Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt[1] (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who played Dallas in the 1979 film Alien. He later lent his voice and likeness to the character in the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation and its expansion packs. He is perhaps best known for his role as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in Top Gun (1986).
Skerritt has been nominated for two Golden Globes, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and has won an Emmy and a Saturn Award. Alongside Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Dan O'Bannon, Terry Rawlings, Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Harry Dean Stanton, and Sigourney Weaver, Skerritt won the DVD Exclusive Award for Best Audio Commentary (new for DVD) for Alien.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | War Hunt | |
| 1964 | One Man's Way | With Veronica Cartwright |
| 1965 | Those Calloways | |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | |
| Harold and Maude | ||
| 1972 | Fuzz | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | |
| Run, Run, Joe! | ||
| Big Bad Momma | ||
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain | |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear | |
| La Madama | ||
| 1977 | The Turning Point | |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke | |
| Ice Castles | ||
| 1979 | Alien | |
| 1981 | A Dangerous Summer | |
| Savage Harvest | ||
| Silence of the North | ||
| 1982 | Fighting Back | With Yaphet Kotto |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | |
| 1986 | Top Gun | |
| SpaceCamp | ||
| Opposing Force | ||
| Wisdom | With Veronica Cartwright | |
| 1987 | Maid to Order | With Raymond Cruz |
| The Bog Town | ||
| 1988 | Honor Bound | |
| Poltergeist III | ||
| 1989 | Big Man on Compus | |
| Steel Magnolias | ||
| 1990 | The Rookie | With Thomas Rosales, Jr. |
| 1992 | Poison Ivy | With William R. Perry |
| Knight Moves | ||
| Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue | With Robert Davi and Casey Sander | |
| A River Runs Through It | ||
| Singles | ||
| 1997 | Contact | With Jake Busey, John Hurt and David St. James |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals | |
| 1978 | Xenogenesis | |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers | |
| 2002 | Tuscaloosa | |
| Changing Hearts | ||
| Greenmail | ||
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | |
| Swing | ||
| 2006 | Bonneville | |
| 2007 | The Velveteen Rabbit | |
| 2008 | Beer for My Horses | |
| 2009 | Whiteout | |
| For Sale by Owner | ||
| Rivers of a Lost Coast | ||
| 2010 | Redemption Road | |
| 2012 | Ted | With Eddie Yansick |
| 2013 | At Middleton | |
| Redwood Highway | ||
| 2014 | Field of Lost Shoes | |
| Wings: Sky Force Heroes | ||
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | |
| 2017 | Lucky | With Harry Dean Stanton |
| Day of Days | ||
| 2019 | The Phantom 52 | |
| 2021 | East of the Mountains | |
| Catch The Bullet |
Documentary Appearances
- The Making of Alien3
- Alien Evolution
- The Alien Saga
- The Beast Within: Making Alien
- Memory: The Origins of Alien
Gallery
Tom Skerritt.
External Links
- Tom Skerritt at the Internet Movie Database
- Tom Skerritt on Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Movies | A Familiar Face | Seattle Times Newspaper
- ↑ Justin Case, 3rd Annual DVD Exclusive Awards honors THE TWO TOWERS!, MovieWeb, December 3, 2003.