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Tom Skerritt
Highest Rated: 100% Path to War (2002)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Aug 25, 1933
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Audiences have seen actor Tom Skerritt in roles as a soldier, police officer, father and villains in prominent features and television series over several decades. After first gaining attention as the irreverent Southern doctor Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), Skerritt went on to an accomplished career that was marked with intelligent, penetrating performances. Perhaps most identified with the thoughtful gentleness he brought to his role as Shirley MacLaine's husband in "The Turning Point" (1977), Skerritt went on to score memorable film roles in Ridley Scott's sci-fi film "Alien" (1979), the Tony Scott blockbuster "Top Gun" (1986), and old friend Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It" (1992). Switching gears to the small screen after years of big screen success, Skerritt starred as the perplexed town sheriff of an odd, fictional community on the hit series "Picket Fences" (CBS, 1992-96), a role that earned him an Emmy Award. After the show was cancelled, Skerritt remained busy with roles on "Huff" (Showtime, 2004-06) and "Brothers and Sisters" (ABC, 2006- ), solidifying his place as one of the most prolific character actors working in Hollywood.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 57% | East of the Mountains |
Ben Givens (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | Catch the Bullet | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day of Days | Walter (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 97% | 81% | Lucky | Fred (Character) | $955.7K | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Journey Back to Christmas | Tobias Cook (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 70% | 54% | A Hologram for the King | Ron (Character) | $4.2M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return of the River | Grant Humes (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| 40% | 51% | Field of Lost Shoes | Ulysses S. Grant (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings: Sky Force Heroes | Colonel (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| 80% | 52% | Redwood Highway | Pete (Character) | $1.3M | 2013 |
| 61% | 46% | At Middleton | Dr. Roland Emerson (Character) | $53.1K | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Soda Springs | Walt Jackson (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Wings | Colonel (Voice) | - | 2012 |
| 69% | 73% | Ted | Self | $218.6M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | A Valentine's Date | Jack Conners (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 57% | 58% | Black, White and Blues | Santa (Character) | $27.0K | 2010 |
| 7% | 21% | Whiteout | Dr. John Fury (Character) | $10.3M | 2009 |
| 86% | 67% | The Velveteen Rabbit | Horse (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| 0% | 62% | Beer for My Horses | Sheriff Landry (Character) | $666.0K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Gabe Utterson (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Trojan Horse | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen the Journey | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Fallen | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen III: The Destiny | Zeke (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 41% | 43% | Bonneville | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | Mammoth | Simon Abernathy (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Stephen King's Desperation | John Edward Marinville (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Killer Wave | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Vinegar Hill | Fritz Grier (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Homeland Security | Admiral Ted McKee (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Grid | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 42% | No Score Yet | Swing | George Verdi (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 34% | 69% | Tears of the Sun | Captain Bill Rhodes (Character) | $43.4M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 94% | 95% | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Changing Hearts | Johnny Pinkley (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 100% | 74% | Path to War | Gen. William Westmoreland (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 2% | 29% | Texas Rangers | Richard Dukes (Character) | $623.4K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Greenmail | Tom Bradshaw (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An American Daughter | Walter (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 50% | 62% | High Noon | Will Kane (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 29% | 71% | The Other Sister | Radley Tate (Character) | $27.8M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Two for Texas | Sam Houston (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 90% | 82% | Smoke Signals | Police Chief (Character) | $6.8M | 1998 |
| 68% | 78% | Contact | David Drumlin (Character) | $100.9M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divided by Hate |
Steve Riordan (Character), Director |
- | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | What the Deaf Man Heard | Norm Jenkins (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Up and Going Home | Jack Montgomery (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Sickness and in Health | Jarrett Mattison (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 79% | 73% | Singles | Mayor Weber (Character) | $15.9M | 1992 |
| 39% | 36% | Poison Ivy | Darryl Cooper (Character) | $1.8M | 1992 |
| 80% | 83% | A River Runs Through It | Rev. Maclean (Character) | $43.4M | 1992 |
| 17% | 39% | Knight Moves | Capt. Frank Sedman (Character) | $493.1K | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue | Ham McDonald (Character) | $534.8K | 1991 |
