Actor
Rip Torn
139 movies as actor · 1 as director
Born Feb 6, 1931 – Jul 9, 2019 (aged 88)From Temple, Texas, USAAlso known as Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn
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 · Action, Adventure
Men in Black 3
2012 · Action, Comedy
Men in Black II
2002 · Action, Comedy
Hercules
1997 · Animation, Family
Bee Movie
2007 · Family, Animation
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Comedy
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Drama, History
The Insider
1999 · Drama, Thriller
RoboCop 3
1993 · Action, Sci-Fi
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · Comedy
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · Comedy, Family
Wonder Boys
2000 · Comedy, Drama
Rip Torn movies
Heartland
Upcoming
Making Marie Antoinette
2026 · Self
Bridge of Names
Bridge of Names
2012 · Tom
Men in Black 3
2012 · Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012 · Self
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011 · Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011 · King Looney
Happy Tears
2009 · Joe
The Afterlight
2009 · Carl
American Cowslip
2009 · Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
2008 · Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
2008 · David Sterling
Turn the River
2008 · Quinette
Lucky Days
2008 · Bobo
Bee Movie
2007 · Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007 · Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007 · Arthur
Three Days to Vegas
2007 · Joe Wallace
Zoom
2006 · Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006 · Self
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 · Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
2005 · Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
2004 · Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Patches O'Houlihan
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 · Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004 · Novak
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee
2003 · George McNab
Rolling Kansas
2003 · Oldman
Men in Black II
2002 · Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 · Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
Wonder Boys
2000 · Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000 · Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
1999 · John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999 · Royce
Balloon Farm
1999 · Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
1999 · Father Robert Grant
Senseless
1998 · Randall Tyson
The Mouse
The Mouse
1997 · Trucker 'God'
Men in Black
1997 · Zed
Hercules
1997 · Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
1997 · Benny Gibbs
The Hindenburg
1996 · Narrator
Down Periscope
1996 · Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Arthur
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Self (Narrator)
Letter to My Killer
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995 · General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995 · Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse
1995 · Capt. Cole
Heart of a Child
1994 · Dr. Leonard Bailey
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993 · Noel Lord
Beyond the Law
1993 · Deputy Prescott
RoboCop 3
1993 · The CEO
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992 · Bill Morgan
T Bone N Weasel
1992 · Happy Sam
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992 · Admiral Paul Yost
Fires of Kuwait
1992 · Narrator (voice)
My Son Johnny
1991 · Brian Stansbury
Dolly Dearest
1991 · Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991 · Captain Jack Parsons
Defending Your Life
1991 · Bob Diamond
Death Falls
1991 · Dub Farley
Beautiful Dreamers
1990 · Walt Whitman
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Colonel Fargo
Kojak: None So Blind
1990 · Gideon Hogarth
Pair of Aces
1990 · Capt. Jack Parsons
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989 · Boss Finley
Silence Like Glass
1989 · Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet
1989 · Sheriff
Hit List
1989 · Vic Luca
April Morning
1988 · Solomon Chandler
The King of Love
The King of Love
1987 · Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat
1987 · Joe Datilla
Nadine
1987 · Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · Sheriff Hank Pearson
Destination: America
1987 · Corbet St. James IV
J. Edgar Hoover
1987 · Lyndon Baines Johnson
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986 · Tim Nettleton
Beer
1985 · Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental
1985 · Scully
The Execution
1985 · Wilheim Gehbert
City Heat
1984 · Primo Pitt
Songwriter
1984 · Dino McLeish
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 · Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Scarab
1984 · Khepera
Flashpoint
1984 · Sheriff Wells
When She Says No
1984 · Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood
1983 · Will
Cross Creek
1983 · Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Jinxed!
1982 · Harold Benson
The Beastmaster
1982 · Maax
A Stranger Is Watching
1982 · Artie Taggart
Heartland
1981 · Clyde Stewart
First Family
1980 · General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980 · Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Carlo Ponti
One Trick Pony
1980 · Walter Fox
A Shining Season
1979 · Jack Baker
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 · Senator Kittner
Steel Cowboy
1978 · K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
1978 · Dr. Hartogs
Coma
1978 · Dr. George
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977 · Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits
1977 · Father Maximilian
Birch Interval
1976 · Thomas
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Nathan Bryce
Crazy Joe
1974 · Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 · George Oldenburg
Payday
1973 · Maury Dann
Cotter
1973 · Roy
Slaughter
1972 · Dominic Hoffo
1 P.M.
1971 · Self
Maidstone
1971 · Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat
1971 · Izquierdo
Tropic of Cancer
1970 · Henry Miller
Coming Apart
1969 · Joe
Lions Love
1969 · The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
1968 · Popcorn
Sol Madrid
1968 · Dano Villanova
Beach Red
1967 · Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're a Big Boy Now
1966 · I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
1966 · Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · William Jefferson Slade
Critic's Choice
1963 · Dion Kapakos
Hero's Island
1962 · Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Tom Finley Jr.
King of Kings
1961 · Judas
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961 · Paul
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Lt. Walter Russell
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda
1958 · Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon
1958 · Lieutenant Harrison
Time Limit
1957 · Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Barry Mills (uncredited)
Baby Doll
1956 · The Dentist (uncredited)
Directed by Rip Torn
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