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Acting

Tom Skerritt

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1986 and 1992 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 64
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: Alien
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1993 · Won · 45th Primetime Emmy Awards
Picket Fences
Source: Wikidata

Characters

9

The characters Tom Skerritt played, best-known titles first.

Tom Skerritt as Arthur Koblenz Dallas

Tom Skerritt as Viper

Tom Skerritt as Eugene Ackerman

Tom Skerritt as William Walker

Tom Skerritt as Cmdr. Zach Bergstrom

Tom Skerritt as Sheriff Jimmy Brock

Tom Skerritt as Tobias Cook

Tom Skerritt as Lieutenant Dan Stoner

Tom Skerritt as Victor Bannister

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 120 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tom Skerritt Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Showbiz
0.5, average 1.2
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Fantasy
1.1, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Coming-of-Age 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Survival Thriller 4
Political Thriller 4
Redemption 3
Heartwarming 3
Class Conflict 3
Crime Investigation 3
Bleak Atmosphere 3
Psychological Tension 3
Disaster Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

164

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 59

Broke

82

as Cliff

Going Home

TV show · as Vance Baker

East of the Mountains

63

as Ben Givens

Catch the Bullet

32

as Dex

2010s

16 titles · average score 59

The Phantom 52

as The Phantom

Lucky

82

as Fred

Day of Days

as Walter

Journey Back to Christmas

67

as Tobias Cook

A Hologram for the King

60

as Ron Clay

Field of Lost Shoes

41

as Ulysses S. Grant

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as Patrick McCord

At Middleton

60

as Roland Emerson

Soda Springs

60

as Walt Jackson

Ted

64

as Tom Skerritt

Your Love Never Fails

56

as Jack Connors

Redemption Road

45

as Santa

2000s

36 titles · average score 53

Whiteout

32

as Dr. John Fury

The Velveteen Rabbit

42

as Horse (voice)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

39

as Gabe Utterson

Desperation

47

as John Edward Marinville

Mammoth

36

as Simon Abernathy

Category 7: The End of the World

34

TV show · as Colonel Mike Davis

Homeland Security

42

TV show · as Admiral Theodore McKee

Tears of the Sun

53

as Captain Bill Rhodes

Swing

43

as George Verdi

Greenmail

27

as Tom Bradshaw

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

64

TV show · as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

59

as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

1990s

28 titles · average score 62

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

62

TV show · as Thomas Ahearn

The Other Sister

45

as Radley Tate

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

54

TV show · as Fred Maddux

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Oliver Taft

Contact

69

as David Drumlin

Picket Fences

76

TV show · as Jimmy Brock

A River Runs Through It

73

as Reverend Maclean

Poison Ivy

46

as Darryl Cooper

Knight Moves

35

as Frank Sedman

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

47

as Ham McDonald

The Rookie

44

as Eugene Ackerman

The China Lake Murders

57

as Sheriff Sam Brodie

1980s

29 titles · average score 56

Steel Magnolias

70

as Drum Eatenton

The Heist

54

as Ebbet Berens

Poltergeist III

35

as Bruce Gardner

Moving Target

45

as Joseph Kellogg

Poker Alice

64

as Jeremy Collins

Top Gun

60

as Viper

The Parent Trap II

57

as Bill Grand

Wisdom

39

as Lloyd Wisdom

Opposing Force

45

as Logan

Calendar Girl Murders

43

as Lieutenant Dan Stoner

The Dead Zone

70

as Sheriff Bannerman

Fighting Back

36

as John D'Angelo

1970s

26 titles · average score 63

Alien

86

as Dallas

Ice Castles

50

as Marcus Winston

Maneaters Are Loose!

as John Gosford

The Turning Point

66

as Wayne

The Devil’s Rain

34

as Tom Preston

Big Bad Mama

55

as Fred

Run, Run, Joe!

as Margherito

Thieves Like Us

66

as Dee Mobley

Fuzz

45

as Det. Bert Kling

Wild Rovers

58

as John Buckman

Cannon

67

TV show · as Bud

M*A*S*H

78

as Duke Forrest

1960s

19 titles · average score 68

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Lew Morgan

Lancer

63

TV show

Mannix

71

TV show · as Morgan Carpenter

Cimarron Strip

64

TV show · as Enoch Shelton

The Time Tunnel

76

TV show · as Matthew Gebhardt

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Thorn Hazard / Bill Leonard

Run for Your Life

73

TV show · as Lou Patterson

12 O'Clock High

76

TV show · as Lt. Paddy Gialella / Lt. Steve Parmalee

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Neely Hollister / Pete Edwards

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Frank Farmer

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Eric Kroeger / Rev. Paul Martinson

Combat!

82

TV show · as Burke / Hicks

1950s

6 titles · average score 71

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Corporal Bill Tanner / Jerry

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Hamish Browne

The Real McCoys

45

TV show · as Mailman

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Tuck Frye / Orv Timpson

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Corky Mardis

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Norm Jenkins