Tom Skerritt
Acting

Tom Skerritt

Born 25 August 1933 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Died 21 October 2026

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.

Known for

Alien
Ted
Top Gun
Contact
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tears of the Sun
The Dead Zone
White Collar
A Hologram for the King
Harold and Maude
A River Runs Through It
M*A*S*H
Broke
East of the Mountains
Catch the Bullet
The Phantom 52
Lucky
Day of Days
A Hologram for the King
Journey Back to Christmas
Field of Lost Shoes
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
At Middleton
Redwood Highway
Ted
Soda Springs
Redemption Road
Over Hawaii
Your Love Never Fails
Whiteout
For Sale by Owner
The Velveteen Rabbit
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Beer for My Horses
Desperation
Mammoth
Bonneville
Fallen
Vinegar Hill
Homeland Security
Path to War
Tears of the Sun
Swing
Changing Hearts
Greenmail
Texas Rangers
High Noon
An American Daughter
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
The Other Sister
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Into the Wild Blue
Two for Texas
Smoke Signals
Contact
Divided by Hate
What the Deaf Man Heard
Over California
A River Runs Through It
Singles
Knight Moves
Poison Ivy
Getting Up and Going Home
In Sickness and in Health
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
The Rookie
Child in the Night
The China Lake Murders
She'll Take Romance
A Question About Sex
Steel Magnolias
The Heist
Big Man on Campus
Red King, White Knight
Poltergeist III
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Moving Target
Honor Bound
Maid to Order
Poker Alice
The Big Town
Top Gun
Opposing Force
SpaceCamp
Wisdom
The Parent Trap II
Miles to Go…
Calendar Girl Murders
A Touch of Scandal
The Dead Zone
Fighting Back
A Dangerous Summer
Savage Harvest
Silence of the North
Alien
Maneaters Are Loose!
Ice Castles
Up in Smoke
The Turning Point
Plot of Fear
La madama
The Devil’s Rain
The Last Day
Thieves Like Us
Big Bad Mama
Run, Run, Joe!
The Birdmen
Fuzz
Wild Rovers
Harold and Maude
M*A*S*H
A Bell for Adano
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
One Man's Way
Those Calloways
War Hunt
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