Actor
Tom Skerritt
- Born: 25 August 1933, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Estimated net worth: $8 million
Tom Skerritt is a versatile American actor known for his roles in films such as 'M*A*S*H', 'Alien', and 'Top Gun'. With a career spanning several decades, he is celebrated for his distinct voice and ability to portray both dramatic and comedic characters…
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About Tom Skerritt
Tom Skerritt is a versatile American actor known for his roles in films such as 'M*A*S*H', 'Alien', and 'Top Gun'. With a career spanning several decades, he is celebrated for his distinct voice and ability to portray both dramatic and comedic characters. Skerritt has built a reputation as a reliable presence in both film and television.
- Born
- 25 August 1933, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Spouses
- Julie Tokashiki (1984-present) Charlotte E. Smith (1957-1960)
- Children
- 5 children: Andrew, Matthew, Eric, and two others
- Parents
- Tom Skerritt Sr., Helen Skerritt
- Estimated net worth
- $8 million
Fun facts about Tom Skerritt
- Tom Skerritt served in the U.S. Army before pursuing acting and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- He made his directorial debut with the film 'The Devil's Rain' in 1975.
Famous Tom Skerritt quotes
“I am not a hero. I am just a guy who did what he had to do.”
“Get away from her, you b****!”
“I can't believe I'm doing this.”
Tom Skerritt filmography
Cast (200)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Broke Movie | Cliff | 7.0 |
| 2025 | Alien: Terror in Space Movie | Self - Actor | 7.0 |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens Movie | Self | |
| 2022 | Going Home TV | Vance Baker | |
| 2021 | East of the Mountains Movie | Ben Givens | 5.6 |
| 2021 | Catch the Bullet Movie | Dex | 5.6 |
| 2019 | The Phantom 52 Movie | The Phantom | 9.4 |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien Movie | Self | 6.4 |
| 2017 | Lucky Movie | Fred | 7.3 |
| 2017 | Day of Days Movie | Walter | 3.5 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Journey Back to Christmas Movie | Tobias Cook | 6.5 |
| 2016 | The American West TV | Self | 6.7 |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King Movie | Ron Clay | 5.8 |
| 2015 | Field of Lost Shoes Movie | Ulysses S. Grant | 6.1 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary TV | Patrick McCord | 7.0 |
| 2014 | The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway Movie | Narrator (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2014 | Wings: Sky Force Heroes Movie | Colonel (voice) | 5.2 |
| 2013 | At Middleton Movie | Roland Emerson | 6.3 |
| 2013 | Redwood Highway Movie | Pete Peterson | 5.9 |
| 2012 | Ted Movie | Tom Skerritt | 6.5 |
| 2012 | Soda Springs Movie | Walt Jackson | 5.6 |
| 2011 | Redemption Road Movie | Santa | 5.0 |
| 2011 | Your Love Never Fails Movie | Jack Connors | 5.8 |
| 2011 | Over Hawaii Movie | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | Soaring Over America Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2009 | The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Movie | Narrator | 6.2 |
| 2009 | For Sale by Owner Movie | Clive Farrier | 3.4 |
| 2009 | White Collar TV | Alan Mitchell | 8.2 |
| 2009 | Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Movie | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife TV | James Paisley | 7.6 |
| 2009 | Whiteout Movie | Dr. John Fury | 5.6 |
| 2009 | The Velveteen Rabbit Movie | Horse (voice) | 6.5 |
| 2008 | Leverage TV | Jimmy Ford | 7.6 |
| 2008 | Beer for My Horses Movie | Sheriff Wilson Landry | 4.6 |
| 2008 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Movie | Gabe Utterson | 4.6 |
| 2008 | The Trojan Horse TV | President Stanfield | 4.0 |
| 2007 | Fallen TV | Zeke | 6.6 |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2007 | Killer Wave TV | Victor Bannister | 5.8 |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters TV | William Walker | 7.1 |
| 2006 | Bonneville Movie | Emmett L. Johnson | 5.6 |
| 2006 | Fallen Movie | Zeke | 6.9 |
| 2006 | Desperation Movie | John Edward Marinville | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Mammoth Movie | Simon Abernathy | 4.5 |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World TV | Colonel Mike Davis | 6.6 |
| 2005 | The Closer TV | Det. Joey 'O' Olin | 7.8 |
| 2005 | Vinegar Hill Movie | Fritz Grier | 4.4 |
| 2004 | Huff TV | Unknown character | 7.7 |
| 2004 | The Grid TV | Unknown character | 6.5 |
| 2004 | Homeland Security TV | Admiral Theodore McKee | |
| 2004 | Homeland Security Movie | Admiral McKee | 4.8 |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien Movie | Self | 8.2 |
| 2003 | Path to War Movie | William Westmoreland | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Swing Movie | George Verdi | 9.0 |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun Movie | Captain Bill Rhodes | 6.9 |
| 2002 | The Alien Saga Movie | Self | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Greenmail Movie | Tom Bradshaw | 3.4 |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone TV | Herb Smith | 7.3 |
| 2002 | Changing Hearts Movie | Johnny Pinkley | 6.4 |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers Movie | Richard Dukes | 5.9 |
