Born in Detroit on Aug. 25, 1933, Tom Skerritt was discovered as a student at UCLA and made his feature film debut alongside fellow newcomer Robert Redford in War Hunt (1962).He eventually stood out in Robert Altman's MASH (1970) and made another memorable turn as Shirley MacLaine's husband in The Turning Point (1977), a role that led to parts in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979), David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone (1983) and Tony Scott's Top Gun (1986). The 1990s brought a plum role in A River Runs Through It (1992), an Emmy-winning run as a small-town sheriff in television's "Picket Fences" (1992-96) and another brush with aliens in Contact (1997).
Other work includes Tears of the Sun (2003) with Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci, the television movie Vinegar Hill (2005) with Mary-Louise Parker and the miniseries "The Grid" (2004) with Dylan McDermott and Julianna Margulies.
Stephen King's DesperationWhen a group of strangers cross paths in the small town of Desperation, Nev., they find themselves at the mercy of psychotic Sheriff Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman), who's possessed by spirits. Anybody he apprehends seems to turn up dead. Annabeth Gish, Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber and Kelly Overton... Read More
Wild Orchid 2It's 1958, and Blue (Nina Siemaszko), just 17 years old, lives on the road with her drug-addicted father (Tom Skerritt). After her dad dies, a brokenhearted Blue finds herself on her own without any means of support, until she is taken in to work at a high-class brothel. Drawing power from her... Read More
Picket FencesStrange things tend to happen in Rome, Wis., and it's up to Sheriff Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) to keep the peace and make sense of it all. In between his law-enforcement duties, Brock raises his three kids with his wife, Jill (Kathy Baker), the town's doctor. Within this microcosm of Americana,... Read More
Calendar Girl MurdersMillionaire Richard Trainor's (Robert Culp) new pinup calendar is selling like hotcakes thanks to the gorgeous 12 women who posed nude for the photo shoot. But now, someone's killing them one by one, and it's up to police officer Dan Stoner (Tom Skerritt) to catch the murderer. Is photographer... Read More
Hearts on FireJarrett Mattison (Tom Skerrit) loves his wife (Lesley Ann Warren), but she suffers from multiple sclerosis, and the debilitating disease is taking its toll on their marriage. Desperate for help, he hires a young woman (Marg Helgenberger) to look after her and help out around the house. Soon,... Read More
