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Tom Skerritt


Lean, ruggedly handsome leading man and supporting actor whose "outdoor" looks have improved with age, Tom Skerritt attended Wayne State University and UCLA, and was first noticed in a UCLA production of "The Rainmaker" before making his movie debut in War Hunt. However, he spent most of the next decade in television... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (153 titles)
2013 Middleton (completed)
Emerson
 
2013 Redwood Highway
Pete
 
2012 Soda Springs
Walt Jackson
 
2012 White Collar (TV series)
Alan Mitchell
Pulling Strings (2012) … Alan Mitchell
 
2010-2012 Leverage (TV series)
Jimmy Ford
The Radio Job (2012) … Jimmy Ford
The Gold Job (2012) … Jimmy Ford
The Three-Card Monte Job (2010) … Jimmy Ford
 
2011 Your Love Never Fails (video)
Jack Conners
 
2011 Killer Wave (TV mini-series)
Victor Bannister
 
2009 For Sale by Owner
Clive Farrier
 
2009 The Closer (TV series)
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
Elysian Fields (2009) … Det. Joey 'O' Olin
 
2006-2009 Brothers & Sisters (TV series)
William Walker / William March
 
2008 Beer for My Horses
Sheriff Wilson Landry
 
2008 The Trojan Horse (TV mini-series)
President Stanfield
Part One (2008) … President Stanfield
 
2008 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV movie)
Gabe Utterson
 
2007 Stephen King's Dead Zone (TV series)
Herb Smith
Denouement (2007) … Herb Smith
 
2006 Fallen (TV movie)
Zeke
 
2006 Desperation (TV movie)
John Edward Marinville
 
2006 Huff (TV series)
Ben Huffstodt
Radio Silence (2006) … Ben Huffstodt
Red Meat (2006) … Ben Huffstodt
 
2006 Mammoth (TV movie)
Simon Abernathy
 
2005 Gun (Video Game)
Clay Allison (voice)
 
2005 Category 7: The End of the World (TV movie)
Colonel Mike Davis
 
2005 Vinegar Hill (TV movie)
Fritz Grier
 
2004 The Grid (TV mini-series)
CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman
Episode #1.2 (2004) … CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman
Episode #1.1 (2004) … CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman
 
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Judge Oliver Taft
Poison (2004) … Judge Oliver Taft
 
2003 The West Wing (TV series)
Senator Chris Carrick
Constituency of One (2003) … Senator Chris Carrick
 
2003/I Swing
George Verdi
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Passages Read By
 
2002 Will & Grace (TV series)
Dr. Jay Markus
The Needle and the Omelet's Done (2002) … Dr. Jay Markus
 
2002 Greenmail (video)
Tom Bradshaw
 
2002 Changing Hearts
Johnny Pinkley
 
2002 Tuscaloosa
 
2001 Texas Rangers
Richard Dukes
 
2001 Chestnut Hill (TV movie)
Daniel Eastman
 
2000 High Noon (TV movie)
Will Kane
 
2000 An American Daughter (TV movie)
Walter
 
1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (TV movie)
Thomas Ahearn
 
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (TV movie)
Fred Maddux
 
1999 Into the Wild Blue (TV movie)
Host
 
1998 Two for Texas (TV movie)
Sam Houston
 
1998 Smoke Signals
Police Chief
 
1997 What the Deaf Man Heard (TV movie)
Norm Jenkins
 
1997 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Jim Kellner
Guns 'n' Roses (1997) … Jim Kellner
 
1997 Divided by Hate (TV movie)
Steve Riordan
 
1992-1996 Picket Fences (TV series)
Sheriff Jimmy Brock
 
1992 Singles
Mayor Weber
 
1992 Getting Up and Going Home (TV movie)
Jack Montgomery
 
1992 In Sickness and in Health (TV movie)
Jarrett Mattison
 
1992 Knight Moves
Capt. Frank Sedman
 
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Ham McDonald
 
1990 The Rookie
Eugene Ackerman
 
1990 She'll Take Romance (TV movie)
Judge Warren Danvers
 
1990 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Jim
A Question About Sex (1990) … Jim
 
1990 Child in the Night (TV movie)
Bass
 
1990 The China Lake Murders (TV movie)
Sheriff Sam Brodie
 
1989 Red King, White Knight (TV movie)
Stoner
 
1989 The Heist (TV movie)
Ebbet Berens
 
1989 Big Man on Campus
Dr. Webster
 
1988 Nightmare at Bitter Creek (TV movie)
Ding
 
1987-1988 Cheers (TV series)
Evan Drake
Yacht of Fools (1988) … Evan Drake
 
1988 Moving Target (TV movie)
Joseph Kellogg
 
1988 Honor Bound
Sam Cahill
 
1987 The Big Town
Phil Carpenter
 
1987 Maid to Order
Charles Montgomery
 
1987 Poker Alice (TV movie)
Jeremy Collins
 
1986 Wisdom
Lloyd Wisdom
 
1986 Miles to Go... (TV movie)
Stuart Browning
 
1986 Danger Bay (TV series)
Don Bared
The Fish Who Walks (1986) … Don Bared
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Alex Mattingly (segment "What Are Friends For?")
What Are Friends For?/Aqua Vita (1986) … Alex Mattingly (segment "What Are Friends For?")
 
