Tom Skerritt: movies and TV shows
Tom Skerritt has 203 credits in the archive: 120 films and 83 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1962 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Broke | Cliff | Film | 7.1 | 91 |
| 2025 | Alien: Terror in Space | Self - Actor | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2022 | Going Home | Vance Baker | TV | — | 88 |
| 2021 | Catch the Bullet | Dex | Film | 5.6 | 87 |
| 2021 | East of the Mountains | Ben Givens | Film | 5.5 | 87 |
| 2021 | East of the Mountains | Film | 5.5 | 87 | |
| 2019 | The Phantom 52 | The Phantom | Film | 9.4 | 85 |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self | Film | 6.4 | 85 |
| 2017 | Lucky | Fred | Film | 7.3 | 83 |
| 2017 | Day of Days | Walter | Film | 3.5 | 83 |
| 2016 | The American West | Self | TV | 6.7 | 82 |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Ron Clay | Film | 5.9 | 82 |
| 2016 | Journey Back to Christmas | Tobias Cook | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2015 | Field of Lost Shoes | Ulysses S. Grant | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Patrick McCord | TV | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | Wings: Sky Force Heroes | Colonel (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 80 |
| 2014 | The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2013 | At Middleton | Dr. Roland Emerson | Film | 6.3 | 79 |
| 2013 | Redwood Highway | Pete Peterson | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 2012 | Ted | Tom Skerritt | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2012 | Soda Springs | Walt Jackson | Film | 5.6 | 78 |
| 2011 | Your Love Never Fails | Jack Connors | Film | 5.8 | 77 |
| 2011 | Redemption Road | Santa | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2011 | Over Hawaii | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2010 | Soaring Over America | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | James Paisley | TV | 7.6 | 75 |
| 2009 | White Collar | Alan Mitchell | TV | 8.2 | 75 |
| 2009 | Whiteout | Dr. John Fury | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2009 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Horse (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2009 | For Sale by Owner | Clive Farrier | Film | 3.4 | 75 |
| 2009 | The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club | Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2009 | Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2008 | Leverage | Jimmy Ford | TV | 7.6 | 74 |
| 2008 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Gabe Utterson | Film | 4.6 | 74 |
| 2008 | The Trojan Horse | President Stanfield | TV | 4.0 | 74 |
| 2008 | Beer for My Horses | Sheriff Wilson Landry | Film | 4.7 | 74 |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Self | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2007 | Killer Wave | Victor Bannister | TV | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2007 | Fallen | Zeke | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | William Walker | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2006 | Desperation | John Edward Marinville | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2006 | Bonneville | Emmett L. Johnson | Film | 5.6 | 72 |
| 2006 | Fallen | Zeke | Film | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2006 | Mammoth | Simon Abernathy | Film | 4.5 | 72 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Det. Joey 'O' Olin | TV | 7.9 | 71 |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World | Colonel Mike Davis | TV | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2005 | Vinegar Hill | Fritz Grier | Film | 4.4 | 71 |
| 2004 | Huff | TV | 7.7 | 70 | |
| 2004 | The Grid | TV | 6.6 | 70 | |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | Admiral McKee | Film | 4.8 | 70 |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | Admiral Theodore McKee | TV | — | 70 |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Captain Bill Rhodes | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2003 | Path to War | William Westmoreland | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2003 | Swing | George Verdi | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | Film | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Herb Smith | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2002 | The Alien Saga | Self | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2002 | Greenmail | Tom Bradshaw | Film | 3.4 | 68 |
| 2002 | Changing Hearts | Johnny Pinkley | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers | Richard Dukes | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2001 | History vs. Hollywood | Self | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2000 | Backstory | Self | TV | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | An American Daughter | Walter | Film | 4.7 | 66 |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | Film | — | 66 |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' | Self | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2000 | High Noon | Will Kane | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Oliver Taft | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Chris Carrick | TV | 8.3 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Radley Tate | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Thomas Ahearn | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer | Fred Maddux | TV | 4.7 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Fred Maddux | Film | 4.7 | 65 |
| 1999 | Into the Wild Blue | Host | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Dr. Jay Markus | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals | Police Chief | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1998 | Two for Texas | Sam Houston | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1997 | Contact | David Drumlin | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard | Norm Jenkins | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate | Steve Riordan | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate | Film | 7.3 | 63 | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 62 | |
| 1995 | Over America | Film | — | 61 | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Jim Kellner | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1994 | Over California | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1992 | Picket Fences | Jimmy Brock | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It | Rev. Maclean | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Poison Ivy | Darryl Cooper | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1992 | Singles | Mayor Weber | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1992 | Knight Moves | Frank Sedman | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1992 | In Sickness and in Health | Jerritt Mattison | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Getting Up and Going Home | Jack Montgomery | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1991 | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | Ham McDonald | Film | 5.4 | 57 |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Eugene Ackerman | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1990 | A Question About Sex | Jim | Film | — | 56 |
