Actor

Tom Skerritt

August 25, 1933 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

Notable work

8.2
Alien (1979)
as Dallas
6.5
Ted (2012)
as Tom Skerritt
7.1
Top Gun (1986)
as Viper
7.4
Contact (1997)
as David Drumlin
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Oliver Taft
6.9
Tears of the Sun (2003)
as Captain Bill Rhodes
7
The Dead Zone (1983)
as Sheriff Bannerman
8.2
White Collar (2009)
as Alan Mitchell
5.8
A Hologram for the King (2016)
as Ron Clay
7.6
Harold and Maude (1971)
as Motorcycle Officer
7
A River Runs Through It (1992)
as Rev. Maclean
6.9
M*A*S*H (1970)
as Duke Forrest

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