Tom Skerritt

Acting · Born 1933-08-25 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.

Filmography

• A River Runs Through It as Rev. Maclean
• M*A*S*H as Duke Forrest
• Contact as David Drumlin
• Desperation as John Edward Marinville
• Top Gun as Viper
• Poltergeist III as Bruce Gardner
• Maid to Order as Charles Montgomery
• Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton
• Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Ham McDonald
• Fuzz as Det. Bert Kling