| 2001 | History vs. Hollywood TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis TV | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | 7.0 |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Movie | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | |
| 2000 | High Noon Movie | Will Kane | 5.5 |
| 2000 | Backstory TV | Self | 7.7 |
| 2000 | An American Daughter Movie | Walter | 4.7 |
| 2000 | Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' Movie | Self | 6.3 |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York TV | Thomas Ahearn | 7.0 |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Chris Carrick | 8.3 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Oliver Taft | 8.0 |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer TV | Fred Maddux | 4.7 |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Movie | Fred Maddux | 4.8 |
| 1999 | Into the Wild Blue Movie | Host | 10.0 |
| 1999 | The Other Sister Movie | Radley Tate | 6.4 |
| 1998 | Will & Grace TV | Dr. Jay Markus | 6.9 |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals Movie | Police Chief | 6.8 |
| 1998 | Two for Texas Movie | Sam Houston | 6.6 |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard Movie | Norm Jenkins | 6.4 |
| 1997 | Contact Movie | David Drumlin | 7.5 |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate Movie | Steve Riordan | 7.2 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story TV | Unknown character | 8.1 |
| 1995 | Over America Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope TV | Jim Kellner | 7.2 |
| 1994 | Over California Movie | Narrator (voice) | 6.5 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV | Self - Guest | 7.3 |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It Movie | Reverend Maclean | 7.0 |
| 1992 | Picket Fences TV | Jimmy Brock | 7.4 |
| 1992 | Singles Movie | Mayor Weber | 6.4 |
| 1992 | Getting Up and Going Home Movie | Jack Montgomery | 10.0 |
| 1992 | Poison Ivy Movie | Darryl Cooper | 5.4 |
| 1992 | In Sickness and in Health Movie | Jerritt Mattison | 4.0 |
| 1992 | Knight Moves Movie | Frank Sedman | 5.8 |
| 1992 | The Making of 'Alien³' Movie | Self | 5.5 |
| 1991 | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue Movie | Ham McDonald | 5.3 |
| 1990 | The Rookie Movie | Eugene Ackerman | 5.9 |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance Movie | Judge Warren Danvers | 4.7 |
| 1990 | A Question About Sex Movie | Jim | |
| 1990 | Child in the Night Movie | Detective Bass | 5.6 |
| 1990 | The China Lake Murders Movie | Sheriff Sam Brodie | 5.4 |
| 1989 | Big Man on Campus Movie | Dr. Webster | 5.9 |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight Movie | Stoner | 6.4 |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias Movie | Drum Eatenton | 7.2 |
| 1989 | The Heist Movie | Ebbet Berens | 4.9 |
| 1988 | Poltergeist III Movie | Bruce Gardner | 5.2 |
| 1988 | Nightmare at Bittercreek Movie | Ding | 6.3 |
| 1988 | Moving Target Movie | Joseph Kellogg | 5.9 |
| 1988 | Honor Bound Movie | Sam Cahill | 10.0 |
| 1987 | The Big Town Movie | Phil Carpenter | 5.6 |
| 1987 | Maid to Order Movie | Charles Montgomery | 5.5 |
| 1987 | Poker Alice Movie | Jeremy Collins | 6.9 |
| 1986 | Wisdom Movie | Lloyd Wisdom | 6.1 |
| 1986 | Miles to Go… Movie | Stuart Browning | 7.3 |
| 1986 | Opposing Force Movie | Logan | 4.4 |
| 1986 | The Parent Trap II Movie | Bill Grand | 5.5 |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp Movie | Zack | 5.9 |
| 1986 | Top Gun Movie | Viper | 7.1 |
| 1985 | Danger Bay TV | Don Bared | 7.4 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone TV | (segment "What Are Friends For?") | 7.7 |
| 1984 | A Touch of Scandal Movie | Father Dwelle | 8.0 |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl Murders Movie | Lieutenant Dan Stoner | 4.7 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker TV | Detective Frank Sheen | 6.2 |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone Movie | Sheriff Bannerman | 7.0 |
| 1983 | Ryan's Four TV | Dr. Thomas Ryan | |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer Movie | Howard Anderson | 4.1 |
| 1982 | Cheers TV | Evan Drake | 7.6 |
| 1982 | Fighting Back Movie | John D'Angelo | 5.8 |
| 1981 | Silence of the North Movie | Walter Reamer | 7.0 |
| 1981 | Savage Harvest Movie | Casey | 6.2 |
| 1979 | Alien Movie | Dallas | 8.2 |
| 1978 | Ice Castles Movie | Marcus Winston | 7.4 |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke Movie | Strawberry | 6.6 |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! Movie | John Gosford | 10.0 |
| 1977 | The Turning Point Movie | Wayne | 6.6 |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia TV | Bernardino Campo | 8.0 |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear Movie | Chief Inspector | 5.6 |
| 1976 | La madama Movie | Jack | 6.1 |
| 1975 | The Devil’s Rain Movie | Tom Preston | 5.0 |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. TV | Unknown character | 7.1 |
| 1975 | The Last Day Movie | Bill Powers | 6.5 |
| 1975 | Baretta TV | Unknown character | 6.5 |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama Movie | Fred | 5.7 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV | Unknown character | 7.7 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV | Robert W. Palmer | 7.7 |
| 1974 | The Manhunter TV | Unknown character | 7.0 |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe! Movie | Margherito | 6.0 |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us Movie | Dee Mobley | 6.5 |
