Tom Skerritt

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) 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. He then starred in notable films like The Turning Point, Up in Smoke, Ice Castles, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, and A River Runs Through It.

On television, Skerritt played the leading role of Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the family drama Picket Fences (1992–1996), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations. He also had a recurring role as Evan Drake on the sixth season of sitcom Cheers (1987–1988).

Skerritt is also a three-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee, a Genie Award nominee, an American Television Award nominee, and is both a Saturn Award and Western Heritage Award winner. In 2022, he received the International Press Academy's honorary Mary Pickford Award for "Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry."

Early life

Skerritt was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Helen, a homemaker, and Roy Skerritt, a businessman. He is the youngest of three children.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=People950417>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A 1951 graduate of Detroit's Mackenzie High School,<ref name=People950417 /> Skerritt enlisted just after graduating from high school, serving a four-year tour of duty in the United States Air Force as a classifications specialist. Most of his enlistment was spent at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

After his service, Skerritt attended Wayne State University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He had initial interests in majoring in English but veered towards directing. It was his appearance in a production of The Rainmaker that got Skerritt noticed to act in his first feature film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Skerritt made his film debut in War Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released in 1962. Skerritt's notable film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman", 1971), Fuzz, Big Bad Mama, Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978), Ice Castles (1978), as Captain Dallas in Alien (1979),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as a would-be astronaut in Contact (1997) and SpaceCamp (1986), and in Top Gun (1986) as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf. In 1988, he starred with Nancy Allen and Lara Flynn Boyle in Poltergeist III. In 1989, he played the role of Thomas Drummond "Drum" Eatenton in Steel Magnolias. In 1992, he appeared in the critically-acclaimed Robert Redford-directed film A River Runs Through It, playing a fly fishing-loving minister and father of the two protagonist brothers in the film.

Skerritt in September 1994

Skerritt played a guest part in Ray Walston's show My Favorite Martian in the 1963 episode "Mrs. Jekyll and Hyde" (Walston was a regular cast member thirty years later in Skerritt's show Picket Fences). He also guest-starred in the television series The Real McCoys (1963), as a letter carrier in the episode "Aunt Win Steps In". He was cast in Bonanza in 1964 and in Death Valley Days in 1965, as a young gambler, Patrick Hogan, who meets a tragic fate after winning a small fortune in a saloon. In another Death Valley Days episode, "A Sense of Justice" (1966), he played a young Roy Bean with his elder brother, Joshua Bean, played by Tris Coffin. In a later Death Valley Days role, Skerritt played Mark Twain in the 1968 episode "Ten Day Millionaires", with Dabney Coleman as Twain's mining partner, Calvin H. Higby. The two lose a fortune in gold, but Twain learns his future is in writing. In 1972, Skerritt guest-starred in an episode of Cannon, titled "Nobody Beats the House", playing the role of a young gambler.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In 1975, he guest-starred in another episode of Cannon titled "The Conspirators", playing the role of a corrupt sheriff.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

His agent, Meyer Mishkin, recounted in a 1978 Los Angeles Times profile that Skerritt was relegated to a series of obscure European westerns after his early 1970s film success. Mishkin took credit for obtaining for Skerritt his co-starring role in The Turning Point (1977), effectively salvaging his career, and earning him a Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award in the process.<ref name="Mishkin profile 1978">Template:Cite news</ref>

Skerritt appeared in the ABC series Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1967, five episodes); Gunsmoke (1965–1972, also five episodes), and as Evan Drake on Cheers. He then appeared in CBS's Picket Fences (1992–1996), in the role of Sheriff Jimmy Brock, for which he won an Emmy Award.

Skerritt in 2014

He portrayed the deceased William Walker in Brothers & Sisters, having appeared in the pilot and several flashbacks scenes. This was his second time playing the husband of a character played by Sally Field; the first was in Steel Magnolias.

He played the role of Ezekiel in ABC Family's miniseries Fallen alongside Paul Wesley. He also appeared as the guide on the showcase website for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. He lent his voice in the video game Gun (2005), in which he voices Clay Allison. He then guest-starred in seasons three and four of Leverage as Nate Ford's father.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In February 2012, Skerritt played the title role in Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of Don Quixote.<ref name="nyt">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2014, Skerritt was reunited with his ex-Picket Fences co-star, Lauren Holly, to star with her in Field of Lost Shoes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was reunited with his Alien co-star Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky, the latter's last film (2017).

In 1974, Skerrit portrayed Senator Robert Palmer in "The Devil's Platform", episode 7 of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Personal life

Skerritt is founder and chairman of Heyou Media, a Seattle-based digital media company.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

From 1957 to 1972, Skerritt was married to Charlotte Shanks, with whom he has three children. He was married to Sue Oran, with whom he has a son, from 1977 to 1992. Since 1996, he has been married to Julie Tokashiki. They have one daughter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1962	War Hunt	Sergeant Stan Showalter		<ref name="TCM Filmography">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="TV Guide Credits">Template:Cite web</ref>
1964	One Man's Way	Leonard Peal (Grown)		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1965	Those Calloways	Whit Turner		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1970	M*A*S*H	Captain Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1971	Wild Rovers	John Buckman		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Harold and Maude	Motorcycle Officer	Credited as M. Borman	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1972	Fuzz	Detective Bert Kling		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1974	Thieves Like Us	Dee Mobley		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Run, Run, Joe!	Margherito
	Big Bad Mama	Fred Diller		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1975	The Devil's Rain	Tom Preston		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1976	Plot of Fear	Chief Inspector		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Sexycop	Rick Dylan
1977	The Turning Point	Wayne Rodgers		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1978	Up in Smoke	Strawberry		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Ice Castles	Marcus Winston		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1979	Alien	Captain Arthur Dallas		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1981	A Dangerous Summer	Howard Anderson		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Savage Harvest	Casey		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Silence of the North	Walter Reamer		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1982	Fighting Back	John D'Angelo		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1983	The Dead Zone	Sheriff George Bannerman		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1986	Top Gun	CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	SpaceCamp	Zach Bergstrom		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Opposing Force	Logan		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Wisdom	Lloyd Wisdom		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1987	Maid to Order	Charles Montgomery		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Big Town	Phil Carpenter		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1988	Honor Bound	Sam Cahill		<ref name="TCM Filmography" />
	Poltergeist III	Bruce Gardner		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1989	Big Man on Campus	Dr. Webster		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Steel Magnolias	Drum Eatenton		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1990	The Rookie	Eugene Ackerman		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1992	Poison Ivy	Darryl Cooper		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Knight Moves	Captain Frank Sedman		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue	Ham McDonald	Direct-to-video release	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	A River Runs Through It	Reverend John Maclean		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Singles	Mayor Weber		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1997	Contact	David Drumlin		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1998	Smoke Signals	Police Chief		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1999	The Other Sister	Dr. Radley Tate		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2001	Texas Rangers	Richard Dukes		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2002	Tuscaloosa
	Changing Hearts	Johnny Pinkley		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Greenmail	Tom Bradshaw	Direct-to-video release	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2003	Tears of the Sun	Captain Bill Rhodes		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Swing	George Verdi		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2006	Bonneville	Emmett		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Stephen King's Desperation	Johnny Marinville		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2007	The Velveteen Rabbit	Horse		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" /><ref name="BtVA">Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Beer for My Horses	Sheriff Wilson Landry		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2009	Whiteout	Dr. John Fury		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	For Sale by Owner	Clive Farrier
	Rivers of a Lost Coast	Narrator		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2010	Redemption Road	Santa		<ref name="TCM Filmography" />
2011	Your Love Never Fails	Jack		<ref name="TCM Filmography" />
2012	Ted	Himself		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Soda Springs	Walt Jackson		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Wings	Colonel		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" /><ref name="BtVA" />
2013	At Middleton	Dr. Roland Emerson
	Redwood Highway	Pete		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2014	Field of Lost Shoes	Ulysses S. Grant		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Wings: Sky Force Heroes	Colonel		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" /><ref name="BtVA" />
2016	A Hologram for the King	Ron Clay		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2017	Lucky	Fred		<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Day of Days	Mr. Walter		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2019	The Phantom 52	Trucker/Whale/Ghost	Animated short film
2021	East of the Mountains	Ben Givens		<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Catch The Bullet	Dex
2025	Broke	Cliff		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1962–1967	Combat!	Soldier (uncredited) Glinski (uncredited) Hicks Burke Sergeant Decker	Episode: "Forgotten Front" Episode: "A Day in June" Episode: "The Prisoner" Episode: "Losers Cry Deal" Episode: "Nothing to Lose" Episode: "The Gauntlet"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1962–1971	The Virginian	Eric Kroeger Reverend Paul Martin Billy Landers Moran Rafe Bobby Allen	Episode: "Impasse (aired 1962)" Episode: "The Secret of Brynmar Hall" Episode: "The Showdown" Episode: "The Crooked Path" Episode: "The Saddle Warmer" Episode: "Nan Allen"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1963	Laramie	Price	Episode: "No Place to Run"
	The Real McCoys	Mailman	Episode: "Aunt Win Steps In"
	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Dr. Frank Farmer	Season 1 Episode 31: Episode: "Run for Doom"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	My Three Sons	Young Steve	Episode: "The Proposals"
1963–1968	Death Valley Days	Emmett Dalton Dennis Driscoll Patrick Hogan Roy Bean Sam Clemens	Episode: "Three Minutes to Eternity" Episode: "Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll" Episode: "The Book" Episode: "Sense of Justice" Episode: "Ten Day Millionaires"
1964	Wagon Train	Hamish Browne	Episode: "The Last Circle Up"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	My Favorite Martian	Dr. Edgar Edgarton	Episode: "Miss Jekyll and Hyde"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1964–1967	12 O'Clock High	Lieutenant Ryan Lieutenant Parmalee Sergeant Ben Rodale Lieutenant Paddy Gialella Technical Sergeant Neely	Episode: "Soldiers Sometimes Kill" Episode: "Those Who Are About to Die" Episode: "The Came the Mighty Hunter" Episode: "Twenty Fifth Mission" Episode: "Long Time Dead"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1964, 1973	Bonanza	Jerry Corporal Bill Tanner	Episode: "Thanks for Everything, Friend" Episode: "The Hunter"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1965	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Frank Richardson	Episode: "The Enemies"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Corky Mardis	Episode: "...The Daily Press vs. City Hall"
1965–1966	The Fugitive	Neely Hollister Pete Edwards	Episode: "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet" Episode: "Joshua's Kingdom"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1965–1972	Gunsmoke	Edmund Dano Ben Stone Orv Timpson Fred Garth Tuck Frye	Episode: "The Pretender" Episode: "The Jailer" Episode: "The Moonstone" Episode: "The Noose" Episode: "Jubilee"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1966	The Time Tunnel	Matthew Gebhardt	Episode: "The Death Trap"
