Rip Torn

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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.

Filmography

• Bridge of Names (2012)
• Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
• 3 Weeks to Daytona (2011)
• National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011)
• Happy Tears (2009)
• The Afterlight (2009)
• American Cowslip (2009)
• The Golden Boys (2008)
• August (2008)
• Turn the River (2008)
• Lucky Days (2008)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007)
• The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' (2007)
• Three Days to Vegas (2007)
• Zoom (2006)
• Marie Antoinette (2006)
• Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006)
• Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
• Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
• The Sisters (2005)
• Eulogy (2004)
• DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Love Object (2004)
• Maniac Magee (2003)
• Rolling Kansas (2003)
• Men in Black II (2002)
• Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle (2000)
• The Insider (1999)
• The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1999)
• Balloon Farm (1999)
• Passing Glory (1999)
• Senseless (1998)
• The Mouse (1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Hercules (1997)
• Trial and Error (1997)
• The Hindenburg (1996)
• Down Periscope (1996)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
• James Dean: A Portrait (1995)
• Letter to My Killer (1995)
• Canadian Bacon (1995)
• She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995)
• For Better or Worse (1995)
• Heart of a Child (1994)
• Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
• Beyond the Law (1993)
• RoboCop 3 (1993)
• A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992)
• T Bone N Weasel (1992)
• Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992)
• Fires of Kuwait (1992)
• My Son Johnny (1991)
• Dolly Dearest (1991)
• Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991)
• Defending Your Life (1991)
• Death Falls (1991)
• Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
• Pair of Aces (1990)
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
• Silence Like Glass (1989)
• Cold Feet (1989)
• Hit List (1989)
• April Morning (1988)
• The Telephone (1988)
• The King of Love (1987)
• Laguna Heat (1987)
• Nadine (1987)
• Extreme Prejudice (1987)
• Destination: America (1987)
• J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
• Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986)
• Beer (1985)
• Summer Rental (1985)
• The Execution (1985)
• City Heat (1984)
• Songwriter (1984)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
• Scarab (1984)
• Flashpoint (1984)
• When She Says No (1984)
• Misunderstood (1983)
• Cross Creek (1983)
• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
• Jinxed! (1982)
• The Beastmaster (1982)
• A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
• Heartland (1981)
• First Family (1980)
• Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
• One Trick Pony (1980)
• A Shining Season (1979)
• The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
• Steel Cowboy (1978)
• Betrayal (1978)
• Coma (1978)
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
• Nasty Habits (1977)
• Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
• Birch Interval (1976)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
• Crazy Joe (1974)
• The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
• Payday (1973)
• Cotter (1973)
• Slaughter (1972)
• 1 P.M. (1971)
• Maidstone (1971)
• Montserrat (1971)
• Tropic of Cancer (1970)
• Coming Apart (1969)
• Lions Love (1969)
• Beyond the Law (1968)
• Sol Madrid (1968)
• Beach Red (1967)
• Lionpower from MGM (1967)
• You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
• One Spy Too Many (1966)
• The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
• Critic's Choice (1963)
• Hero's Island (1962)
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
• King of Kings (1961)
• 24 Hours in a Woman's Life (1961)
• Pork Chop Hill (1959)
• Johnny Belinda (1958)
• Bomber's Moon (1958)
• Time Limit (1957)
• A Face in the Crowd (1957)
• Baby Doll (1956)
• Heartland