1986 The Parent Trap II (TV movie)
Bill Grand
 
1986 Opposing Force
Logan
 
1986 SpaceCamp
Cmdr. Zach Bergstrom (Andie's husband)
 
1986 Top Gun
Viper
 
1986 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
Detective Frank Sheen
True Believer (1986) … Detective Frank Sheen
 
1984 A Touch of Scandal (TV movie)
Father Dwelle
 
1984 Calendar Girl Murders (TV movie)
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
 
1983 Ryan's Four (TV series)
Dr. Ryan
Ryan's Four (1983) … Dr. Ryan
 
1982 A Dangerous Summer
Howard Anderson
 
1982/I Fighting Back
John D'Angelo
 
1981 Silence of the North
Walter Reamer
 
1981 Savage Harvest
Casey
 
1979 Alien
Dallas
 
1978 Up in Smoke
Strawberry
 
1978 Maneaters Are Loose! (TV movie)
John Gosford
 
1978 Baretta (TV series)
Al Brimmer
The Appointment (1978) … Al Brimmer
 
1977 The Turning Point
Wayne
 
1976 Origins of the Mafia (TV mini-series)
Bernardino Campo
La speranza (1976) … Bernardino Campo
 
1976 Sara (TV series)
Child Bride (1976)
 
1976 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Maynard Hill
Dragons and Owls (1976) … Maynard Hill
 
1976 La madama
Jack
 
1976 Plot of Fear
Chief Inspector
 
1975 The Devil's Rain
Tom Preston
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Darrin Addison
Image of Evil (1975) … Darrin Addison
 
1975 The Last Day (TV movie)
Bill Powers
 
1971-1975 Cannon (TV series)
Bud / Sheriff Andrews / Toby Hauser
The Conspirators (1975) … Sheriff Andrews
Nobody Beats the House (1972) … Toby Hauser
The Salinas Jackpot (1971) … Bud
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Barry Richards
Flight to Nowhere (1974) … Barry Richards
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Robert W. Palmer
The Devil's Platform (1974) … Robert W. Palmer
 
1974 Big Bad Mama
Fred Diller
 
1974 Get Christie Love! (TV series)
Deadly Betrayal (1974)
 
1974 Arrivano Joe e Margherito
Margherito
 
1974 Thieves Like Us
Dee Mobley
 
1964-1973 Bonanza (TV series)
Corporal Bill Tanner / Jerry
The Hunter (1973) … Corporal Bill Tanner
Thanks for Everything, Friend (1964) … Jerry
 
1965-1972 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Ben Stone / Edmund Dano / Fred Garth / …
Jubilee (1972) … Tuck Frye
The Noose (1970) … Fred Garth
The Moonstone (1966) … Orv Timpson
The Jailer (1966) … Ben Stone
The Pretender (1965) … Edmund Dano
 
1966-1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Bill Leonard / John Clarence Rim / Robert Hastings / …
The Deadly Species (1972) … Bill Leonard
Unknown Victim (1971) … Thorn Hazard
The Legend of John Rim (1967) … John Clarence Rim
The Assassin (1966) … Robert Hastings
 
1971 Nichols (TV series)
Charley Doyle
The Marrying Fool (1971) … Charley Doyle
 
1971 Harold and Maude
Motorcycle Officer (as M. Borman)
 
1971 The Birdmen (TV movie)
Orville 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
 
1971 Wild Rovers
John Buckman
 
1971 Men at Law (TV series)
Paul Marek
This Money Kills Dreams (1971) … Paul Marek
 
1962-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Billy Landers / Bobby Allen / Eric Kroeger / …
Nan Allen (1971) … Bobby Allen
The Saddle Warmer (1968) … Rafe
The Crooked Path (1968) … Moran
The Showdown (1965) … Billy Landers
The Secret of Brynmar Hall (1964) … Rev. Paul Martin
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Gil Dobie
A Team of One-Legged Acrobats (1970) … Gil Dobie
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Pete
 
1970 Medical Center (TV series)
Artie Atwood
Between Dark and Daylight (1970) … Artie Atwood
 
1970 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Lew Morgan
Most Likely to Murder (1970) … Lew Morgan
 
1970 MASH
Duke Forrest
 
1969 Lancer (TV series)
Bill Blake
The Knot (1969) … Bill Blake
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
Arnie Cambor
A Bowl of Cherries (1969) … Arnie Cambor
 
