Tom Skerritt

Born: August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

It’s concentration and luck. There are many prominent people in this business who choose certain types of pictures and play a derivation of a certain character they always play so they are immediately identifiable — and they are commercially successful because of it. I have never pursued that. I just do films that I would pay five bucks to see.

MASH 1970 dir. Altman Starring Donald Sutherland Elliot Gould

Harold and Maude 1971 dir. Ashby starring Bud Cort Ruth Gordon

Alien 1979 dir. Scott starring Skerritt Weaver

The Dead Zone 1983 dir. David Cronenberg Starring Christopher Walken Brooke Adams

Whiteout 2009 dir. Dominic Sena Starring Beckinsale Gabriel Macht

THE DEAD ZONE 1983 dir. by David Cronenberg Stars: Christopher Walken Brooke Adams