Tom Skerritt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1933
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- October 21, 2026
Biography
Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in M*A*S*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992–96), Skerritt earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for the latter.
Movies with Tom Skerritt
- Alien 1979 · ★ 8.2
- Ted 2012 · ★ 6.5
- Top Gun 1986 · ★ 7.1
- Contact 1997 · ★ 7.5
- Tears of the Sun 2003 · ★ 6.9
- The Dead Zone 1983 · ★ 7.0
- A Hologram for the King 2016 · ★ 5.8
- Harold and Maude 1971 · ★ 7.6
- A River Runs Through It 1992 · ★ 7.0
- M*A*S*H 1970 · ★ 6.9
- Whiteout 2009 · ★ 5.6
- Steel Magnolias 1989 · ★ 7.2
- Lucky 2017 · ★ 7.3
- Up in Smoke 1978 · ★ 6.6
- The Rookie 1990 · ★ 5.9
- Poltergeist III 1988 · ★ 5.2
- Singles 1992 · ★ 6.4
- Poison Ivy 1992 · ★ 5.4
- Knight Moves 1992 · ★ 5.8
- Desperation 2006 · ★ 5.5
- SpaceCamp 1986 · ★ 5.9
- At Middleton 2013 · ★ 6.3
- The Other Sister 1999 · ★ 6.4
- Fallen 2006 · ★ 6.9
- Texas Rangers 2001 · ★ 5.9
- Smoke Signals 1998 · ★ 6.8
- Memory: The Origins of Alien 2019 · ★ 6.4
- The Devil’s Rain 1975 · ★ 5.0
- Journey Back to Christmas 2016 · ★ 6.5
- Thieves Like Us 1974 · ★ 6.5
- Catch the Bullet 2021 · ★ 5.6
- Ice Castles 1978 · ★ 7.3
- Big Bad Mama 1974 · ★ 5.7
- Mammoth 2006 · ★ 4.5
- The Turning Point 1977 · ★ 6.6
- Maid to Order 1987 · ★ 5.5
- Bonneville 2006 · ★ 5.6
- Path to War 2003 · ★ 6.7
- Broke 2025 · ★ 7.0
- The Big Town 1987 · ★ 5.6
Movies directed by Tom Skerritt
- Divided by Hate 1997 · ★ 7.2
- A Question About Sex 1990