Tom Skerritt död – känd från ”Alien” och ”Top gun”
Skådespelaren Tom Skerritt har dött av naturliga orsaker vid 93 års ålder, rapporterar Variety.
Han är bland annat känd som rymdkaptenen Dallas i den ikoniska sci-fi-skräckisen ”Alien” från 1979. I ”Top gun” spelade han Mike ”Viper” Metcalf, instruktör till Tom Cruises stridspilot Pete ”Maverick” Mitchell.
Skerritt var även känd för sina roller i serierna ”M*A*S*H” och ”Picket fences”. Sistnämnda vann han en Emmy för.
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Tom Skerritt
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Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21, 2026) was 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 (1978), Ice Castles (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), and A River Runs Through It (1992).
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 was 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."
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