Tom Skerritt

Highest Rated: 97% Lucky (2017)

Lowest Rated: 0% Beer for My Horses (2008)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1933

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Tom Skerritt is probably the best-known actor whose name is never remembered. A rugged "outdoors" type, Skerritt briefly attended Wayne State University and UCLA before making his film bow in War Hunt (1962). His subsequent film and TV roles were sizeable, but so adept was Skerritt at immersing himself in his character that he seemed to have no tangible, recurrent personality of his own. Billed second as "Duke" in the original M*A*S*H* (1970), Skerritt did his usual finely-honed job, but audiences of the time preferred the demonstrative, mannered acting technique of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall; significantly, Skerritt's character was not carried over into the even more unsubtle M*A*S*H TV series. Finally, in 1980, Skerritt began to attain a following with his authoritative performance in Alien. Since that time, there's been no stopping him. He posed in a popular series of "Guess?" Jeans ads, appeared as a 1987-88 regular on "Cheers," starred in 1992's A River Runs Through It (directed by his long-ago War Hunt costar Robert Redford), and won a 1994 Emmy for his work on the TV series "Picket Fences."Skerritt would continue to work at a remarkable pace, usually appearing in several projects a year. From 1999's family drama The Other Sister to 2003's war thriller Tears of the Sun, the actor could be spotted by fans of seemingly every area of film throughout the 90's and 2000's. In 2006, he took a recurring role in the hit primetime drama Brothers and Sisters, and in 2008 he signed on for the redneck comedy Beer for my Horses. He went on to appear in Whiteout, Multiple Sarcasms, and he made a cameo as himself in the R rated talking teddy bear movie Ted.

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
97%	Lucky	Fred	$1M	2017
No Score Yet	Day of Days	Walter	—	2017
72%	A Hologram for the King	Ron	—	2016
No Score Yet	Journey Back to Christmas	Tobias	—	2014
40%	Field of Lost Shoes	Ulysses S. Grant	—	2014
80%	Redwood Highway	Pete	$0.2M	2014
No Score Yet	Ot vinta 3D (Wings)	Colonel	—	2014
61%	At Middleton	Dr. Roland Emerson	$53.4K	2014
No Score Yet	Wings: Sky Force Heroes	Colonel	—	2014
No Score Yet	Wings	Colonel (English Version)	—	2013
68%	Ted	Himself	$218.2M	2012
No Score Yet	Soda Springs	Walt Jackson	—	2012
57%	Redemption Road	Santa	$26.3K	2011
No Score Yet	Your Love Never Fails	Jack Conners	—	2011
7%	Whiteout	Dr. John Fury	$10.4M	2009
No Score Yet	The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club	Actor	—	2009
86%	The Velveteen Rabbit	The Horse	—	2009
No Score Yet	For Sale by Owner	Actor	—	2009
0%	Beer for My Horses	Sheriff Landry	$0.6M	2008
No Score Yet	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Gabe Utterson	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Trojan Horse	President Stanfield	—	2008
40%	Bonneville	Emmett L. Johnson	$0.4M	2006
No Score Yet	Stephen King's 'Desperation'	Johnny Marinville	—	2006
No Score Yet	Fallen	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Mammoth	Simon Abernathy	—	2006
No Score Yet	Killer Wave	Victor Bannister	—	2006
No Score Yet	Category 7: The End of the World	Mike Davis	—	2005
No Score Yet	Vinegar Hill	Actor	—	2005
42%	Swing	George Verdi	—	2004
No Score Yet	Homeland Security	Adm. Theodore McKee	—	2004
No Score Yet	The Grid	Acton Sandman	—	2004
33%	Tears of the Sun	Capt. Bill Rhodes	$43.5M	2003
94%	Alien: The Director's Cut	Dallas	—	2003
No Score Yet	Path to War	Gen. William Westmoreland	—	2002
No Score Yet	Changing Hearts	Johnny Pinkley	—	2002
2%	Texas Rangers	Dukes	—	2001
No Score Yet	Greenmail	Tom Bradshaw	—	2001
50%	High Noon	Will Kane	—	2000
No Score Yet	An American Daughter	Walter Abrahmson	—	2000
No Score Yet	Into the Wild Blue: The World's Best Flight Teams	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer	Actor	—	1999
29%	The Other Sister	Radley	—	1999
83%	Smoke Signals	Police Chief	—	1998
No Score Yet	Two for Texas	Sam Houston	—	1998
No Score Yet	What the Deaf Man Heard	Norm Jenkins	—	1997
63%	Contact	David Drumlin	—	1997
No Score Yet	Divided By Hate	Director Steve Riordan	—	1997
No Score Yet	Shadow Casting: The Making of "A River Runs Through It"	Actor	—	1994
17%	Knight Moves	Frank Sedman	—	1993
80%	A River Runs Through It	Mr. Maclean	—	1992
79%	Singles	Mayor Weber	—	1992
No Score Yet	Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue	Ham	—	1992
36%	Poison Ivy	Darryl	—	1992
No Score Yet	In Sickness and in Health	Jarrett Mattison	—	1992
No Score Yet	Getting Up and Going Home	Jack Montgomery	—	1992
No Score Yet	Hearts on Fire	Jarrett Mattison	—	1991
29%	The Rookie	Eugene Ackerman	—	1990
No Score Yet	The China Lake Murders	Sheriff Sam Brodie	—	1990
No Score Yet	Child in the Night (Testimone oculare)	Bass	—	1990
70%	Steel Magnolias	Drum Eatenton	—	1989
No Score Yet	Red King, White Knight	Stoner	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Heist	Ebbet Berens	—	1989
No Score Yet	Big Man on Campus	Dr. Webster	—	1989
No Score Yet	Moving Target	Kellogg	—	1988
18%	Poltergeist III	Bruce Gardner	—	1988
No Score Yet	Bitter Creek	Actor	—	1988
57%	The Big Town	Phil Carpenter	—	1987
42%	Maid to Order	Charles Montgomery	—	1987
No Score Yet	Nightmare at Bittercreek	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	Poker Alice	Jeremy Collins	—	1987
No Score Yet	Opposing Force	Logan	—	1986
No Score Yet	Parent Trap II	Bill	—	1986
45%	SpaceCamp (Space Camp)	Zach	—	1986
54%	Top Gun	Cdr. Mike `Viper' Metcalf	—	1986
No Score Yet	Wisdom	Lloyd Wisdom	—	1986
No Score Yet	Calendar Girl Murders	Dan Stoner	—	1984
No Score Yet	Miles to Go	Stuart	—	1984
91%	The Dead Zone	Sherriff George Bannerman	—	1983
20%	Fighting Back (Death Vengeance)	John D'Angelo	—	1982
No Score Yet	Dangerous Summer	Howard Anderson	—	1982
No Score Yet	Silence of the North	Walter Reamer	—	1981
97%	Alien	Dallas	—	1979
47%	Up in Smoke	Strawberry	—	1978
No Score Yet	Maneaters Are Loose	Actor	—	1978
44%	Ice Castles	Marcus Winston	—	1978
61%	The Turning Point	Wayne Rodgers	—	1977
No Score Yet	Origins of the Mafia	Actor	—	1976
18%	The Devil's Rain	Tom Preston	—	1975
No Score Yet	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Actor	—	1974
86%	Thieves Like Us	Dee Mobley	—	1974
71%	Big Bad Mama	Fred Diller	—	1974
No Score Yet	Fuzz	Detective Bert Kling	—	1972
84%	Harold and Maude	Motorcycle Cop	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Birdmen	Actor	—	1971
54%	Wild Rovers	John Buckman	—	1971
86%	MAS*H	Duke Forrest	—	1970
No Score Yet	Those Calloways	Whit Turner	—	1965
No Score Yet	One Man's Way	Leonard Peale Grown	—	1963
No Score Yet	War Hunt	Cpl. Showalter	—	1962