1963-1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Emmett Dalton / Patrick Hogan / Sam Clemens
Sense of Justice (1966)
The Book (1965) … Patrick Hogan
Three Minutes to Eternity (1963) … Emmett Dalton
 
1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Gerald Gardner
Matched for Murder (1968) … Gerald Gardner
 
1968 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Lou Patterson
The Killing Scene (1968) … Lou Patterson
 
1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Enoch Shelton
Knife in the Darkness (1968) … Enoch Shelton
 
1967 A Bell for Adano (TV movie)
Trapani
 
1967 Mannix (TV series)
Morgan Carpenter
Warning: Live Blueberries (1967) … Morgan Carpenter
 
1962-1967 Combat! (TV series)
Burke / Glinski / Hicks / …
The Gantlet (1967) … Sgt. Decker
Nothing to Lose (1966) … Burke (as Tom Skerrit)
Losers Cry Deal (1965) … Hicks
The Prisoner (1962) … Glinski (uncredited)
A Day in June (1962) … Soldier (uncredited)
 
1964-1967 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Lt. Paddy Gialella / Lt. Parmalee / Lt. Ryan / …
A Long Time Dead (1967) … Tech. Sgt. Neely
Twenty Fifth Mission (1966) … Lt. Paddy Gialella
Then Came the Mighty Hunter (1965) … Sgt. Ben Rodale
Those Who Are About to Die (1965) … Lt. Parmalee
Soldiers Sometimes Kill (1964) … Lt. Ryan
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Matthew Gebhardt
The Death Trap (1966) … Matthew Gebhardt
 
1965-1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
Neely Hollister / Pete
Joshua's Kingdom (1966) … Pete
Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet (1965) … Neely Hollister
 
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Richardson
The Enemies (1965) … Richardson
 
1964 My Favorite Martian (TV series)
Edgar
Miss Jekyll and Hyde (1964) … Edgar
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Hamish Browne
The Last Circle Up (1964) … Hamish Browne
 
1964 One Man's Way
Leonard Peale, Grown
 
1963 My Three Sons (TV series)
Young Steve
The Proposals (1963) … Young Steve
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Dr. Frank Farmer
Run for Doom (1963) … Dr. Frank Farmer
 
1963 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Mailman
Aunt Win Steps In (1963) … Mailman
 
1963 Laramie (TV series)
Price
No Place to Run (1963) … Price
 
1962 War Hunt
Sgt. Stan Showalter
 
Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
1997 Divided by Hate (TV movie)
 
1994-1996 Picket Fences (TV series)
Bloodbrothers (1995)
Rebels with Causes (1994)
 
1990 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
 
1986 Danger Bay (TV series)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2013 A New Yorker @Paris (short) (very special thanks) (completed)
 
2002 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (46 titles)
2013 Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power Since 1979 (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Ted
Himself
 
2010 Giants (video documentary) (voice)
 
2009 AYP Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV series)
Himself
The Ugly Truth/G-Force/Orphan (2009) … Himself
 
2009 SIFF 35th Anniversary Tribute (short)
Himself - Barista
 
2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (video documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2008 CMT Making Of: Beer for My Horses (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Over America (video documentary)
Narrator (voice) (as Tom Skerrit)
 
2008 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (TV series)
Himself
Pepperoni (2008) … Himself
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Dallas
Magnificent Movies (2006) … Dallas (also archive footage) (uncredited)
 
2006 The 60th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2003 The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 CBS at 75 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 VH-1 Behind the Movie (TV series documentary)
Himself
Top Gun (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Alien Evolution (TV documentary)
Himself / Capt. Dallas
 
2001 Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' (video documentary)
Himself - L.A. Premiere
 
2001 The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (TV short)
Himself - Host
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
Himself
M*A*S*H: Comedy Under Fire (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself
M*A*S*H (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Elizabeth Taylor (1998) … Himself
 
1997 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Contact (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Crimes in Time (TV documentary)
Host
 
1996 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Drama
 
1995 The Art of Nature (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series & Co-Presenter: Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Drama
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1993 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 November 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 1993 Environmental Media Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
1993 The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Tv
 
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.97 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 The Making of 'Alien 3' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Horror Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress/Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
 
1990 Clint, 'The Rookie' & Me (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Motion Picture
 
1971 The Moviemakers (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2009 TV Land Moguls (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Maquillando entre monstruos (TV documentary)
Dallas
 
2007 Today Tonight (TV series)
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Dallas
 
1999 The Alien Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Cheers (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed ABC Afternoon Special "Kelly vs Kelly" See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 4 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

M. Borman | Tom Skerrit

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

It's concentration and luck. There are many prominent people in this business who choose certain types of pictures and play a derivation of a certain character they always play so they are immediately identifiable -- and they are commercially successful because of it. I have never pursued that. I just do films that I would pay five bucks to see. See more »

Trivia:

Attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. See more »

Trademark:

His moustache See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo