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Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Actor·b. 1933·Detroit, Michigan, USA

14 horror credits

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 MAS*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.

Actor14 films

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Self

2019
For Sale by Owner

For Sale by Owner

Clive Farrier

2009
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Gabe Utterson

2008
Desperation

Desperation

John Edward Marinville

2006
Mammoth

Mammoth

Simon Abernathy

2006
Child in the Night

Child in the Night

Detective Bass

1990
Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

Bruce Gardner

1988 3.0
Calendar Girl Murders

Calendar Girl Murders

Lieutenant Dan Stoner

1984
The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

Sheriff Bannerman

1983 3.5
Savage Harvest

Savage Harvest

Casey

1981
Alien

Alien

Dallas

1979 5.0
Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

John Gosford

1978
Plot of Fear

Plot of Fear

Chief Inspector

1976
The Devil’s Rain

The Devil’s Rain

Tom Preston

1975