Tom Skerritt played Senator Chris Carrick in A Constituency of One. He is best known for his roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun, SpaceCamp (with Terry O'Quinn), Steel Magnolias, The Rookie (with Xander Berkeley), A River Runs Through It, Contact (with Rob Lowe and William Fichtner), and the TV series Picket Fences (with Marlee Matlin).