Celebrity birth data

Tom Skerritt

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Tom Skerritt、Thomas Roy Skerritt

Birth data

Gender
Male
Birth date
August 25, 1933
Date of death
October 21, 2026 (died aged 93)
Birth time
06:56(UTC-05:00)
As recorded: 06:56
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, United StatesAs recorded: Detroit, Michigan
Country / region
United States
Reliability
AABirth record or official document

Biography

Tom Skerritt (born Thomas Roy Skerritt; August 25, 1933 – October 21, 2026) was an American actor and director whose career spanned more than six decades and over 170 film and television productions. His breakthrough came as Captain "Duke" Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970), and he went on to become widely known for classic roles including Captain Dallas in Alien (1979) and Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in Top Gun (1986). In 1993 his leading role in the television series Picket Fences won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

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