Arabic version: وفاة توم سكيريت عن عمر 93 عاماً

According to ABC News, Emmy award-winning US actor Tom Skerritt, known for roles in Top Gun, Alien and television series Picket Fences, has died aged 93. His family said he died of natural causes on Wednesday, local time.

In a family statement, Skerritt was remembered for his humour, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and love. The statement said he cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world and helping others find and share their voices.

Skerritt won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1993 for Picket Fences, having received two Emmy nominations for the series. His film career began with a supporting role as a sergeant in the 1962 Korean War film War Hunt.

He played the captain of the Nostromo in Alien, before portraying Tom Cruise’s instructor in Top Gun. Skerritt also directed and starred in the 1997 television movie Divided by Hate.

Skerritt grew up in Detroit, spent four years in the Air Force and studied at Wayne State University before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles to study filmmaking. He is survived by his third wife, Julie Tokashiki, and five children.