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Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Acting Born Aug 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.

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Alien
8.2
movie
Alien
as Dallas
1979
Ted
6.4
movie
Ted
as Tom Skerritt
2012
Top Gun
7.1
movie
Top Gun
as Viper
1986
Contact
7.4
movie
Contact
as David Drumlin
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
tv
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft
1999
Tears of the Sun
6.9
movie
Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes
2003
The Dead Zone
7.0
movie
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
1983
White Collar
8.2
tv
White Collar
as Alan Mitchell
2009
A Hologram for the King
5.9
movie
A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay
2016
Harold and Maude
7.6
movie
Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer
1971
A River Runs Through It
7.0
movie
A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean
1992
M*A*S*H
7.0
movie
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
1970