Rip Torn
Actor

Rip Torn

10 Movies
10 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 10
Birthday February 6, 1931 (95 years old)
Place of Birth Temple, Texas, USA
Also Known As Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn, ریپ ΨͺΩˆΨ±Ω†
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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.

Filmography (181)

Norman Mailer: The American 2012
Men in Black 3 2012
Bridge of Names 2012
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus 2011
3 Weeks to Daytona 2011
American Cowslip 2009
Happy Tears 2009
The Afterlight 2009
Turn the River 2008
August 2008
Lucky Days 2008
The Golden Boys 2008
Bee Movie 2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette 2007
Three Days to Vegas 2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' 2007
Marie Antoinette 2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time 2006
Zoom 2006
30 Rock 2006
Forty Shades of Blue 2005
The Sisters 2005
Yours, Mine & Ours 2005
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004
Eulogy 2004
Welcome to Mooseport 2004
Love Object 2004
Extreme Dodgeball 2004
Rolling Kansas 2003
Maniac Magee 2003
The Lyon's Den 2003
Men in Black II 2002
Freddy Got Fingered 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001
Wonder Boys 2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle 2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 2000
Soul Food 2000
The Insider 1999
Balloon Farm 1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery 1999
Passing Glory 1999
Seasons of Love 1999
Senseless 1998
Will & Grace 1998
Men in Black 1997 Hercules 1997
Trial and Error 1997
The Mouse 1997
Ghost Stories 1997
Down Periscope 1996
The Hindenburg 1996
Canadian Bacon 1995 How to Make an American Quilt 1995
Letter to My Killer 1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal 1995
For Better or Worse 1995
James Dean: A Portrait 1995
Heart of a Child 1994
Chicago Hope 1994
RoboCop 3 1993
Beyond the Law 1993
Where the Rivers Flow North 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
The John Larroquette Show 1993
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992
T Bone N Weasel 1992
Fires of Kuwait 1992
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story 1992
The Larry Sanders Show 1992
Defending Your Life 1991
Dolly Dearest 1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind 1991
Death Falls 1991
My Son Johnny 1991
By Dawn's Early Light 1990
Pair of Aces 1990
Beautiful Dreamers 1990
Kojak: None So Blind 1990
Cold Feet 1989
Hit List 1989
Silence Like Glass 1989
April Morning 1988
Extreme Prejudice 1987
Nadine 1987
J. Edgar Hoover 1987
Destination: America 1987
The King of Love 1987
Laguna Heat 1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas 1986
Summer Rental 1985
Beer 1985
The Execution 1985
North and South 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders 1985
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1984
City Heat 1984
Flashpoint 1984
Scarab 1984
Songwriter 1984
When She Says No 1984
Misunderstood 1983
Cross Creek 1983
Airplane II: The Sequel 1982
A Stranger Is Watching 1982
The Beastmaster 1982
Jinxed! 1982
The Blue and the Gray 1982
Heartland 1981
One Trick Pony 1980
First Family 1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 1980
The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979
A Shining Season 1979
Blind Ambition 1979
Coma 1978
Steel Cowboy 1978
Betrayal 1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries 1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 1977
Nasty Habits 1977
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976
Birch Interval 1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan 1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan 1975
Crazy Joe 1974
Payday 1973
The President's Plane Is Missing 1973
Cotter 1973
Slaughter 1972
Ghost Story 1972
1 P.M. 1971
Maidstone 1971
Montserrat 1971
Columbo 1971
Tropic of Cancer 1970
Coming Apart 1969
Lions Love 1969
Sol Madrid 1968
Beach Red 1967
Lionpower from MGM 1967
Mannix 1967
You're a Big Boy Now 1966
One Spy Too Many 1966
The Cincinnati Kid 1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964
12 O'Clock High 1964
Critic's Choice 1963
The Great Adventure 1963
The Lieutenant 1963
Breaking Point 1963
Channing 1963
Sweet Bird of Youth 1962
Hero's Island 1962
Combat! 1962
King of Kings 1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life 1961
Ben Casey 1961
Dr. Kildare 1961
The Dick Powell Show 1961
The Mike Douglas Show 1961
Route 66 1960
Thriller 1960
Pork Chop Hill 1959
Bonanza 1959
Rawhide 1959
The Untouchables 1959
Johnny Belinda 1958
Bomber's Moon 1958
Naked City 1958
Time Limit 1957
A Face in the Crowd 1957
The Restless Gun 1957
Baby Doll 1956
Tony Awards 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Omnibus 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Kraft Television Theatre 1947
Golden Globe Awards 1944