TOM SKERRITT
Name: Thomas Roy Skerritt
Born: 25 August 1933 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning American
actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes (half
Picket Fences) since 1962.
Skerritt made his television debut in 1962 in Combat! and his film debut in War
Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year. Skerritt's notable
film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970; his huge role was pared down enormously
by director Robert Altman), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman") (1971),
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978), as Captain A.J. Dallas of the commercial
towing vessel 'Nostromo' in Alien (1979), as an astronaut in Contact (1997) and
SpaceCamp (1986), and in Top Gun (1986), where he played opposite Tom Cruise as
Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf.
He was the Rev. MacLean in A River Runs Through It (1992). He was in the movie
Poison Ivy (1992) with Drew Barrymore and also played a sheriff in The Dead Zone,
a movie based on a Stephen King novel. He appeared as Evan Drake in the
television sitcom Cheers, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and starred in the
television series Picket Fences (1992-1996). More recently, Skerritt has starred
in Homeland Security and The Grid which is a Fox/BBC co-production. Both of
these latter projects dealt with counter-terrorism.
He also portrays the deceased William Walker on Brothers & Sisters, having
appeared in the pilot as well as in several flashbacks since. This is his second
time playing the husband of Sally Field, the first being his role in the film
Steel Magnolias. Recently, he has played the role of Ezekiel on ABC Family's
Fallen miniseries. He appears as the guide on the showcase website for Microsoft's
new operating system called Windows Vista. He recently appeared on Adult Swim's
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, where the duo sang a jingle for him. He
expressed disappointment as he said "You didn't do a good job".
Name: Thomas Roy Skerritt
Born: 25 August 1933 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning American
actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes (half
Picket Fences) since 1962.
Skerritt made his television debut in 1962 in Combat! and his film debut in War
Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year. Skerritt's notable
film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970; his huge role was pared down enormously
by director Robert Altman), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman") (1971),
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978), as Captain A.J. Dallas of the commercial
towing vessel 'Nostromo' in Alien (1979), as an astronaut in Contact (1997) and
SpaceCamp (1986), and in Top Gun (1986), where he played opposite Tom Cruise as
Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf.
He was the Rev. MacLean in A River Runs Through It (1992). He was in the movie
Poison Ivy (1992) with Drew Barrymore and also played a sheriff in The Dead Zone,
a movie based on a Stephen King novel. He appeared as Evan Drake in the
television sitcom Cheers, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and starred in the
television series Picket Fences (1992-1996). More recently, Skerritt has starred
in Homeland Security and The Grid which is a Fox/BBC co-production. Both of
these latter projects dealt with counter-terrorism.
He also portrays the deceased William Walker on Brothers & Sisters, having
appeared in the pilot as well as in several flashbacks since. This is his second
time playing the husband of Sally Field, the first being his role in the film
Steel Magnolias. Recently, he has played the role of Ezekiel on ABC Family's
Fallen miniseries. He appears as the guide on the showcase website for Microsoft's
new operating system called Windows Vista. He recently appeared on Adult Swim's
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, where the duo sang a jingle for him. He
expressed disappointment as he said "You didn't do a good job".