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Madam Secretary 2014	Patrick McCord	2015
94%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	James Paisley	2014
96%	White Collar 2009-2014		2012
92%	Leverage 2008-2012		2010
84%	The Closer 2005-2012	Det. Joe Olin	2010
79%	Brothers & Sisters 2006-2011	William Walker	2009 2008 2007 2006
No Score Yet	The Dead Zone 2002-2007	Herb Smith	2007
67%	Huff 2006	Ben	2006
No Score Yet	The Grid 2004	Acton Sandman	2004
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Judge Taft	2004 2003
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Senator Carrick	2003
No Score Yet	Will & Grace 1998	Jay	2002
82%	Picket Fences 1992-1996	Director Sheriff Jim Brock	1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
No Score Yet	Cheers 1982-1993	Guest Evan Drake	1988 1987
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989	Alex	1986
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Corporal Bill Tanner Jerry	1973 1964
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Frye Ben Garth Edmund	1972 1970 1966 1965
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Neely Pete	1966 1965
No Score Yet	My Favorite Martian 1963-1966	Edgar	1964
No Score Yet	The Hitchhiker 1983-1991

QUOTES FROM Tom Skerritt CHARACTERS

Ouiser Boudreaux says: I am just about at the end of my rope with you.

Drum Eatenton says: Well, then why don't you tie a noose and slip it 'round your head?

Dallas says: (from editited footage) Kill....me! Ripelyyy

Dallas says: [from editited footage] Kill... me! Ripely.

Dallas says: [looking at alien skeleton] Alien life form. Looks like it's been dead a long time. Fossilized. Looks like it's growing out of the chair. [climbs up for a closer look]

Dallas says: Bones are bent outward, like he exploded from inside.

Reverend MacLean says: For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

Reverend MacLean says: Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

Dr. John Fury says: I never meant for anyone to get hurt, but Haden got greedy.