¬ Announcement: ShareTV is now streaming full-length episodes of TV Shows from ABC & ABC Family

Tom Skerritt

Age: 76
Height: 6' 0"

Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Born: Aug. 25th, 1933

+ Add to My Celebs

Tom Skerritt's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Picket Fences	Sheriff Jimmy&hellip
Category 7: End Of The World	Colonel Mike &hellip
Ryan's Four	Dr. Thomas Ryan
Storefront Lawyers	Paul Marek

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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 "12 O'Clock High" (1964). Skerritt's next big break was appearing alongside Donald Sutherland (I) and Elliott Gould in Robert Altman (I)'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).

TRIVIA:

Seldom seen on stage, Tom appeared with the late 'Lee Remick' (qv) in a performance of "Love Letters" in 1990, her last appearance before her death from cancer. He also performed in the same play with 'Kathy Baker (I)' (qv) for several benefits in the Los Angeles area. In 2004 he returned once more as the Stage Manager in a Seattle production of "Our Town".
Children: Andy (b. 1962), Erin (b. 1964) and Matt (b. 1969) with Charlotte Skerritt and Colin (b. 1978) with Sue Skerritt.
Attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan.
Uncle of 'Jessica Skerritt' (qv).
Plays the motorcycle cop in "Harold & Maude" but is billed in the credits as "M. Borman."