Skerritt, Tom
1933 - Born on the 25th of August.
1953 - Graduate of Detroit's David Mackenzie High School, Skerritt attended Wayne State University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
1962 - He made his television debut in Combat!, and his film debut in War Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year.
1970 - His notable film appearances include MASH.
1971 - Starred in Harold and Maude.
1978 - Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke.
1979 - As an astronaut in Alien.
1986 - Top Gun, where he played opposite Tom Cruise as Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf.
1992 - He was the Rev. Maclean in A River Runs Through It.
- He was in the movie Poison Ivy with Drew Barrymore and also played a sheriff in The Dead Zone, a movie based on a Stephen King novel.
- He appeared as Evan Drake in the television sitcom Cheers, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and starred in the television series Picket Fences.
1997 - Starred in the movie Contact.
1953 - Graduate of Detroit's David Mackenzie High School, Skerritt attended Wayne State University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
1962 - He made his television debut in Combat!, and his film debut in War Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year.
1970 - His notable film appearances include MASH.
1971 - Starred in Harold and Maude.
1978 - Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke.
1979 - As an astronaut in Alien.
1986 - Top Gun, where he played opposite Tom Cruise as Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf.
1992 - He was the Rev. Maclean in A River Runs Through It.
- He was in the movie Poison Ivy with Drew Barrymore and also played a sheriff in The Dead Zone, a movie based on a Stephen King novel.
- He appeared as Evan Drake in the television sitcom Cheers, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and starred in the television series Picket Fences.
1997 - Starred in the movie Contact.
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