Tom Skerritt

Born 1933-08-25 (age 92) Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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.

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Known For

Alien

Alien

1979

as Dallas

Top Gun

Top Gun

1986

as Viper

Ted

Ted

2012

as Tom Skerritt

Tears of the Sun

Tears of the Sun

2003

as Captain Bill Rhodes

Contact

Contact

1997

as David Drumlin

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970

as Duke Forrest

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It

1992

as Rev. Maclean

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

1989

as Drum Eatenton

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

1992

as Darryl Cooper

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

1983

as Sheriff Bannerman

The Rookie

The Rookie

1990

as Eugene Ackerman

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

1971

as Motorcycle Officer

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

1978

as Strawberry

Whiteout

Whiteout

2009

as Dr. John Fury

Broke

Broke

2025

as Cliff

Big Bad Mama

Big Bad Mama

1974

as Fred

A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

2016

as Ron Clay

The Parent Trap II

The Parent Trap II

1986

as Bill Grand

Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

1988

as Bruce Gardner

Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers

2001

as Richard Dukes