1966–1972	The F.B.I.	Robert Hastings John Clarence Rim Thorn Hazard Bill Leonard	Episode: "The Assassin" Episode: "The Legend of John Rim" Episode: "Unknown Victim" Episode: "The Deadly Species"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1967	Mannix	Morgan Carpenter	Episode: "Warning - Live Blueberries"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Trapani	Episode: "A Bell for Adano"
1968	Cimarron Strip	Enoch Shelton	Episode: "Knife in the Darkness"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Run for Your Life	Lou Patterson	Episode: "The Killing Scene"
	Felony Squad	Gerald Gardner	Episode: "Matched for Murder"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1969	The Outsider	Arnie Cambor	Episode: "A Bowl of Cherries"
	Lancer	Bill Blake	Episode: "The Knot"
1970	Hawaii Five-O	Lew Morgan	Episode: "Most Likely to Murder"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Medical Center	Artie Atwood	Episode: "Between Dark and Daylight"
	The Name of the Game	Pete	Episode: "Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon"
	Bracken's World	Gil Dobie	Episode: "A Team of One-Legged Acrobats
1971	Storefront Lawyers	Paul Marek	Episode: "This Money Kills Dreams"
	The Birdmen	Orville "Fitz" Fitzgerald	ABC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Nichols	Charley Doyle	Episode: "The Marrying Fool"
1971–1975	Cannon	Dude Toby Hauser Sheriff Andrews	Episode: "The Salinas Jackpot" Episode: "Nobody Beats the House" Episode: "The Conspirators"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1974	Get Christie Love!	Unknown	Episode: "Deadly Betrayal"
	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Senator Robert W. Palmer	Episode: "The Devil's Platform"
	The Manhunter	Barry Richards	Episode: "Flight to Nowhere"
1975	The Last Day	Bill Powers	NBC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Barnaby Jones	Darrin Addison	Episode: "Image of Evil"
1976	SWAT	Maynard Hill	Episode: "Dragons and Owls"
	Sara	Newt Johnson	Episode: "The Child Bride"
	Origins of the Mafia	Bernardino Campo	ITC miniseries; Episode: "La Speranza"
1978	Baretta	Al Brimmer	Episode: "The Appointment"
	Maneaters are Loose!	John Gosford	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1983	Ryan's Four	Dr. Thomas Ryan	5 episodes	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1984	Calendar Girl Murders	Lieutenant Dan Stoner	ABC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	A Touch of Scandal	Father Dwelle	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1986	Miles to Go...	Stuart Browning	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Hitchhiker	Detective Frank Sheen	Episode: "True Believer"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Parent Trap II	Bill Grand	ABC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Twilight Zone	Alex Mattingly	Episode: "What Are Friends For?"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Danger Bay	Don Bared	Episode: "The Fish Who Walks"
1987	Poker Alice	Jeremy Collins	CBS Television film Based on the frontier gambler Poker Alice, with Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1987–1988	Cheers	Evan Drake	Episode: "A Kiss Is Still a Kiss" Episode: "Tale of Two Cuties" Episode: "Yacht of Fools" Episode: "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie" Episode: "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit" Episode: "Backseat Becky, Up Front"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1988	Moving Target	Joseph Kellogg	NBC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Nightmare at Bittercreek	Ding	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1989	The Heist	Ebbet Berens	HBO Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Red King, White Knight	Stoner	HBO Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1990	The China Lake Murders	Sheriff Sam Brodie	Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Child in the Night	Bass	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	ABC Afterschool Special	Jim	Episode: "A Question About Sex"
	She'll Take Romance	Judge Warren Danvers	ABC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1992	Getting Up and Going Home	Jack Montgomery	Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	In Sickness and in Health	Jarrett Mattison	CBS Television film
1992–1996	Picket Fences	Sheriff Jimmy Brock	87 episodes	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1997	Divided by Hate	Steve Riordan	USA Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Chicago Hope	Jim Kellner	Episode: "Guns N' Roses"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	What the Deaf Man Heard	Norm Jenkins	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1998	Two for Texas	Sam Houston	TNT Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
1999	Into the Wild Blue	Host	History Documentary	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer	Fred Maddux	NBC miniseries	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York	Thomas Ahearn	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2000	An American Daughter	Walter	Lifetime Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	High Noon	Will Kane	TBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2001	Chestnut Hill	Daniel Eastman	Unsold TV pilot
	The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Host	Short Documentary	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2002	Path to War	General William Westmoreland	HBO Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Will & Grace	Dr. Jay Markus	Episode: "The Needle and the Omelet's Done"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2003	Biography	Passages Read By	Episode: "Jack London—Forces of Nature"
	The West Wing	Senator Chris Carrick	Episode: "Constituency of One"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2004	Homeland Security	Admiral McKee	NBC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Oliver Taft	Episode: "Poison"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Grid	CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman	TNT miniseries	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2005	Vinegar Hill	Fritz Grier	CBS Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Category 7: The End of the World	Colonel Mike Davis	CBS miniseries	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2006	Mammoth	Simon Abernathy	Sci-Fi Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Huff	Ben Huffstodt	Episode: "Red Meat" Episode: "So...What Brings You to Armageddon?" Episode: "Radio Silence"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Desperation	John Edward Marinville	ABC Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	Fallen	Zeke	ABC miniseries	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2006–2008	Brothers & Sisters	William Walker	Episode: "Patriarchy (pilot)" Episode: "Mistakes Were Made (Part 1 & 2)" Episode: "Love Is Difficult" Episode: "Prior Commitments" Episode: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2007	Killer Wave	Victor Bannister	Miniseries	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Dead Zone	Herb Smith	Episode: "Denouement"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2008	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself	Episode: "Pepperoni"
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Gabe Utterson	Television film	<ref name="TCM Filmography" /><ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Trojan Horse	President Stanfield	CBC miniseries	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2010	Leverage	Jimmy Ford	Episode: "The Three Card Monte Job"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	The Closer	Joey O.	Episode: "Elysian Fields"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2011	A Valentine's Date	Jack Connors	Hallmark Television film	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2012	Leverage	Jimmy Ford	Episode: "The Radio Job"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
	White Collar	Alan Mitchell	Episode: "Pulling Strings"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2014	The Good Wife	James Paisley	Episode: "We, the Juries" Episode: "The One Percent"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2015	Madam Secretary	Patrick McCord	Episode: "Chains of Command"	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2016	Journey Back to Christmas	Tobias Cook	Television film	<ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
2022	Going Home	Vance	Season 1, Episode 2, Pure Flix TV series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2005	Gun	Clay Allison	Voice only	<ref name="BtVA" />
2014	Alien: Isolation	Arthur Dallas	Voice (Nostromo Edition)	<ref name="BtVA" />

