Thomas Roy Skerritt is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a breakthrough role as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970). He then starred in notable films like The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke, Ice Castles, Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), and A River Runs Through It (1992).
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