Tom Skerritt
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Thomas Roy "Tom" 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 roles in MASH, Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several awards and nominations, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.
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Filmography
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Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | War Hunt | Sgt. Stan Showalter | |
| 1964 | One Man's Way | Leonard Peal (Grown) | |
| 1965 | Those Calloways | Whit Turner | |
| 1970 | MASH | Capt. Augustus Bedford 'Duke' Forrest | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | John Buckman | |
| Harold and Maude | Motorcycle Officer | Credited as M. Borman | |
| 1972 | Fuzz | Detective Bert Kling | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Dee Mobley | |
| Run, Run, Joe! | Margherito | ||
| Big Bad Mama | Fred Diller | ||
| The Night Stalker | Senator Robert (Bob) Palmer | ||
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain | Tom Preston | |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear | Chief Inspector | |
| Madama, La | Rick Dylan | ||
| 1977 | The Turning Point | Wayne Rodgers | |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke | Strawberry | |
| Ice Castles | Marcus Winston | ||
| 1979 | Alien | Dallas | DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (2003 re-issue in Alien Quadrilogy, shared with Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt) |
| 1981 | A Dangerous Summer | Howard Anderson | |
| Savage Harvest | Casey | ||
| Silence of the North | Walter Reamer | ||
| 1982 | Fighting Back | John D'Angelo | |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Sheriff George Bannerman | |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Cmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf | |
| SpaceCamp | Zach Bergstrom | ||
| Opposing Force | Logan | ||
| Wisdom | Lloyd Wisdom | ||
| 1987 | Maid to Order | Charles Montgomery | |
| The Big Town | Phil Carpenter | ||
| 1988 | Honor Bound | Sam Cahill | |
| Poltergeist III | Bruce Gardner | ||
| 1989 | Big Man on Campus | Dr. Webster | |
| Steel Magnolias | Drum Eatenton | ||
| 1990 | The Rookie | Eugene Ackerman | |
| 1992 | Poison Ivy | Darryl Cooper | |
| Knight Moves | Captain Frank Sedman | ||
| Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue | Ham McDonald | Direct-to-video release | |
| A River Runs Through It | Reverend John Maclean | ||
| Singles | Mayor Weber | ||
| 1997 | Contact | David Drumlin | |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals | Police Chief | |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Dr. Radley Tate | |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers | Richard Dukes | |
| 2002 | Tuscaloosa | ||
| Changing Hearts | Johnny Pinkley | ||
| Greenmail | Tom Bradshaw | Direct-to-video release | |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Captain Bill Rhodes | |
| Swing | George Verdi | ||
| 2006 | Bonneville | Emmett | |
| 2007 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Horse | |
| 2008 | Beer for My Horses | Sheriff Wilson Landry | |
| 2009 | Whiteout | Dr. John Fury | |
| For Sale by Owner | Clive Farrier | ||
| Rivers of a Lost Coast | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Redemption Road | Santa | |
| 2011 | Your Love Never Fails | Jack | |
| 2012 | Ted | Himself | |
| 2013 | Redwood Highway | Pete | |
| 2014 | Field of Lost Shoes | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Ron |
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