Rip Torn
ActingAlso Known As
Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn, ریپ تورن
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.
Movies
(138 total)
Men in Black
as Zed
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Men in Black II
as Zed
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
The Insider
as John Scanlon
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
Zoom
as Larraby
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
The Beastmaster
as Maax
Coma
as Dr. George
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
TV Shows
(47 total)
Columbo
as Leon Lamarr
30 Rock
as Don Geiss
Will & Grace
as Lionel Banks
Bonanza
as Will Hewitt
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jules Copeland
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Steve Morgan #22
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ernie Walters
North and South
as Adolphus
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Untouchables
as Harry Strauss
The Untouchables
as Johnny Mizo
Combat!
as Avery
The Larry Sanders Show
as Arthur
Chicago Hope
as Warren Shutt
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Alexander
Mannix
as Victor Roarke
Rawhide
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
The Blue and the Gray
as Ulysses S. Grant
12 O'Clock High
as Col. Mark Royce
Thriller
as Duncan Corey