Rip Torn
Acting
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
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movieMen in Black 3
2012
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
movieAmerican Cowslip
2009
Trevor O'Hart
movieThe Golden Boys
2008
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
movieAugust
2008
David Sterling
movieTurn the River
2008
Quinette
movieBee Movie
2007
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
movieThree Days to Vegas
2007
Joe Wallace
tv30 Rock
2006
Don Geiss
movieZoom
2006
Larraby
movieMarie Antoinette
2006
Louis XV
movieForty Shades of Blue
2005
Alan James
movieYours, Mine & Ours
2005
Commandant Sherman
movieThe Sisters
2005
Dr. Chebrin
movieEulogy
2004
Edmund Collins
movieDodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Patches O'Houlihan
movieWelcome to Mooseport
2004
Bert Langdon
movieLove Object
2004
Novak
Maniac Magee
2003
George McNab
movieRolling Kansas
2003
Oldman
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Jules Copeland
movieFreddy Got Fingered
2001
Jim Brody
tvSoul Food
2000
Peter Redmond
movieA Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
Detective Manny Garett
movieThe Insider
1999
John Scanlon
tvSeasons of Love
1999
Spence
movieBalloon Farm
1999
Harvey Potter
moviePassing Glory
1999
Father Robert Grant
tvWill & Grace
1998
Lionel Banks
movieSenseless
1998
Randall Tyson
The Mouse
1997
Trucker 'God'
tvGhost Stories
1997
The Narrator
movieHercules
1997
Zeus (voice)
movieTrial and Error
1997
Benny Gibbs
movieThe Hindenburg
1996
Narrator
movieDown Periscope
1996
Admiral Winslow
movieJames Dean: A Portrait
1995
Self (Narrator)
movieCanadian Bacon
1995
General Dick Panzer
movieFor Better or Worse
1995
Capt. Cole
tvChicago Hope
1994
Warren Shutt
movieHeart of a Child
1994
Dr. Leonard Bailey
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvThe John Larroquette Show
1993
Bernard Galvin
movieWhere the Rivers Flow North
1993
Noel Lord
movieBeyond the Law
1993
Deputy Prescott
movieRoboCop 3
1993
The CEO
movieT Bone N Weasel
1992
Happy Sam
movieDead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
Admiral Paul Yost
movieFires of Kuwait
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieMy Son Johnny
1991
Brian Stansbury
movieDolly Dearest
1991
Karl Resnick
movieAnother Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
Captain Jack Parsons
movieDefending Your Life
1991
Bob Diamond
movieDeath Falls
1991
Dub Farley
movieBeautiful Dreamers
1990
Walt Whitman
movieBy Dawn's Early Light
1990
Colonel Fargo
movieKojak: None So Blind
1990
Gideon Hogarth
moviePair of Aces
1990
Capt. Jack Parsons
movieSweet Bird of Youth
1989
Boss Finley
movieSilence Like Glass
1989
Dr. Markowitz
movieCold Feet
1989
Sheriff
movieHit List
1989
Vic Luca
movieApril Morning
1988
Solomon Chandler
movieLaguna Heat
1987
Joe Datilla
movieNadine
1987
Buford Pope
movieExtreme Prejudice
1987
Sheriff Hank Pearson
movieDestination: America
1987
Corbet St. James IV
movieJ. Edgar Hoover
1987
Lyndon Baines Johnson
movieManhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
Tim Nettleton
tvNorth and South
1985
Adolphus
movieBeer
1985
Buzz Beckerman
movieSummer Rental
1985
Scully
tvThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Lewis Slaton
movieThe Execution
1985
Wilheim Gehbert
movieCity Heat
1984
Primo Pitt
movieSongwriter
1984
Dino McLeish
movieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Big Daddy
movieScarab
1984
Khepera
movieFlashpoint
1984
Sheriff Wells
movieWhen She Says No
1984
Stuart Blankfort
movieCross Creek
1983
Marsh Turner
movieAirplane II: The Sequel
1982
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
tvThe Blue and the Gray
1982
Ulysses S. Grant
movieJinxed!
1982
Harold Benson
movieA Stranger Is Watching
1982
Artie Taggart
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
movieHeartland
1981
Clyde Stewart
movieFirst Family
1980
General G. E. Dumpston
movieRape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
Charles Burt
movieSophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
Carlo Ponti
movieOne Trick Pony
1980
Walter Fox
movieA Shining Season
1979
Jack Baker
movieThe Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Senator Kittner
tvBlind Ambition
1979
Richard M. Nixon
movieSteel Cowboy
1978
K.W. Hicks
movieBetrayal
1978
Dr. Hartogs
movieComa
1978
Dr. George
movieNasty Habits
1977
Father Maximilian
movieBirch Interval
1976
Thomas
movieThe Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
Nathan Bryce
movieCrazy Joe
1974
Richie
movieThe President's Plane Is Missing
1973
George Oldenburg
moviePayday
1973
Maury Dann
tvGhost Story
1972
Jonathon
movieSlaughter
1972
Dominic Hoffo
tvColumbo
1971
Leon Lamarr
movie1 P.M.
1971
Self
movieMaidstone
1971
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
movieMontserrat
1971
Izquierdo
movieTropic of Cancer
1970
Henry Miller
movieLions Love
1969
The Beard Director (uncredited)
movieBeyond the Law
1968
Popcorn
movieSol Madrid
1968
Dano Villanova
tvMannix
1967
Victor Roarke
movieBeach Red
1967
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieYou're a Big Boy Now
1966
I.H. Chanticleer
movieOne Spy Too Many
1966
Alexander
movieThe Cincinnati Kid
1965
William Jefferson Slade
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Alexander
tv12 O'Clock High
1964
Col. Mark Royce
tvThe Great Adventure
1963
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
tvChanning
1963
Donald Burrows
tvThe Lieutenant
1963
Sgt. Karl Kasten
movieCritic's Choice
1963
Dion Kapakos
tvCombat!
1962
Avery
movieHero's Island
1962
Nicholas Gates
movieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
Tom Finley Jr.
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961
Joel Coles
tvRoute 66
1960
Alvah Clayhorne
tvThriller
1960
Duncan Corey
tvThe Untouchables
1959
Harry Strauss / Johnny Mizo
tvBonanza
1959
Will Hewitt
moviePork Chop Hill
1959
Lt. Walter Russell
tvRawhide
1959
Jacob Yellow-Sun
Johnny Belinda
1958
Locky McCormick
tvNaked City
1958
Ansel Boake
movieBomber's Moon
1958
Lieutenant Harrison
movieTime Limit
1957
Lt. George Miller
tvThe Restless Gun
1957
Jody Gilman
movieA Face in the Crowd
1957
Barry Mills (uncredited)
movieBaby Doll
1956
The Dentist (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Steve Morgan #22 / Ernie Walters
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Locky McCormick / Solomon Chandler
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter
Crew1
Directing1
movieThe Telephone
1988
Director
Production1
movieLucky Days
2008
Executive Producer