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Tom Skerritt
☼ Born on25 enero 1933, in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography:
Lean, ruggedly handsome leading man and supporting actor whose "outdoor" looks have improved with age, Tom Skerritt attended Wayne State University and UCLA. He was first noticed in a UCLA production of "The Rainmaker" before making his movie debut in El que mató por placer (1962). However, he spent most of the next decade in television, regularly appearing in Hazañas bélicas (1962), El virginiano (1962), La ley del revólver (1955) and Almas en la hoguera (1964). Skerritt's next big break was appearing alongside Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in Robert Altman's biting satire M*A*S*H (1970). Several other film roles quickly followed, before he landed the plum role of Capt. Dallas of the ill-fated commercial towing vehicle Nostromo in the creepy sci-fi epic Alien, el octavo pasajero (
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1979).Skerritt turned up again in another thriller playing a cop hunting a serial killer in the eerie La zona muerta (1983), as a Navy Officer Flight instructor in Top Gun: Ídolos del aire (1986) , in the six-chick flick Magnolias de acero (1989), and then as the poster boy for a "Guess" Jeans ad campaign utilizing his mature, weather-beaten features. Skerritt didn't neglect his TV background and reappeared on the small screen in Cheers (1982), Un asesino en la carretera (1990) and picked up an Emmy in 1994 for his performance as Sheriff Brock in the superb series Picket Fences (1992).Skerritt has remained continually busy for the past decade, contributing natural, entertaining and reliable performances in TV series, made-for-TV movies and major theatrical releases. He recreated the role of Will Kane in the TV production of A mediodía (2000), and appeared alongside Bruce Willis in the mercenary war drama Lágrimas del sol (2003).
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Alien, el octavo pasajero (1979) (18/05/2025)
Reseña de Alien, el octavo pasajero (1979) Alien, el octavo pasajero, dirigida por Ridley Scott, es un hito del cine de ciencia ficción y terror que marcó un antes y un después en ambos géneros. Estrenada en 1979, la película combina una atmósfera claustrofóbica, un diseño visual revolucionario y una narrativa tensa que mantiene al […]