Rip Torn
Known for Acting · 185 credits
- Born
- 1931-02-06
- Died
- 2019-07-09
- Place of birth
- Temple, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr. · Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. · Elmor Torn · ریپ تورن
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
TV Shows (46)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jules Copeland
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Columbo
1971
as Leon Lamarr
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Bonanza
1959
as Will Hewitt
Chicago Hope
1994
as Warren Shutt
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Will & Grace
1998
as Lionel Banks
Mannix
1967
as Victor Roarke
30 Rock
2006
as Don Geiss
Rawhide
1959
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
American Playhouse
1982
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
The Untouchables
1959
as Harry Strauss / Johnny Mizo
Naked City
1958
as Ansel Boake
Combat!
1962
as Avery
Route 66
1960
as Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller
1960
as Duncan Corey
Ben Casey
1961
North and South
1985
as Adolphus
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Arthur
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Morgan #22 / Ernie Walters
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Somers
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Mark Royce
Omnibus
1952
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Alexander
Ghost Story
1972
as Jonathon
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Bernard Galvin
The Lieutenant
1963
as Sgt. Karl Kasten
The Great Adventure
1963
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Lyon's Den
2003
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Joel Coles
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
The Restless Gun
1957
as Jody Gilman
Soul Food
2000
as Peter Redmond
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Locky McCormick / Solomon Chandler
Channing
1963
as Donald Burrows
Breaking Point
1963
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Ghost Stories
1997
as The Narrator
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lewis Slaton
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Blind Ambition
1979
as Richard M. Nixon
Seasons of Love
1999
as Spence
Movies (139)
Men in Black
1997
as Zed
Hercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
Men in Black II
2002
as Zed
Bee Movie
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Men in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Senseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
RoboCop 3
1993
as The CEO
Down Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
Zoom
2006
as Larraby
The Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
as Nathan Bryce
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
Defending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
King of Kings
1961
as Judas
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
Coma
1978
as Dr. George
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
Wonder Boys
2000
as Q
Cotter
1973
as Roy
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
For Better or Worse
1995
as Capt. Cole
Canadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
The Mouse
1997
as Trucker 'God'
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
Baby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
City Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
Beyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Colonel Fargo
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
Nadine
1987
as Buford Pope
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Sol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
Lions Love
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
Crazy Joe
1974
as Richie
First Family
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
April Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
One Trick Pony
1980
as Walter Fox
Trial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Big Daddy
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
Destination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
Songwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
Nasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
Eulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
American Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
The Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (Narrator)
August
2008
as David Sterling
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
Misunderstood
1983
as Will
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
Cold Feet
1989
as Sheriff
Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
Coming Apart
1969
as Joe
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Love Object
2004
as Novak
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Time Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
Heartland
1981
as Clyde Stewart
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Carlo Ponti
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
Beyond the Law
1968
as Popcorn
Hero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
Bridge of Names
2012
as Tom
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
Letter to My Killer
1995
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
Maidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
About Rip Torn
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 America… With 185 credits spanning from 1944 to 2012, Rip Torn has appeared in 139 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rip Torn Movies
- Men in Black (1997) — as Zed
- Hercules (1997) — as Zeus (voice)
- Men in Black II (2002) — as Zed
- Bee Movie (2007) — as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
- Men in Black 3 (2012) — as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
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