Rip Torn
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 February 1931
Died9 July 2019 (age 88)
Place of birthTemple, Texas, USA
Known credits186
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 S…
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
Lucky Days
2008 · Executive Producer
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
30 Rock
2006 · Don Geiss
Zoom
2006 · Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Louis XV
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
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 · Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004 · Novak
The Lyon's Den
2003
Maniac Magee
2003 · George McNab
Rolling Kansas
2003 · Oldman
Men in Black II
2002 · Zed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Jules Copeland
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 · Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
Soul Food
2000 · Peter Redmond
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
Seasons of Love
1999 · Spence
Balloon Farm
1999 · Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
1999 · Father Robert Grant
Will & Grace
1998 · Lionel Banks
Senseless
1998 · Randall Tyson
The Mouse
1997 · Trucker 'God'
Ghost Stories
1997 · The Narrator
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