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Tom Skerritt
Biography
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 M*A*S*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.
Top Filmography

8.2
Alien
1979 // MOVIE

6.4
Ted
2012 // MOVIE

7.1
Top Gun
1986 // MOVIE

7.4
Contact
1997 // MOVIE

7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 // TV

6.9
Tears of the Sun
2003 // MOVIE

7.0
The Dead Zone
1983 // MOVIE

8.2
White Collar
2009 // TV

5.8
A Hologram for the King
2016 // MOVIE

7.6
Harold and Maude
1971 // MOVIE

7.0
A River Runs Through It
1992 // MOVIE

7.0
M*A*S*H
1970 // MOVIE

5.6
Whiteout
2009 // MOVIE

7.2
Steel Magnolias
1989 // MOVIE

7.6
The Good Wife
2009 // TV