Basic Information About Tom Skerritt
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Teacher, Television Director |
| Net worth | $8,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1933-08-25 (91 years old) |
| Place of birth | Detroit |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | His moustache |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Tom Skerritt win?
 Oscar |
 Golden Globe |
 Golder Raspberry |
 BAFTA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Skerritt awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn Award - Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Winner | Leverage | 2012 |
| Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominee | Picket Fences | 1996 |
Tom Skerritt roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Contact | David Drumlin |
| M*A*S*H | Duke Forrest |
| Alien | Dallas |
| Ted | Tom Skerritt |
| Top Gun | Viper |
| Steel Magnolias | Drum Eatenton |
| A Hologram for the King | Ron |
| Up in Smoke | Strawberry |
| Harold and Maude | Motorcycle Officer (as M. Borman) |
| The Dead Zone | Sheriff Bannerman |
| Tears of the Sun | Captain Bill Rhodes |
| Singles | Mayor Weber |
| A River Runs Through It | Rev. Maclean |
| Poison Ivy | Darryl Cooper |
| Lucky | Fred |
| Big Bad Mama | Fred Diller |
| SpaceCamp | Zack |
| Ice Castles | Marcus Winston |
| Smoke Signals | Police Chief |
| Poltergeist III | Bruce Gardner |
| Whiteout | Dr. John Fury |
| The Other Sister | Radley |
| The Rookie | Eugene Ackerman |
| Texas Rangers | Richard Dukes |
| Will & Grace | Dr. Jay Markus 1 episode, 2002 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Oliver Taft 1 episode, 2004 |
| The Hitchhiker | Detective Frank Sheen 1 episode, 1986 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Lieutenant Ryan / ... 5 episodes, 1964-1967 |
| The West Wing | Senator Chris Carrick 1 episode, 2003 |
| White Collar | Alan Mitchell 1 episode, 2012 |
| The Virginian | Billy Landers / ... 6 episodes, 1962-1971 |
| The Fugitive | Neely Hollister / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1966 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Robert W. Palmer 1 episode, 1974 |
| Mannix | Morgan Carpenter 1 episode, 1967 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Richardson 1 episode, 1965 |
| Chicago Hope | Jim Kellner 1 episode, 1997 |
| My Three Sons | Young Steve 1 episode, 1963 |
| Leverage | Jimmy Ford 2 episodes, 2010-2012 |
| The Time Tunnel | Matthew Gebhardt 1 episode, 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Bill Leonard / ... 4 episodes, 1966-1972 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Dr. Frank Farmer 1 episode, 1963 |
| The Name of the Game | Pete 1 episode, 1970 |
| Brothers & Sisters | William Walker / ... 7 episodes, 2006-2009 |
| S.W.A.T. | Maynard Hill 1 episode, 1976 |
| Madam Secretary | Patrick McCord 1 episode, 2015 |
| The Twilight Zone | Alex Mattingly (segment "What Are Friends For?") 1 episode, 1986 |
| Barnaby Jones | Darrin Addison 1 episode, 1975 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 1 episode, 1992 |
| Medical Center | Artie Atwood 1 episode, 1970 |
| Combat! | Burke / ... 4 episodes, 1962-1967 |
Tom Skerritt's Quotes
- 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.
- I have never really capitalized effectively on the successful films I have appeared in. And I have been in some pretty damn good films. What it comes down to is what someone told me years ago -- if you have one hit and the next two are not successful, then you have to start from scratch again. That's what happened to me. It's like a game, I suppose, and I've been doing OK.
Interesting Facts about Tom Skerritt
- Children: Andy (b. 1962), Erin (b. 1964) and Matt Skerritt (b. 1969) with Charlotte Skerritt and Colin Skerritt (b. 1978) with Sue Skerritt.
- Attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan.
- Plays the motorcycle cop in Harold and Maude (1971) but is billed in the credits as "M. Borman".
- Seldom seen on stage, Tom appeared with the late Lee Remick 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 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".
- Uncle of Jessica Skerritt.
- Along with Ken Pogue, he is one of only two actors to appear in both The Dead Zone (1983) and The Dead Zone (2002).
- Best known by the public for his starring role as Sheriff Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences (1992).
- Acting mentor and friends of Holly Marie Combs and Lauren Holly.
- His acting mentor was the late Robert Altman.
- Doing commercials for the University of Kansas Medical Center. [May 2006]
- Has been living in the Seattle area and agreed to play the role of "The Stage Manager" in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at the Intiman Theater. [October 2004]
- He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: M*A*S*H (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), Alien (1979), Top Gun (1986) and Smoke Signals (1998).
- Although Dallas is the second character in 'Alien' to be killed, Skerritt has outlived all of his male costars.