| 1990 | A Question About Sex | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1990 | Child in the Night | Detective Bass | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance | Judge Warren Danvers | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1990 | The China Lake Murders | Sheriff Sam Brodie | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Drum Eatenton | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight | Stoner | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1989 | The Heist | Ebbet Berens | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1989 | Big Man on Campus | Dr. Webster | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1988 | Poltergeist III | Bruce Gardner | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1988 | Moving Target | Joseph Kellogg | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1988 | Honor Bound | Sam Cahill | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1988 | Nightmare at Bittercreek | Ding | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1987 | The Big Town | Phil Carpenter | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1987 | Maid to Order | Charles Montgomery | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1987 | Poker Alice | Jeremy Collins | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Viper | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1986 | The Parent Trap II | Bill Grand | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Zack | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1986 | Opposing Force | Logan | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 1986 | Wisdom | Lloyd Wisdom | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1986 | Miles to Go… | Stuart Browning | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "What Are Friends For?") | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1985 | Danger Bay | Don Bared | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl Murders | Lieutenant Dan Stoner | Film | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1984 | A Touch of Scandal | Father Dwelle | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Detective Frank Sheen | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Sheriff Bannerman | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1983 | Ryan's Four | Dr. Thomas Ryan | TV | — | 49 |
| 1982 | Cheers | Evan Drake | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1982 | Fighting Back | John D'Angelo | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer | Howard Anderson | Film | 4.1 | 48 |
| 1981 | Silence of the North | Walter Reamer | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1981 | Savage Harvest | Casey | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1979 | Alien | Dallas | Film | 8.2 | 45 |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke | Strawberry | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1978 | Ice Castles | Marcus Winston | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! | John Gosford | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1977 | The Turning Point | Wayne | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | Bernardino Campo | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear | Chief Inspector | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1976 | La madama | Jack | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 41 | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | TV | 7.1 | 41 | |
| 1975 | The Devil’s Rain | Tom Preston | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | The Last Day | Bill Powers | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | TV | 7.7 | 40 | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Robert W. Palmer | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1974 | Get Christie Love! | TV | 8.1 | 40 | |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama | Fred | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Dee Mobley | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe! | Margherito | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1973 | The Birdmen | Orville Fitzgerald | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | TV | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1972 | Fuzz | Det. Bert Kling | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1971 | Cannon | Bud | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1971 | Nichols | Charley Doyle | TV | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1971 | Harold and Maude | Motorcycle Officer | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | John Buckman | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H | Duke Forrest | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Neighbor (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Lew Morgan | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 34 | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | Arnie Cambor | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Morgan Carpenter | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Enoch Shelton | TV | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1967 | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Trapani | Film | — | 33 |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Matthew Gebhardt | TV | 7.6 | 32 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Robert Hastings | TV | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | John Clarence Rim | TV | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Thorn Hazard | TV | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Bill Leonard | TV | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Lou Patterson | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1965 | The Further Adventures of Gallegher | Corky Mardis | Film | — | 31 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Paddy Gialella | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Steve Parmalee | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1964 | Those Calloways | Whit Turner | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1964 | One Man's Way | Leonard Peale, Grown | Film | 4.3 | 30 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Neely Hollister | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Pete Edwards | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Eric Kroeger | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Rev. Paul Martinson | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Billy Landers | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Moran | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Frank Farmer | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Hicks | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Burke | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Sgt. Decker | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1962 | War Hunt | Sgt. Stan Showalter | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Jerry | TV | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Corporal Bill Tanner | TV | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Hamish Browne | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Mailman | TV | 5.9 | 23 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 22 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Edmund Dano | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Stone | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Orv Timpson | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Fred Garth | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tuck Frye | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Corky Mardis | TV | 7.9 | 20 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Norm Jenkins | TV | 8.8 | 17 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 10 |