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Tom Skerritt

Acting Born Aug 25, 1933 Detroit, Michigan, USA 24 credits

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 MAS*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.

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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Oliver Taft

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Good Wife

as James Paisley

The Fugitive

as Neely Hollister

The Fugitive

as Pete Edwards

Run for Your Life

as Lou Patterson

The Closer

as Det. Joey 'O' Olin

The West Wing

as Chris Carrick

Bonanza

as Jerry

Bonanza

as Corporal Bill Tanner

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Oliver Taft
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Good Wife (2009) as James Paisley
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Neely Hollister
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Pete Edwards
  • Run for Your Life (1965) as Lou Patterson
  • The Closer (2005) as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
  • The West Wing (1999) as Chris Carrick
  • Bonanza (1959) as Jerry
  • Bonanza (1959) as Corporal Bill Tanner
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Lew Morgan
  • Cheers (1982) as Evan Drake
  • The Colbert Report (2005) as Viper (archive footage)
  • Chicago Hope (1994) as Jim Kellner
  • White Collar (2009) as Alan Mitchell
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
  • The Virginian (1962) as Eric Kroeger
  • The Virginian (1962) as Rev. Paul Martinson
  • The Virginian (1962) as Billy Landers
  • The Virginian (1962) as Moran
  • Mannix (1967) as Morgan Carpenter
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Will & Grace (1998) as Dr. Jay Markus