Awards and nominations

Association	Nominated work	Year	Category	Results	Ref
American Television Awards	Picket Fences	1993	Best Actor in a Dramatic Series	Template:Nominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Contact	1998	Favorite Supporting Actor — Drama	Template:Nominated
DVD Exclusive Awards	Alien	2003	Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (for reissue – Alien Quadrilogy)	Template:Won
Emmy Awards (Primetime)	Picket Fences	1993	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		1994		Template:Nominated
Genie Awards	Silence of the North	1982	Best Performance by a Foreign Actor	Template:Nominated
Golden Globes	Picket Fences	1994	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		1995		Template:Nominated
Key West Film Festival	Alien/The Phantom 52	2019	Career Achievement Award	Template:Won
National Board of Review Awards	The Turning Point	1977	Best Supporting Actor	Template:Won
Satellite Awards	East of the Mountains	2022	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama	Template:Nominated
	Template:N/A	2022	Mary Pickford Award	Template:Won
Saturn Awards	Leverage	2012	Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Template:Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Picket Fences	1995	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
			Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Template:Nominated
		1996		Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Viewers for Quality Television Awards	Picket Fences	1993	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	Template:Nominated
		1994	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	Template:Nominated
Western Heritage Awards	Two for Texas	1999	Television Feature Film	Template:Won

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