
Tom Skerritt
Highest Rated: 100% Path to War (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% Beer for My Horses (2008)
Birthday: Aug 25, 1933
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Though he had an affinity for playing villains, actor Tom Skerritt was a familiar face to audiences as all-American authority figures - soldier, police officer, father - in prominent features and television series over several decades. After first gaining attention as the irreverent Southern doctor Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), Skerritt went on to an accomplished career that was marked with intelligent, penetrating performances. Perhaps most identified with the thoughtful gentleness he brought to his role as Shirley MacLaine's husband in "The Turning Point" (1977), Skerritt went on to score memorable film roles in Ridley Scott's sci-fi film "Alien" (1979), the Tony Scott blockbuster "Top Gun" (1986), and old friend Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It" (1992). Switching gears to the small screen after years of big screen success, Skerritt starred as the perplexed town sheriff of an odd, fictional community on the hit series "Picket Fences" (CBS, 1992-96), a role that earned him an Emmy Award. After the show was cancelled, Skerritt remained busy with roles on "Huff" (Showtime, 2004-06) and "Brothers and Sisters" (ABC, 2006- ), solidifying his place as one of the most prolific character actors working in Hollywood.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day of Days | Walter (Character) | - | 2017 |
97% | 81% | Lucky | Fred (Character) | $955.7K | 2017 |
70% | 55% | A Hologram for the King | Ron (Character) | $4.2M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Journey Back to Christmas | Tobias Cook (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings: Sky Force Heroes | Colonel (Voice) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return of the River | Grant Humes (Voice) | - | 2014 |
40% | 50% | Field of Lost Shoes | Ulysses S. Grant (Character) | - | 2014 |
61% | 45% | At Middleton | Dr. Roland Emerson (Character) | $53.1K | 2013 |
80% | 52% | Redwood Highway | Pete (Character) | $1.3M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Wings | Colonel (Voice) | - | 2012 |
69% | 73% | Ted | Self | $218.6M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Soda Springs | Walt Jackson (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 54% | A Valentine's Date | Jack Conners (Character) | - | 2011 |
57% | 59% | Black, White and Blues | Santa (Character) | $27K | 2010 |
86% | 66% | The Velveteen Rabbit | Horse (Voice) | - | 2009 |
7% | 21% | Whiteout | Dr. John Fury (Character) | $10.3M | 2009 |
0% | 62% | Beer for My Horses | Sheriff Landry (Character) | $666K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Trojan Horse | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Gabe Utterson (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Fallen | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Stephen King's Desperation | John Edward Marinville (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen the Journey | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen III: The Destiny | Zeke (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 15% | Mammoth | Simon Abernathy (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Killer Wave | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
41% | 43% | Bonneville | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Vinegar Hill | Fritz Grier (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Grid | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Homeland Security | Admiral Ted McKee (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
42% | No Score Yet | Swing | George Verdi (Character) | - | 2003 |
33% | 69% | Tears of the Sun | Captain Bill Rhodes (Character) | $43.4M | 2003 |
94% | 95% | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
100% | 73% | Path to War | Gen. William Westmoreland (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Changing Hearts | Johnny Pinkley (Character) | - | 2002 |
2% | 29% | Texas Rangers | Richard Dukes (Character) | $623.4K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Greenmail | Tom Bradshaw (Character) | - | 2001 |
50% | 63% | High Noon | Will Kane (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An American Daughter | Walter (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy (Character) | - | 2000 |
29% | 71% | The Other Sister | Radley Tate (Character) | $27.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Two for Texas | Sam Houston (Character) | - | 1998 |
83% | 82% | Smoke Signals | Police Chief (Character) | $6.8M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divided by Hate |
Steve Riordan (Character), Director |
- | 1997 |
66% | 78% | Contact | David Drumlin (Character) | $100.9M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 88% | What the Deaf Man Heard | Norm Jenkins (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Sickness and in Health | Jarrett Mattison (Character) | - | 1992 |
17% | 40% | Knight Moves | Capt. Frank Sedman (Character) | $493.1K | 1992 |
34% | 36% | Poison Ivy | Darryl Cooper (Character) | $1.8M | 1992 |
79% | 72% | Singles | Mayor Weber (Character) | $15.9M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Up and Going Home | Jack Montgomery (Character) | - | 1992 |
80% | 83% | A River Runs Through It | Rev. Maclean (Character) | $43.4M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue | Ham McDonald (Character) | $534.8K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Child in the Night | Bass (Character) | - | 1990 |