| 1974 | Get Christie Love! TV | Unknown character | 8.4 |
| 1973 | The Birdmen Movie | Orville Fitzgerald | 7.7 |
| 1972 | Fuzz Movie | Det. Bert Kling | 5.5 |
| 1971 | Harold and Maude Movie | Motorcycle Officer | 7.6 |
| 1971 | Nichols TV | Charley Doyle | 6.3 |
| 1971 | Cannon TV | Bud | 6.7 |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers Movie | John Buckman | 6.1 |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War Movie | Neighbor (uncredited) | 5.7 |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H Movie | Duke Forrest | 6.9 |
| 1969 | Hawaii Five-O TV | Lew Morgan | 7.2 |
| 1968 | Lancer TV | Unknown character | 5.6 |
| 1968 | The Outsider TV | Arnie Cambor | 6.0 |
| 1967 | A Bell for Adano Movie | Sgt. Trapani | |
| 1967 | Mannix TV | Morgan Carpenter | 6.9 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip TV | Enoch Shelton | 5.8 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad TV | Unknown character | 6.5 |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel TV | Matthew Gebhardt | 7.7 |
| 1965 | The Further Adventures of Gallegher Movie | Corky Mardis | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. TV | Bill Leonard | 5.6 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. TV | Robert Hastings | 5.6 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. TV | Thorn Hazard | 5.6 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. TV | John Clarence Rim | 5.6 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life TV | Lou Patterson | 7.1 |
| 1964 | Those Calloways Movie | Whit Turner | 6.5 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High TV | Lt. Steve Parmalee | 7.2 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High TV | Lt. Paddy Gialella | 7.2 |
| 1964 | One Man's Way Movie | Leonard Peale, Grown | 4.2 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive TV | Neely Hollister | 7.3 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive TV | Pete Edwards | 7.3 |
| 1962 | Combat! TV | Burke | 7.9 |
| 1962 | Combat! TV | Sgt. Decker | 7.9 |
| 1962 | Combat! TV | Hicks | 7.9 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV | Self | 7.6 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV | Frank Farmer | 7.9 |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Rev. Paul Martinson | 6.5 |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Eric Kroeger | 6.5 |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Moran | 6.5 |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Billy Landers | 6.5 |
| 1962 | War Hunt Movie | Sgt. Stan Showalter | 6.4 |
| 1959 | Bonanza TV | Jerry | 7.5 |
| 1959 | Bonanza TV | Corporal Bill Tanner | 7.5 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys TV | Mailman | 5.9 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train TV | Hamish Browne | 6.6 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Presenter | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke TV | Ben Stone | 6.7 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke TV | Orv Timpson | 6.7 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke TV | Fred Garth | 6.7 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke TV | Tuck Frye | 6.7 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke TV | Edmund Dano | 6.7 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney TV | Corky Mardis | 7.9 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Norm Jenkins | 8.8 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Nominee | 7.0 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self | 7.0 |
Crew (4)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | East of the Mountains Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 5.6 |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate Movie | Director · Directing | 7.2 |
| 1990 | A Question About Sex Movie | Director · Directing | |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special TV | Director · Directing | 6.5 |
Latest releases
- Broke2025 / TMDB 7.0
- Alien: Terror in Space2025 / TMDB 7.0
- East of the Mountains2021 / TMDB 5.6
- Catch the Bullet2021 / TMDB 5.6
- The Phantom 522019 / TMDB 9.4
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Questions about Tom Skerritt
What are some of Tom Skerritt's most famous films?
Tom Skerritt is best known for his roles in 'Alien', 'Top Gun', 'M*A*S*H', and 'A River Runs Through It'.
Has Tom Skerritt won any awards?
Tom Skerritt has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance in the miniseries 'Picket Fences'.
What was Tom Skerritt's first film?
Tom Skerritt's first film was 'War Hunt' released in 1962, where he played a supporting role.
What is Tom Skerritt's estimated net worth?
Tom Skerritt's estimated net worth is approximately $8 million, reflecting his long and successful career in the entertainment industry.
How many children does Tom Skerritt have?
Tom Skerritt has five children, including Andrew, Matthew, and Eric, from his marriages.
What is a notable characteristic of Tom Skerritt's acting style?
Tom Skerritt is known for his distinctive voice and ability to portray a wide range of characters, from tough military men to sensitive roles.
What television series did Tom Skerritt star in?
Tom Skerritt starred in the acclaimed television series 'Picket Fences', which aired from 1992 to 1996.
Has Tom Skerritt directed any films?
Yes, Tom Skerritt made his directorial debut with 'The Devil's Rain' in 1975 and has directed several other projects since.