Directed credits
3
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Tom Skerritt
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 1All crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 4139
IMDb ID: nm0000643
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1933
Age: 92
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q320093
Also known as
Tom Skerrit • Thomas Roy Skerritt • Τομ Σκέριτ • 汤姆·斯凯里特 • 톰 스커릿 • 湯姆·史基瑞 • M. Borman • تام اسکریت • Thomas Skerritt
Frequent jobs
Director (3)Executive Producer (1)
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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tom Skerritt.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Tom Skerritt.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tom Skerritt.
8.2
Alien
as Dallas
1979 Movie
7.6
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer
1971 Movie
7.4
Contact
as David Drumlin
1997 Movie
7.3
Lucky
as Fred
2017 Movie
7.2
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton
1989 Movie
7.1
Top Gun
as Viper
1986 Movie
7.0
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
1983 Movie
7.0
A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean
1992 Movie
7.0
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
1970 Movie
6.9
Fallen
as Zeke
2006 Movie
6.9
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes
2003 Movie
6.8
Smoke Signals
as Police Chief
1998 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Tom Skerritt.
8.3
The West Wing
as Chris Carrick • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
The Closer
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "What Are Friends For?") • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.7
Combat!
as Hicks • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.6
The Time Tunnel
as Matthew Gebhardt • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 Series
7.6
Leverage
as Jimmy Ford • 2 eps
2008 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as James Paisley • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.5
Cheers
as Evan Drake • 6 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Jerry • 1 eps
1959 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tom Skerritt.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tom Skerritt.
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Chris Carrick • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as James Paisley • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.9
The Closer
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Jerry • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.5
Cheers
as Evan Drake • 6 eps
1982 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
as Viper (archive footage) • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.8
Will & Grace
as Dr. Jay Markus • 1 eps
1998 Series
8.2
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 2 eps
1944 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tom Skerritt.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tom Skerritt.
7.0
Broke
as Cliff
2025 Movie
6.8
Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actor
2025 Movie
5.3
East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens
2021 Movie
5.6
Catch the Bullet
as Dex
2021 Movie
9.4
The Phantom 52
as The Phantom
2019 Movie
6.3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
2019 Movie
7.3
Lucky
as Fred
2017 Movie
3.5
Day of Days
as Walter
2017 Movie
6.5
Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook
2016 Movie
5.9
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay
2016 Movie
6.1
Field of Lost Shoes
as Ulysses S. Grant
2015 Movie
8.0
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
as Narrator (voice)
2014 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tom Skerritt.
Going Home
as Vance Baker • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.7
The American West
as Self • 8 eps
2016 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Patrick McCord • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.2
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as James Paisley • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Leverage
as Jimmy Ford • 2 eps
2008 Series
4.0
The Trojan Horse
as President Stanfield • 2 eps
2008 Series
6.7
Fallen
as Zeke • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.3
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.2
Killer Wave
as Victor Bannister • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
as William Walker • 6 eps
2006 Series
6.7
Category 7: The End of the World
as Colonel Mike Davis • 2 eps
2005 Series