Rip Torn
Known for Acting · 184 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 (45)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jules Copeland
Columbo
1971
as Leon Lamarr
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Will Hewitt
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Mannix
1967
as Victor Roarke
30 Rock
2006
as Don Geiss
Chicago Hope
1994
as Warren Shutt
Will & Grace
1998
as Lionel Banks
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
Ben Casey
1961
The Untouchables
1959
as Harry Strauss / Johnny Mizo
Naked City
1958
as Ansel Boake
Combat!
1962
as Avery
Rawhide
1959
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
Route 66
1960
as Alvah Clayhorne
Omnibus
1952
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Arthur
North and South
1985
as Adolphus
Thriller
1960
as Duncan Corey
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Bernard Galvin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Morgan #22 / Ernie Walters
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Alexander
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Mark Royce
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Somers
Ghost Story
1972
as Jonathon
The Great Adventure
1963
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Lyon's Den
2003
The Restless Gun
1957
as Jody Gilman
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Joel Coles
The Lieutenant
1963
as Sgt. Karl Kasten
Soul Food
2000
as Peter Redmond
Channing
1963
as Donald Burrows
Breaking Point
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Locky McCormick / Solomon Chandler
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Blind Ambition
1979
as Richard M. Nixon
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lewis Slaton
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Seasons of Love
1999
as Spence
Ghost Stories
1997
as The Narrator
Movies (139)
Men in Black
1997
as Zed
Hercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
Bee Movie
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Men in Black II
2002
as Zed
Men in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
RoboCop 3
1993
as The CEO
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Down Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
Senseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
Zoom
2006
as Larraby
Defending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
Wonder Boys
2000
as Q
Coma
1978
as Dr. George
King of Kings
1961
as Judas
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Love Object
2004
as Novak
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
as Nathan Bryce
City Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
Scarab
1984
as Khepera
Heartland
1981
as Clyde Stewart
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
Destination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
Canadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
Baby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
Trial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
Nasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
April Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
August
2008
as David Sterling
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Colonel Fargo
Laguna Heat
1987
as Joe Datilla
Beyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
First Family
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
Eulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Crazy Joe
1974
as Richie
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
Nadine
1987
as Buford Pope
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
Lions Love
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
Songwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
Cold Feet
1989
as Sheriff
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
American Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
Coming Apart
1969
as Joe
Time Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
For Better or Worse
1995
as Capt. Cole
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
The Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
Misunderstood
1983
as Will
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
When She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
Maidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Sol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Letter to My Killer
1995
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
Cotter
1973
as Roy
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
One Trick Pony
1980
as Walter Fox
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Big Daddy
Fires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
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 184 credits spanning from 1944 to 2012, Rip Torn has appeared in 139 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rip Torn Movies
- Men in Black (1997) — as Zed
- Hercules (1997) — as Zeus (voice)
- Bee Movie (2007) — as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
- Men in Black II (2002) — as Zed
- Men in Black 3 (2012) — as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
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