| 33% | 36% | The Rookie | Eugene Ackerman (Character) | $20.3M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Child in the Night | Bass (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | The China Lake Murders | Sheriff Sam Brodie (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Take Romance | Judge Warren Danvers (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Big Man on Campus | Dr. Webster (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 65% | 89% | Steel Magnolias | Drum Eatenton (Character) | $79.4M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red King, White Knight | Stoner (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Heist | Ebbet Berens (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare at Bitter Creek | Ding (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Moving Target | Joseph Kellogg (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 16% | 22% | Poltergeist III | Bruce Gardner (Character) | $13.1M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bitter Creek | Ding (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 50% | 36% | The Big Town | Phil Carpenter (Character) | $776.7K | 1987 |
| 42% | 55% | Maid to Order | Charles Montgomery (Character) | $8.2M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poker Alice | Jeremy Collins (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Opposing Force | Logan (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miles to Go | Stuart Browning (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Wisdom | Lloyd Wisdom (Character) | $5.7M | 1986 |
| 50% | 50% | SpaceCamp | Cmdr. Zach Bergstrom (Character) | $9.1M | 1986 |
| 57% | 83% | Top Gun | Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf (Character) | $179.8M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miles to Go... | Unknown (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Parent Trap II | Bill Grand (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | The Calendar Girl Murders | Lieutenant Dan Stoner (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Touch of Scandal | Father Dwelle (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 89% | 77% | The Dead Zone | Sheriff Bannerman (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ryan's Four | Dr. Ryan (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dangerous Summer | Howard Anderson (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 20% | 47% | Fighting Back | John D'Angelo (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silence of the North | Walter Reamer (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savage Harvest | Casey (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 44% | 68% | Ice Castles | Marcus Winston (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 93% | 94% | Alien | Captain A.J. Dallas (Character) | $81.1M | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maneaters Are Loose! | John Gosford (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 47% | 82% | Up in Smoke | Strawberry (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 63% | 67% | The Turning Point | Wayne (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 17% | 34% | The Devil's Rain | Tom Preston (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Day | Bill Powers (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 83% | 72% | Thieves Like Us | Dee Mobley (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 75% | 41% | Big Bad Mama | Fred Diller (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Run, Run, Joe! | Marguerito (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Fuzz | Det. Bert Kling (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape of the Birdmen | Orville `'Fitz'` Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 60% | 44% | Wild Rovers | John Buckman (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 86% | 93% | Harold and Maude | Motorcycle Officer (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 84% | 83% | M*A*S*H | Duke Forrest (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bell for Adano | Trapani (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Those Calloways | Whit Turner (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | War Hunt | Sgt. Stan Showalter (Character) | - | 1962 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Patrick McCord (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 93% | 90% | The Good Wife | James Paisley (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 96% | 92% | White Collar | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 92% | 88% | Leverage | Jimmy Ford (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 |
| 83% | 85% | The Closer | Det. Joey "O" Olin (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | William Walker (Guest Star) | 2006-2009 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Dead Zone | Herb Smith (Character) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Category 7: The End of the World | Colonel Mike Davis (Character) | 2005 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Oliver Taft (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Senator Chris Carrick (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 82% | 95% | Picket Fences |
Sheriff Jimmy Brock (Character), Director |
1992-1996 |
| 87% | 94% | Cheers | Evan Drake (Guest Star) | 1987-1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Bay |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Bud (Guest Star) | 1971-1972 1975 |
| 100% | 85% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Bobby Allen (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Fred Garth (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lancer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Tony Breer (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Morgan Carpenter (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1965-1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Pete Edwards (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Favorite Martian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Price (Guest Star) | 1963 |