Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 06, 1931
Died
Jul 09, 2019
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Credits
187 titles
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
Filmography
Bridge of Names
Tom
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
Happy Tears
Joe
The Afterlight
Carl
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
David Sterling
Turn the River
Quinette
Lucky Days
Bobo
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
30 Rock
Don Geiss
Zoom
Larraby
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
Extreme Dodgeball
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
Love Object
Novak
The Lyon's Den
Maniac Magee
George McNab
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
Men in Black II
Zed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Soul Food
Peter Redmond
Wonder Boys
Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
Seasons of Love
Spence
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks
Senseless
Randall Tyson
The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
Ghost Stories
The Narrator
Men in Black
Zed
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs