Tom Skerritt
Acting
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
1979
Contact
1997
Top Gun
1986
Ted
2012
Tears of the Sun
2003
M*A*S*H
1970
Desperation
2006
Whiteout
2009
Broke
2025
The Dead Zone
1983
Steel Magnolias
1989
The Rookie
1990
Swing
2003
Soda Springs
2012
Big Bad Mama
1974
Harold and Maude
1971
Greenmail
2002
Poison Ivy
1992
Bonneville
2006
Poltergeist III
1988
Up in Smoke
1978
Lucky
2017