Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt
Born: Aug 25, 1933
Detroit, MI
Career: 1962-2009
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Action
Comedy
Drama
Crime
Thriller
Biography by Hal Erickson
Tom Skerritt is probably the best-known actor whose name is never remembered. A rugged "outdoors" type, Skerritt briefly attended Wayne State University and UCLA before making his film bow in War Hunt (1962). His subsequent film and TV roles were sizeable, but so adept was Skerritt at immersing himself in his character that he seemed to have no tangible, recurrent personality of his own. Billed second as "Duke" in the original M*A*S*H* (1970), Skerritt did his usual finely-honed job, but audiences of the time preferred the demonstrative, mannered acting technique of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall; significantly, Skerritt's character was not carried over into the even more unsubtle M*A*S*H TV series. Finally, in 1980, Skerritt began to attain a following with his authoritative performance in Alien. Since that time, there's been no stopping him. He posed in a popular series of "Guess?" Jeans ads, appeared as a 1987-88 regular on "Cheers," starred in 1992's A River Runs Through It (directed by his long-ago War Hunt costar Robert Redford), and won a 1994 Emmy for his work on the TV series "Picket Fences."

Skerritt would continue to work at a remarkable pace, usually appearing in several projects a year. From 1999's family drama The Other Sister to 2003's war thriller Tears of the Sun, the actor could be spotted by fans of seemingly every area of film throughout the 90's and 2000's. In 2006, he took a recurring role in the hit primetime drama Brothers and Sisters, and in 2008 he signed on for the redneck comedy Beer for my Horses.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
The Velveteen Rabbit 2009 Voice [Starring]
Whiteout 2009 Actor [Starring]
Beer for My Horses 2008 Actor [Starring]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2008 Actor [Starring]
Multiple Sarcasms 2008 Actor [Starring]
Rivers of a Lost Coast 2008 Voice [Starring]
Brothers & Sisters: Season 02 2007 Actor [Starring]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 2007 Actor [Starring]
Bonneville 2006 Actor [Starring]
Brothers & Sisters: Season 01 2006 Actor [Starring]
Killer Wave 2006 Actor [Starring]
Mammoth 2006 Actor [Starring]
Stephen King's Desperation 2006 Actor [Starring]
Category 7: The End of the World 2005 Actor [Starring]
Homeland Security 2004 Actor [Starring]
Swing 2003 Actor [Starring]
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Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.

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Awards

Year Movie/Film Role
1982 Genie Awards Silence of the North Best Actor - Foreign (Nom)
1977 National Board of Review The Turning Point Best Supporting Actor (Won)
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