29% | 36% | The Rookie | Eugene Ackerman (Character) | $20.3M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The China Lake Murders | Sheriff Sam Brodie (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Take Romance | Judge Warren Danvers (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red King, White Knight | Stoner (Character) | - | 1989 |
68% | 89% | Steel Magnolias | Drum Eatenton (Character) | $79.4M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Heist | Ebbet Berens (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Big Man on Campus | Dr. Webster (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Moving Target | Joseph Kellogg (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bitter Creek | Ding (Character) | - | 1988 |
17% | 22% | Poltergeist III | Bruce Gardner (Character) | $13.1M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare at Bitter Creek | Ding (Character) | - | 1988 |
42% | 55% | Maid to Order | Charles Montgomery (Character) | $8.2M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poker Alice | Jeremy Collins (Character) | - | 1987 |
57% | 36% | The Big Town | Phil Carpenter (Character) | $776.7K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Wisdom | Lloyd Wisdom (Character) | $5.7M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miles to Go | Stuart Browning (Character) | - | 1986 |
54% | 83% | Top Gun | Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf (Character) | $179.8M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Parent Trap II | Bill Grand (Character) | - | 1986 |
45% | 50% | SpaceCamp | Cmdr. Zach Bergstrom (Character) | $9.1M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Opposing Force | Logan (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Calendar Girl Murders | Lieutenant Dan Stoner (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Touch of Scandal | Father Dwelle (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ryan's Four | Dr. Ryan (Character) | - | 1983 |
89% | 76% | The Dead Zone | Sheriff Bannerman (Character) | - | 1983 |
20% | 40% | Fighting Back | John D'Angelo (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dangerous Summer | Howard Anderson (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silence of the North | Walter Reamer (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savage Harvest | Casey (Character) | - | 1980 |
98% | 94% | Alien | Captain A.J. Dallas (Character) | $81.1M | 1979 |
44% | 69% | Ice Castles | Marcus Winston (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maneaters Are Loose! | John Gosford (Character) | - | 1978 |
47% | 83% | Up in Smoke | Strawberry (Character) | - | 1978 |
65% | 67% | The Turning Point | Wayne (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Day | Bill Powers (Character) | - | 1975 |
18% | 35% | The Devil's Rain | Tom Preston (Character) | - | 1975 |
82% | 72% | Thieves Like Us | Dee Mobley (Character) | - | 1974 |
71% | 41% | Big Bad Mama | Fred Diller (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Fuzz | Det. Bert Kling (Character) | - | 1972 |
57% | 44% | Wild Rovers | John Buckman (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape of the Birdmen | Orville `'Fitz'` Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 1971 |
85% | 83% | M*A*S*H | Duke Forrest (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bell for Adano | Trapani (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Those Calloways | Whit Turner (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 44% | War Hunt | Sgt. Stan Showalter (Character) | - | 1962 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 78% | Madam Secretary | Patrick McCord (Guest Star) | 2015 |
93% | 92% | The Good Wife | James Paisley (Guest Star) | 2014 |
96% | 93% | White Collar | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
92% | 85% | Leverage | Jimmy Ford (Guest Star) | 2012 2010 |
82% | 81% | The Closer | Det. Joey "O" Olin (Guest Star) | 2009 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | William Walker (Guest Star) | 2006-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Wave | Victor Bannister (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Category 7: The End of the World | Colonel Mike Davis (Character) | 2005 |
78% | 88% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Oliver Taft (Guest Star) | 2004 |
75% | 95% | The West Wing | Senator Chris Carrick (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Fred Maddux (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
82% | No Score Yet | Picket Fences |
Sheriff Jimmy Brock (Character), Director |
1992-1996 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Cheers | Evan Drake (Guest Star) | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Bay |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Bud (Guest Star) | 1975 1971-1972 |
100% | No Score Yet | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Fred Garth (Guest Star) | 1970 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lancer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Valley Days |
Sam Clemens/ |
1968 1963-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Tony Breer (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Morgan Carpenter (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Pete Edwards (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Favorite Martian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Price (Guest Star) | 1963 |
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