Tom Skerritt Overview

Biography

Audiences have seen actor Tom Skerritt in roles as a soldier, police officer, father and villains in prominent features and television series over several decades. After first gaining attention as the irreverent Southern doctor Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), Skerritt went on to an accomplished career that was marked with intelligent, penetrating performances. Perhaps most identified with the...

Biography

Audiences have seen actor Tom Skerritt in roles as a soldier, police officer, father and villains in prominent features and television series over several decades. After first gaining attention as the irreverent Southern doctor Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), Skerritt went on to an accomplished career that was marked with intelligent, penetrating performances. Perhaps most identified with the...