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Tom Skerritt

1933 - Today

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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 (1992-96), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Skerritt has received more than 6,834,645 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Tom Skerritt is the 811th most popular actor (down from 781st in 2019), the 1,466th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,437th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Skerritt ranks 811 out of 13,578. Before him are James Garner, Elliott Gould, Walter Brennan, Bruce Dern, Jeff Bennett, and Terence Stamp. After him are Emma Watson, Bubba Smith, Geneviève Grad, Dennis Quaid, Joseph Cotten, and Thomas Kretschmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tom Skerritt ranks 85. Before him are Jehan Sadat, Teresa Berganza, Piero Manzoni, Sylva Koscina, Henri, Count of Paris, and Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. After him are Liliana Cavani, The Singing Nun, Waichiro Omura, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, John Mayall, and Bata Živojinović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Skerritt ranks 1,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Elliott Gould (1938), Walter Brennan (1894), Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), Robert Wise (1914), and DJ Khaled (1975). After him are Bubba Smith (1945), Dennis Quaid (1954), Joseph Cotten (1905), James Patterson (1947), Rose Kennedy (1890), and Willard Van Orman Quine (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Skerritt ranks 392. Before him are Brooke Shields (1965), James Garner (1928), Elliott Gould (1938), Walter Brennan (1894), Bruce Dern (1936), and Jeff Bennett (1962). After him are Bubba Smith (1945), Dennis Quaid (1954), Joseph Cotten (1905), Michael Madsen (1957), Michael Rooker (1955), and Kelly Preston (1962).

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