/09/2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
Character:Horse (voice)
Release Date:27/02/2009
Beer for My Horses
Character:Sheriff Wilson Landry
Release Date:08/08/2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Gabe Utterson
Release Date:17/05/2008
Over America
Character:
Release Date:05/02/2008
Bonneville
Character:Emmett L. Johnson
Release Date:11/09/2006
Fallen
Character:Zeke
Release Date:23/07/2006
Desperation
Character:John Edward Marinville
Release Date:23/05/2006
Mammoth
Character:Simon Abernathy
Release Date:22/04/2006
Category 7: The End of the World
Character:Colonel Mike Davis
Release Date:06/11/2005
Vinegar Hill
Character:Fritz Grier
Release Date:06/03/2005
Homeland Security
Character:Admiral McKee
Release Date:11/04/2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2003
Path to War
Character:William Westmoreland
Release Date:28/10/2003
Swing
Character:George Verdi
Release Date:09/10/2003
Tears of the Sun
Character:Captain Bill Rhodes
Release Date:07/03/2003
The Alien Saga
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/2002
Greenmail
Character:Tom Bradshaw
Release Date:16/07/2002
Changing Hearts
Character:Johnny Pinkley
Release Date:22/04/2002
Texas Rangers
Character:Richard Dukes
Release Date:30/11/2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Character:Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Release Date:04/11/2000
High Noon
Character:Will Kane
Release Date:20/08/2000
An American Daughter
Character:Walter
Release Date:05/06/2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/01/2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Character:Fred Maddux
Release Date:09/05/1999
Into the Wild Blue
Character:Host
Release Date:08/05/1999
The Other Sister
Character:Radley Tate
Release Date:26/02/1999
Smoke Signals
Character:Police Chief
Release Date:26/06/1998
Two for Texas
Character:Sam Houston
Release Date:18/01/1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
Character:Norm Jenkins
Release Date:23/11/1997
Contact
Character:David Drumlin
Release Date:11/07/1997
Divided by Hate
Character:Steve Riordan
Release Date:01/01/1997
Over California in High Definition
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:08/02/1994
A River Runs Through It
Character:Rev. Maclean
Release Date:09/10/1992
Singles
Character:Mayor Weber
Release Date:18/09/1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Character:Jack Montgomery
Release Date:21/07/1992
Poison Ivy
Character:Darryl Cooper
Release Date:08/05/1992
In Sickness and in Health
Character:Jerritt Mattison
Release Date:08/03/1992
Knight Moves
Character:Frank Sedman
Release Date:14/01/1992
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Character:Ham McDonald
Release Date:31/10/1991
The Rookie
Character:Eugene Ackerman
Release Date:07/12/1990
She'll Take Romance
Character:Judge Warren Danvers
Release Date:25/11/1990
A Question About Sex
Character:Jim
Release Date:13/09/1990
Child in the Night
Character:Detective Bass
Release Date:01/05/1990
The China Lake Murders
Character:Sheriff Sam Brodie
Release Date:31/01/1990
Big Man on Campus
Character:Dr. Webster
Release Date:12/12/1989
Red King, White Knight
Character:Stoner
Release Date:25/11/1989
Steel Magnolias
Character:Drum Eatenton
Release Date:15/11/1989
The Heist
Character:Ebbet Berens
Release Date:16/09/1989
Poltergeist III
Character:Bruce Gardner
Release Date:10/06/1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Character:Ding
Release Date:24/05/1988
Moving Target
Character:Joseph Kellogg
Release Date:08/02/1988
Honor Bound
Character:Sam Cahill
Release Date:01/01/1988
The Big Town
Character:Phil Carpenter
Release Date:25/09/1987
Maid to Order
Character:Charles Montgomery
Release Date:10/07/1987
Poker Alice
Character:Jeremy Collins
Release Date:21/05/1987
Wisdom
Character:Lloyd Wisdom
Release Date:31/12/1986
Miles to Go…
Character:Stuart Browning
Release Date:14/10/1986
Opposing Force
Character:Logan
Release Date:01/08/1986
The Parent Trap II
Character:Bill Grand
Release Date:26/07/1986
SpaceCamp
Character:Zack
Release Date:06/06/1986
Top Gun
Character:Viper
Release Date:16/05/1986
A Touch of Scandal
Character:Father Dwelle
Release Date:27/11/1984
Calendar Girl Murders
Character:Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Release Date:08/04/1984
The Dead Zone
Character:Sheriff Bannerman
Release Date:21/10/1983
A Dangerous Summer
Character:Howard Anderson
Release Date:22/10/1982
Fighting Back
Character:John D'Angelo
Release Date:21/05/1982
Silence of the North
Character:Walter Reamer
Release Date:23/10/1981
Savage Harvest
Character:Casey
Release Date:11/04/1981
Alien
Character:Dallas
Release Date:25/05/1979
Ice Castles
Character:Marcus Winston
Release Date:31/12/1978
