Rip Torn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-02-06
Day of Death
2019-07-09 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Rip Torn
Biography
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. 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.
Acting
(2012)
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
(2012)
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(2011)
3 Weeks to Daytona
as Sal
(2011)
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
(2009)
The Afterlight
as Carl
(2009)
Happy Tears
as Joe
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
(2008)
Lucky Days
as Bobo
(2008)
August
as David Sterling
(2008)
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
(2008)
Turn the River
as Quinette
(2007)
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
(2006)
Zoom
as Larraby
(2006)
(2005)
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
(2005)
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
(2005)
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
(2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
(2004)
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
(2004)
Love Object
as Novak
(2004)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
(2003)
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
(2003)
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
(2002)
Men in Black II
as Zed
(2001)
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
(2000)
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
(2000)
(2000)
Wonder Boys
as Q
(1999)
The Insider
as John Scanlon
(1999)
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
(1999)
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
(1999)
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
(1998)
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
(1997)
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
(1997)
Men in Black
as Zed
(1997)
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
(1996)
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
(1996)
The Hindenburg
as Narrator
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
(1995)
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
(1995)
For Better or Worse
as Capt. Cole
(1995)
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Narrator)
(1995)
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
(1995)
(1994)
Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
(1993)
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
(1993)
Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
(1992)
Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
(1992)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
(1992)
T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
(1991)
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
(1991)
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
(1991)
My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
(1991)
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
(1991)
Death Falls
as Dub Farley
(1990)
Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
(1990)
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
(1990)
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
(1990)
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
(1989)
Cold Feet
as Sheriff
(1989)
Hit List
as Vic Luca
(1989)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
(1989)
Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
(1988)
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
(1987)
Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
(1987)
Nadine
as Buford Pope
(1987)
Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
(1987)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
(1987)
The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
(1987)
Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
(1986)
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
(1985)
Summer Rental
as Scully
(1985)
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
(1985)
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
(1984)
When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
(1984)
Scarab
as Khepera
(1984)
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
(1984)
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
(1984)
City Heat
as Primo Pitt
(1984)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
(1983)
Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
(1983)
Misunderstood
as Will
(1982)
The Beastmaster
as Maax
(1982)
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
(1982)
A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
(1982)
Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
(1980)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
(1980)
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
(1980)
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
(1980)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
(1979)
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
(1979)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
(1979)
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
(1978)
Coma
as Dr. George
(1978)
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
(1978)
Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
(1977)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
(1977)
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
(1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
(1976)
Birch Interval
as Thomas
(1975)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Glen Tuttle
(1974)
Crazy Joe
as Richie
(1973)
The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
(1973)
Payday
as Maury Dann
(1973)
Cotter
as Roy
(1972)
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
(1971)
Montserrat
as Izquierdo
(1971)
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
(1971)
1 P.M.
as Self
(1970)
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
(1969)
Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
(1969)
Coming Apart
as Joe
(1968)
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
(1968)
Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
(1967)
Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
(1967)
(1966)
One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
(1966)
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
(1965)
The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
(1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
(1962)
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
(1961)
King of Kings
as Judas
(1961)
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Paul
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
(1958)
Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
(1958)
Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
(1957)
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
(1957)
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
(1956)
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Crew
(2008)
Lucky Days
Executive Producer
(1988)
The Telephone
Director
(1977)
Harlan County U.S.A.
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