Rip Torn
Biography
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004).
Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
184
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-02-06 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Acting
2012
Men in Black 3 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)2012
Norman Mailer: The American as Self2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus as King Looney2009
American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart2009
Happy Tears as Joe2009
The Afterlight as Carl2008
August as David Sterling2008
Turn the River as Quinette2008
The Golden Boys as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess2008
Lucky Days as Bobo2007
Bee Movie as Lou Lo Duca (voice)2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self2007
Three Days to Vegas as Joe Wallace2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Arthur2006
30 Rock as Don Geiss2006
Marie Antoinette as Louis XV2006
Zoom as Larraby2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self2005
Yours, Mine & Ours as Commandant Sherman2005
Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James2005
The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin2004
Extreme Dodgeball as Not available2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Patches O'Houlihan2004
Eulogy as Edmund Collins2004
Welcome to Mooseport as Bert Langdon2004
Love Object as Novak2003
The Lyon's Den as Not available2003
Rolling Kansas as Oldman2003
Maniac Magee as George McNab2002
Men in Black II as Zed2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jules Copeland2001
Freddy Got Fingered as Jim Brody2000
Soul Food as Peter Redmond2000
Wonder Boys as Q2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle as Detective Manny Garett1999
Seasons of Love as Spence1999
The Insider as John Scanlon1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery as Royce1999
Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter1999
Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant1998
Will & Grace as Lionel Banks1998
Senseless as Randall Tyson1997
Men in Black as Zed1997
Hercules as Zeus (voice)1997
Ghost Stories as The Narrator1997
Trial and Error as Benny Gibbs1996
Down Periscope as Admiral Winslow1996
The Hindenburg as Narrator1995
How to Make an American Quilt as Arthur1995
Canadian Bacon as General Dick Panzer1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Snyder1995
For Better or Worse as Capt. Cole1995
Letter to My Killer as Not available1994
Chicago Hope as Not available1994
Heart of a Child as Dr. Leonard Bailey1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest1993
The John Larroquette Show as Bernard Galvin1993
RoboCop 3 as The CEO1993
Beyond the Law as Deputy Prescott1993
Where the Rivers Flow North as Noel Lord1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Arthur1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation1992
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story as Bill Morgan1992
T Bone N Weasel as Happy Sam1992
Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)1991
Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond1991
Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick1991
My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Captain Jack Parsons1991
Death Falls as Dub Farley1990
By Dawn's Early Light as Colonel Fargo1990
Kojak: None So Blind as Gideon Hogarth1990
Beautiful Dreamers as Walt Whitman1990
Pair of Aces as Capt. Jack Parsons1989
Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley1989
Cold Feet as Sheriff1989
Hit List as Vic Luca1989
Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz1988
April Morning as Solomon Chandler1987
Nadine as Buford Pope1987
Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson1987
J. Edgar Hoover as Lyndon Baines Johnson1987
Destination: America as Corbet St. James IV1987
Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla1987
The King of Love as Jack Kraft1986
Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Tim Nettleton1985
North and South as Adolphus1985
The Atlanta Child Murders as Lewis Slaton1985
Summer Rental as Scully1985
Beer as Buzz Beckerman1985
The Execution as Wilheim Gehbert1984
City Heat as Primo Pitt1984
Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells1984
Songwriter as Dino McLeish1984
Scarab as Khepera1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy1984
When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort1983
Cross Creek as Marsh Turner1983
Misunderstood as Will1982
The Blue and the Gray as Ulysses S. Grant1982
Airplane II: The Sequel as Bud Kruger / President Reagan1982
The Beastmaster as Maax1982
Jinxed! as Harold Benson1982
A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart1980
One Trick Pony as Walter Fox1980
First Family as General G. E. Dumpston1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Carlo Ponti1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Charles Burt1979
Blind Ambition as Richard M. Nixon1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Kittner1979
Heartland as Clyde Stewart1979
A Shining Season as Jack Baker1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries as Not available1978
Coma as Dr. George1978
Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks1978
Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Dwight Webb1977
Nasty Habits as Father Maximilian1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth as Nathan Bryce1976
Birch Interval as Thomas1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Glen Tuttle1974
Crazy Joe as Richie1973
Payday as Maury Dann1973
Cotter as Roy1973
The President's Plane Is Missing as George Oldenburg1972
Ghost Story as Jonathon1972
Slaughter as Dominic Hoffo1971
Columbo as Leon Lamarr1971
Montserrat as Izquierdo1971
Maidstone as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan1971
1 P.M. as Self1970
Tropic of Cancer as Henry Miller1969
Lions Love as The Beard Director (uncredited)1969
Coming Apart as Joe1968
Sol Madrid as Dano Villanova1968
Beyond the Law as Popcorn1967
Mannix as Victor Roarke1967
Beach Red as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell1966
One Spy Too Many as Alexander1966
You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer1965
The Cincinnati Kid as William Jefferson Slade1964
12 O'Clock High as Col. Mark Royce1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Alexander1963
The Lieutenant as Sgt. Karl Kasten1963
Channing as Donald Burrows1963
The Great Adventure as Lieutenant John C. Freemont1963
Breaking Point as Not available1963
Critic's Choice as Dion Kapakos1962
Combat! as Avery1962
Sweet Bird of Youth as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.1962
Hero's Island as Nicholas Gates1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Nicholas Keefe1961
Ben Casey as Not available1961
The Dick Powell Show as Joel Coles1961
King of Kings as Judas1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life as Paul1960
Thriller as Duncan Corey1960
Route 66 as Alvah Clayhorne1959
Bonanza as Will Hewitt1959
Rawhide as Jacob Yellow-Sun1959
The Untouchables as Harry Strauss1959
The Untouchables as Johnny Mizo1959
Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Walter Russell1958
Naked City as Ansel Boake1958
Bomber's Moon as Lieutenant Harrison1958
Johnny Belinda as Locky McCormick1957
The Restless Gun as Jody Gilman1957
A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills (uncredited)1957
Time Limit as Lt. George Miller1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1956
Baby Doll as The Dentist (uncredited)1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Steve Morgan #221955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ernie Walters1952
Omnibus as Not available1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Locky McCormick1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Solomon Chandler1947
Kraft Television Theatre as Somers1947
Kraft Television Theatre as Not available1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter