Tom Skerritt

1933 -
American born Detroit

Height 6' (1.83 m) . 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 (1962). However, he spent most of the next decade in television, regularly appearing in "Combat!" (1962), "The Virginian" (1962), "Gunsmoke" (1955) and "Twelve O'Clock High" (1964). Skerritt's next big break was appearing alongside Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in Robert Altman's biting satire MASH (1970). Several other film roles quickly followed, before he landed the plum role of Capt. Dallas of the ill-fated commercial towing vehicle Nostromo in the creepy sci-fi epic Alien (1979).Skerritt turned up again in another thriller playing a cop hunting a serial killer in the eerie The Dead Zone (1983), as a Navy Officer Flight instructor in Top Gun (1986) , in the six-chick flick Steel Magnolias (1989), and then as the poster boy for a "Guess" Jeans ad campaign utilizing his mature, weather-beaten features. Skerritt didn't neglect his TV background and reappeared on the small screen in "Cheers" (1982), The China Lake Murders (1990) (TV) and picked up an Emmy in 1994 for his performance as Sheriff Brock in the superb series "Picket Fences" (1992).Skerritt has remained continually busy for the past decade, contributing natural, entertaining and reliable performances in TV series, made-for-TV movies and major theatrical releases. He recreated the role of Will Kane in the TV production of High Noon (2000) (TV), and appeared alongside Bruce Willis in the mercenary war drama Tears of the Sun (2003). Spouse Sue (1977 - 1992) (divorced) 1 child, Charlotte (? - ?) (divorced) 3 children.

"H2O II: The Trojan Horse" (2007) , "Brothers & Sisters" (2006) , Bonneville (2006) , Fallen (2006) , Desperation (2006) , "Huff" (2006) , Mammoth (2006) , Gun (2005) , Category 7: The End of the World (2005) , Vinegar Hill (2005) , "The Grid" (2004) , "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2004) , Homeland Security (2004) , "The West Wing" (2003) , Swing (2003/I) , Tears of the Sun (2003) , "Will & Grace" (2002) , Greenmail (2002) , Path to War (2002) , Changing Hearts (2002) , Tuscaloosa (2002) , The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) , Texas Rangers (2001) , Chestnut Hill (2001) , Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) , High Noon (2000) , An American Daughter (2000) , Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) , The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999) ,Into the Wild Blue (1999) , The Other Sister (1999) , Two for Texas (1998) , Smoke Signals (1998) , What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) , "Chicago Hope" (1997) , Divided by Hate (1997) , Contact (1997) , "Picket Fences" (1996) , Singles (1992) , A River Runs Through It (1992) , Poison Ivy (1992) , Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1992) , In Sickness and in Health (1992) , Knight Moves (1992) , Getting Up and Going Home (1992) , The Rookie (1990) , She'll Take Romance (1990) , A Question About Sex (1990) , Child in the Night (1990) , The China Lake Murders (1990) , Red King, White Knight (1989) , Steel Magnolias (1989) , The Heist (1989) , Big Man on Campus (1989) , Poltergeist III (1988) , Nightmare at Bitter Creek (1988), "Cheers" (1988) , Moving Target (1988) , Honor Bound (1988) , The Big Town (1987) , Maid to Order (1987) , Poker Alice (1987) , Wisdom (1986) , "The Twilight Zone" (1986), Parent Trap II (1986) , Opposing Force (1986) , SpaceCamp (1986), Top Gun (1986) , "The Hitchhiker" (1986) , Miles to Go... (1986) , A Touch of Scandal (1984) , Calendar Girl Murders (1984) , The Dead Zone (1983) , "Ryan's Four" (1983) , Ryan's Four (1983) , Fighting Back (1982/I) , Silence of the North (1981) , Savage Harvest (1981) , A Dangerous Summer (1981) , Alien (1979) , Ice Castles (1978) , Up in Smoke (1978) , Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) , "Baretta" (1978) , The Turning Point (1977) , Sara" (1976) , "S.W.A.T." (1976) , Madama, La (1976) , "Alle origini della mafia" (1976) , ...e tanta paura (1976) , The Devil's Rain (1975) , "Barnaby Jones" (1975) , The Last Day (1975) , "Cannon" (1971), "The Manhunter" (1974) , "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) , Big Bad Mama (1974) , "Get Christie Love" (1974) , Arrivano Joe e Margherito (1974) , Thieves Like Us (1974) , "Bonanza" (1964) , "Gunsmoke" (1965) , Fuzz (1972) , "The F.B.I." (1966) , "Nichols" (1971), Harold and Maude (1971) , The Birdmen (1971) , Wild Rovers (1971), "Storefront Lawyers" (1971) , "The Virginian" (1964) , "Bracken's World" (1970) , "The Name of the Game" (1970) , "Medical Center" (1970), "Hawaii Five-O" (1970) , MASH (1970) , "Lancer" (1969) , "The Outsider" (1969), "Felony Squad" (1968) , "Run for Your Life" (1968) ,"Cimarron Strip" (1968) , "Death Valley Days" (1963) , "Mannix" (1967) , "Combat!" (1962) ,"Twelve O'Clock High" (1964) , A Bell for Adano (1967) , "The Time Tunnel" (1966) , "The Fugitive" (1965) , "Disneyland" (1965) , "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1965) , Those Calloways (1965) , "The Further Adventures of Gallegher" (1965) , "My Favorite Martian" (1964) , "Wagon Train" (1964) , One Man's Way (1964) , "My Three Sons" (1963) ,"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1963) , "The Real McCoys" (1963) , "Laramie" (1963) , War Hunt (1962)