Rip Torn
Born: 1931-02-06
• Temple, Texas, USA
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
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Bridge of Names
Men in Black 3
Norman Mailer: The American
3 Weeks to Daytona
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Happy Tears
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The Afterlight
American Cowslip
The Golden Boys
August
Turn the River
Lucky Days
Bee Movie
The Making of Marie Antoinette
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Three Days to Vegas
Zoom
Marie Antoinette
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Forty Shades of Blue
Yours, Mine & Ours
The Sisters
Eulogy
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Welcome to Mooseport
Love Object
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Maniac Magee
Rolling Kansas
Men in Black II
Freddy Got Fingered
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Wonder Boys
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
The Insider
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Balloon Farm
Passing Glory
Senseless
Men in Black
Hercules
Trial and Error
The Hindenburg
Down Periscope
How to Make an American Quilt
James Dean: A Portrait
Letter to My Killer
Canadian Bacon
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
For Better or Worse
Heart of a Child
Where the Rivers Flow North
Beyond the Law
RoboCop 3
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
T Bone N Weasel
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Fires of Kuwait
My Son Johnny
Dolly Dearest
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Defending Your Life
Death Falls
Beautiful Dreamers
By Dawn's Early Light
Kojak: None So Blind
Pair of Aces
Sweet Bird of Youth
Silence Like Glass
Cold Feet
Hit List
April Morning
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The King of Love
Laguna Heat
Nadine
Extreme Prejudice
Destination: America
J. Edgar Hoover
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Beer
Summer Rental
The Execution
City Heat
Songwriter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Scarab
Flashpoint
When She Says No
Misunderstood
Cross Creek
Airplane II: The Sequel
A Stranger Is Watching
Jinxed!
The Beastmaster
First Family
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
One Trick Pony
A Shining Season
Heartland
The Seduction of Joe Tynan