Rip Torn
Acting
Born: February 6, 1931 · Temple, Texas, USA
Died: July 9, 2019 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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
Men in Black
1997
Men in Black 3
2012
Men in Black II
2002
Hercules
1997
Bee Movie
2007
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Marie Antoinette
2006
The Insider
1999
RoboCop 3
1993
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
Columbo
1971
Photos (8)
Movies (126)
Men in Black II
Zed
Men in Black
Zed
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Insider
John Scanlon
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
RoboCop 3
The CEO
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
The Beastmaster
Maax
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
Zoom
Larraby
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Wonder Boys
Q
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
Senseless
Randall Tyson
King of Kings
Judas
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
Summer Rental
Scully
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
Coma
Dr. George
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
City Heat
Primo Pitt
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
Happy Tears
Joe
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
August
David Sterling
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
Love Object
Novak
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
Turn the River
Quinette
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Crazy Joe
Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
Nadine
Buford Pope
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
Payday
Maury Dann
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
Letter to My Killer
1995
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
Cotter
Roy
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
Scarab
Khepera
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
Cold Feet
Sheriff
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
The Hindenburg
Narrator
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
Misunderstood
Will
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
Montserrat
Izquierdo
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Hit List
Vic Luca
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
Death Falls
Dub Farley
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
Coming Apart
Joe
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
Maniac Magee
George McNab
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
Lucky Days
Bobo
Birch Interval
Thomas
The Afterlight
Carl
TV Shows (45)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland · 1 eps
Columbo
Leon Lamarr · 1 eps
Mannix
Victor Roarke · 1 eps
Bonanza
Will Hewitt · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks · 4 eps
30 Rock
Don Geiss · 8 eps
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe · 2 eps
Naked City
Ansel Boake · 1 eps
Combat!
Avery · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo · 1 eps
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne · 1 eps
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur · 90 eps
Thriller
Duncan Corey · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22 · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters · 1 eps
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
3 eps
North and South
Adolphus · 3 eps
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander · 2 eps
Ghost Story
Jonathon · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles · 1 eps
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont · 1 eps
The Lyon's Den
3 eps
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman · 1 eps
Soul Food
Peter Redmond · 1 eps
Channing
Donald Burrows · 1 eps
Breaking Point
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler · 1 eps
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1 eps
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant · 3 eps
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon · 4 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton · 2 eps
Seasons of Love
Spence · 2 eps
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle · 2 eps
Ghost Stories
The Narrator · 44 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
1 P.M.
Self
