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Tom Skerritt

1933 - Today

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Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Poltergeist III, and Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences and Cheers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Skerritt has received more than 6,160,007 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

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Skerritts by language

Over the past year Tom Skerritt has had the most page views in the with 845,775 views, followed by German (77,026), and Spanish (46,298). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (162.48%), Javanese (83.97%), and Simple English (54.99%)

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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Television and Movie Roles

Alien
Dallas
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
May 25o 19798.151 / 10
Ted
Tom Skerritt
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Jun 29o 20126.411 / 10
Top Gun
Cmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
May 16o 19867.047 / 10