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 (124)
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
Men in Black
Zed
Men in Black II
Zed
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Insider
John Scanlon
RoboCop 3
The CEO
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
Zoom
Larraby
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
Coma
Dr. George
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
Wonder Boys
Q
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
Senseless
Randall Tyson
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
King of Kings
Judas
City Heat
Primo Pitt
The Beastmaster
Maax
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
Summer Rental
Scully
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
Love Object
Novak
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
Crazy Joe
Richie
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
Nadine
Buford Pope
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Happy Tears
Joe
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
August
David Sterling
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Hindenburg
Narrator
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
Cotter
Roy
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
Scarab
Khepera
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
Death Falls
Dub Farley
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
Misunderstood
Will
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
Letter to My Killer
1995
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
Hit List
Vic Luca
Turn the River
Quinette
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
Birch Interval
Thomas
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
Cold Feet
Sheriff
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
Payday
Maury Dann
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
Coming Apart
Joe
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
Lucky Days
Bobo
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
Montserrat
Izquierdo
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
TV Shows (45)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland · 1 eps
Columbo
Leon Lamarr · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt · 1 eps
Bonanza
Will Hewitt · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt · 1 eps
30 Rock
Don Geiss · 8 eps
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks · 4 eps
Mannix
Victor Roarke · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe · 2 eps
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo · 1 eps
Combat!
Avery · 1 eps
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun · 1 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur · 90 eps
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne · 1 eps
Thriller
Duncan Corey · 1 eps
Naked City
Ansel Boake · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22 · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters · 1 eps
North and South
Adolphus · 3 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
3 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander · 2 eps
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles · 1 eps
Ghost Story
Jonathon · 1 eps
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman · 1 eps
The Lyon's Den
3 eps
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten · 1 eps
Soul Food
Peter Redmond · 1 eps
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant · 3 eps
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1 eps
Breaking Point
1 eps
Channing
Donald Burrows · 1 eps
Ghost Stories
The Narrator · 44 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton · 2 eps
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle · 2 eps
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon · 4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler · 1 eps
Seasons of Love
Spence · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
1 P.M.
Self
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