Up in Smoke
Character:Strawberry
Release Date:16/05/1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
Character:John Gosford
Release Date:03/05/1978
The Turning Point
Character:Wayne
Release Date:14/11/1977
Plot of Fear
Character:Chief Inspector
Release Date:17/09/1976
La madama
Character:Jack
Release Date:16/01/1976
The Devil's Rain
Character:Tom Preston
Release Date:01/07/1975
The Last Day
Character:Bill Powers
Release Date:15/02/1975
Big Bad Mama
Character:Fred
Release Date:19/09/1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Character:Margherito
Release Date:11/04/1974
Thieves Like Us
Character:Dee Mobley
Release Date:11/02/1974
The Birdmen
Character:Orville Fitzgerald
Release Date:08/11/1973
Fuzz
Character:Det. Bert Kling
Release Date:14/07/1972
Harold and Maude
Character:Motorcycle Officer
Release Date:20/12/1971
Wild Rovers
Character:John Buckman
Release Date:23/06/1971
The Moonshine War
Character:Neighbor (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1970
M*A*S*H
Character:Duke Forrest
Release Date:18/02/1970
A Bell for Adano
Character:Sgt. Trapani
Release Date:11/11/1967
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Character:Corky Mardis
Release Date:26/09/1965
Those Calloways
Character:Whit Turner
Release Date:10/11/1964
One Man's Way
Character:Leonard Peale, Grown
Release Date:26/02/1964
War Hunt
Character:Sgt. Stan Showalter
Release Date:01/05/1962
Television Appearances
Going Home
Character:Vance Baker
The American West
Character:Self
Madam Secretary
Character:Patrick McCord
White Collar
Character:Alan Mitchell
The Good Wife
Character:James Paisley
Leverage
Character:Jimmy Ford
The Trojan Horse
Character:President Stanfield
Fallen
Character:Zeke
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Character:Self
Killer Wave
Character:Victor Bannister
Brothers and Sisters
Character:William Walker
Category 7: The End of the World
Character:Colonel Mike Davis
The Colbert Report
Character:Viper (archive footage)
The Closer
Character:Det. Joey 'O' Olin
Huff
Character:
The Grid
Character:
Homeland Security
Character:Admiral Theodore McKee
The Dead Zone
Character:Herb Smith
History vs. Hollywood
Character:Self
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Character:Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Backstory
Character:Self
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Character:Thomas Ahearn
The West Wing
Character:Chris Carrick
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Oliver Taft
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Character:Fred Maddux
Will & Grace
Character:Dr. Jay Markus
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Chicago Hope
Character:Jim Kellner
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Picket Fences
Character:Jimmy Brock
Danger Bay
Character:Don Bared
The Twilight Zone
Character:(segment "What Are Friends For?")
The Hitchhiker
Character:Detective Frank Sheen
Ryan's Four
Character:Dr. Thomas Ryan
Cheers
Character:Evan Drake
Origins of the Mafia
Character:Bernardino Campo
S.W.A.T.
Character:
Baretta
Character:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:Robert W. Palmer
The Manhunter
Character:
Get Christie Love!
Character:
Nichols
Character:Charley Doyle
Cannon
Character:Bud
Lancer
Character:
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Lew Morgan
The Outsider
Character:Arnie Cambor
Mannix
Character:Morgan Carpenter
Cimarron Strip
Character:Enoch Shelton
Felony Squad
Character:
The Time Tunnel
Character:Matthew Gebhardt
The F.B.I.
Character:Robert Hastings
The F.B.I.
Character:John Clarence Rim
The F.B.I.
Character:Thorn Hazard
The F.B.I.
Character:Bill Leonard
Run for Your Life
Character:Lou Patterson
12 O'Clock High
Character:Lt. Paddy Gialella
12 O'Clock High
Character:Lt. Steve Parmalee
The Fugitive
Character:Neely Hollister
The Fugitive
Character:Pete Edwards
Combat!
Character:Hicks
Combat!
Character:Burke
Combat!
Character:Sgt. Decker
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Frank Farmer
The Virginian
Character:Eric Kroeger
The Virginian
Character:Rev. Paul Martinson
The Virginian
Character:Billy Landers
The Virginian
Character:Moran
Bonanza
Character:Jerry
Bonanza
Character:Corporal Bill Tanner
The Real McCoys
Character:Mailman
Wagon Train
Character:Hamish Browne
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Gunsmoke
Character:Edmund Dano
Gunsmoke
Character:Ben Stone
Gunsmoke
Character:Orv Timpson
Gunsmoke
Character:Fred Garth
Gunsmoke
Character:Tuck Frye
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Corky Mardis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Norm Jenkins
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
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