Rip Torn
Department: Acting
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
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
Men in Black
1997
Men in Black II
2002
Canadian Bacon
1995
Marie Antoinette
2006
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Wonder Boys
2000
Extreme Prejudice
1987
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
RoboCop 3
1993
Bee Movie
2007
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Coma
1978
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Hercules
1997
Defending Your Life
1991
The Insider
1999
Senseless
1998
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Down Periscope
1996
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
Rolling Kansas
2003
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
Balloon Farm
1999
Dolly Dearest
1991
Zoom
2006
Turn the River
2008
One Trick Pony
1980
King of Kings
1961
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
Pork Chop Hill
1959
Nadine
1987
American Cowslip
2009
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
Eulogy
2004
The Beastmaster
1982
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
The Sisters
2005
Happy Tears
2009
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
Beach Red
1967
City Heat
1984
Love Object
2004
Time Limit
1957
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Trial and Error
1997
Flashpoint
1984
Beyond the Law
1993
Heartland
1979
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
Summer Rental
1985
Scarab
1984
Songwriter
1984
Coming Apart
1969
Payday
1973
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
Misunderstood
1983
Slaughter
1972
Beer
1985
Critic's Choice
1963
Jinxed!
1982
One Spy Too Many
1966
Cold Feet
1989
April Morning
1988
Tropic of Cancer
1970
Hit List
1989
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Crazy Joe
1974
First Family
1980
1 P.M.
1971
Nasty Habits
1977
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Johnny Belinda
1958
Cross Creek
1983
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
Maidstone
1971
Beyond the Law
1968
Sol Madrid
1968
Hero's Island
1962
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
Bomber's Moon
1958
Three Days to Vegas
2007
Silence Like Glass
1989
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Men in Black 3
2012
Destination: America
1987
Passing Glory
1999
Steel Cowboy
1978
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
The Afterlight
2009
Pair of Aces
1990
The King of Love
1987
The Execution
1985
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Heart of a Child
1994
Death Falls
1991
Montserrat
1971
August
2008
Birch Interval
1976
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
A Shining Season
1979
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
When She Says No
1984
My Son Johnny
1991
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Laguna Heat
1987
Letter to My Killer
1995
Lions Love
1969
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Baby Doll
1956
The Hindenburg
1996
T Bone N Weasel
1992
Lucky Days
2008
Cotter
1973
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
Fires of Kuwait
1992
Maniac Magee
2003
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
Betrayal
1978
The Golden Boys
2008
For Better or Worse
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Lionpower from MGM
1967
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
Heartland
—
Bridge of Names
2012
The Mouse
1997
The Great Adventure
1963
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Route 66
1960
Omnibus
1952
Naked City
1958
Soul Food
2000
Mannix
1967
Combat!
1962
30 Rock
2006
Will & Grace
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Lyon's Den
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Chicago Hope
1994
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Thriller
1960
Ben Casey
1961
The Lieutenant
1963
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Breaking Point
1963
Dr. Kildare
1961
Ghost Story
1972
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Channing
1963
North and South
1985
Seasons of Love
1999
Blind Ambition
1979
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Bonanza
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Columbo
1971
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Ghost Stories
1997
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Restless Gun
1957
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
12 O'Clock High
1964
Rawhide
1959
The Untouchables
1959
The Untouchables
1959
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Tony Awards
1956