Rip Torn
Born February 6, 1931 · Temple, Texas, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Hercules
Men in Black
Bee Movie
Men in Black II
Men in Black 3
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Marie Antoinette
Airplane II: The Sequel
RoboCop 3
Down Periscope
The Insider
Senseless
Zoom
The Beastmaster
Coma
The Man Who Fell to Earth
How to Make an American Quilt
Freddy Got Fingered
Yours, Mine & Ours
Defending Your Life
Silence Like Glass
King of Kings
Wonder Boys
Welcome to Mooseport
Extreme Prejudice
Summer Rental
Beyond the Law
City Heat
The Cincinnati Kid
Canadian Bacon
A Face in the Crowd
Cross Creek
By Dawn's Early Light
Baby Doll
Pork Chop Hill
Sweet Bird of Youth
Lionpower from MGM
Three Days to Vegas
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Nadine
Lions Love
TV Shows
Tony Awards
Bonanza
Golden Globe Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Mannix
Rawhide
30 Rock
Will & Grace
Dr. Kildare
American Playhouse
The Untouchables
Combat!
Naked City
Thriller
The Larry Sanders Show
Ben Casey
Route 66
Kraft Television Theatre
North and South
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
12 O'Clock High
Omnibus
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ghost Story
The John Larroquette Show
The Dick Powell Show
The Restless Gun
The Great Adventure
The Lieutenant
The Lyon's Den
Soul Food
Channing
Breaking Point
Ghost Stories
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Blue and the Gray
Blind Ambition
The Atlanta Child Murders
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Seasons of Love
More Movies
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Eulogy
Where the Rivers Flow North
One Trick Pony
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Crazy Joe
Betrayal
Dolly Dearest
Happy Tears
August
Flashpoint
Forty Shades of Blue
A Shining Season
Kojak: None So Blind
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Love Object
A Stranger Is Watching
Heartland
American Cowslip
Beach Red
For Better or Worse
Slaughter
Cotter
Time Limit
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Tropic of Cancer
Misunderstood
Trial and Error
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
You're a Big Boy Now
One Spy Too Many
Destination: America
First Family
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Beautiful Dreamers
James Dean: A Portrait
Cold Feet
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Death Falls
The Execution
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Turn the River
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
T Bone N Weasel
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
The Golden Boys
Songwriter
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Balloon Farm
Rolling Kansas
The President's Plane Is Missing
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Sol Madrid
3 Weeks to Daytona
J. Edgar Hoover
Heart of a Child
April Morning
Hero's Island
Maidstone
Heartland
Hit List
Jinxed!
Critic's Choice
Payday
The Sisters
Passing Glory
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Nasty Habits
Letter to My Killer
When She Says No
Norman Mailer: The American
Coming Apart
Pair of Aces
Steel Cowboy
Scarab
The Hindenburg
Montserrat
Laguna Heat
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
1 P.M.
My Son Johnny
Beer
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Birch Interval
Bomber's Moon
Beyond the Law
Fires of Kuwait
