Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Known for
Acting
Born
February 6, 1931
Died
July 9, 2019 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Temple, Texas, USA

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

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Filmography

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Heartland poster

Heartland

Movie

2026
Making Marie Antoinette poster

Making Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Self

2012
Norman Mailer: The American poster

Norman Mailer: The American

Movie · as Self

2012
Men in Black 3 poster

Men in Black 3

Movie · as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

2012
Bridge of Names

Bridge of Names

Movie · as Tom

2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus poster

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

Movie · as King Looney

2011
3 Weeks to Daytona poster

3 Weeks to Daytona

Movie · as Sal

2009
American Cowslip poster

American Cowslip

Movie · as Trevor O'Hart

2009
Happy Tears poster

Happy Tears

Movie · as Joe

2009
The Afterlight poster

The Afterlight

Movie · as Carl

2008
Turn the River poster

Turn the River

Movie · as Quinette

2008
August poster

August

Movie · as David Sterling

2008
Lucky Days poster

Lucky Days

Movie · as Bobo

2008
The Golden Boys poster

The Golden Boys

Movie · as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

2007
Bee Movie poster

Bee Movie

Movie · as Lou Lo Duca (voice)

2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette poster

The Making of Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Self

2007
Three Days to Vegas poster

Three Days to Vegas

Movie · as Joe Wallace

2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' poster

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

Movie · as Arthur

2006
Marie Antoinette poster

Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Louis XV

2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Movie · as Self

2006
Zoom poster

Zoom

Movie · as Larraby

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Don Geiss · 8 eps

2005
Forty Shades of Blue poster

Forty Shades of Blue

Movie · as Alan James

2005
The Sisters poster

The Sisters

Movie · as Dr. Chebrin

2005
Yours, Mine & Ours poster

Yours, Mine & Ours

Movie · as Commandant Sherman

2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story poster

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Movie · as Patches O'Houlihan

2004
Eulogy poster

Eulogy

Movie · as Edmund Collins

2004
Welcome to Mooseport poster

Welcome to Mooseport

Movie · as Bert Langdon

2004
Love Object poster

Love Object

Movie · as Novak

2004
Extreme Dodgeball

Extreme Dodgeball

TV · 30 eps

2003
Rolling Kansas poster

Rolling Kansas

Movie · as Oldman

2003
Maniac Magee poster

Maniac Magee

Movie · as George McNab

2003
The Lyon's Den poster

The Lyon's Den

TV · 3 eps

2002
Men in Black II poster

Men in Black II

Movie · as Zed

2001
Freddy Got Fingered poster

Freddy Got Fingered

Movie · as Jim Brody

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Jules Copeland · 1 ep

2000
Wonder Boys poster

Wonder Boys

Movie · as Q

2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle poster

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

Movie · as Detective Manny Garett

2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows poster

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Movie · as Self

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Peter Redmond · 1 ep

1999
The Insider poster

The Insider

Movie · as John Scanlon

1999
Balloon Farm poster

Balloon Farm

Movie · as Harvey Potter

1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery poster

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

Movie · as Royce

1999
Passing Glory poster

Passing Glory

Movie · as Father Robert Grant

1999
Seasons of Love poster

Seasons of Love

TV · as Spence · 2 eps

1998
Senseless poster

Senseless

Movie · as Randall Tyson

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Lionel Banks · 4 eps

1997
Men in Black poster

Men in Black

Movie · as Zed

1997
Hercules poster

Hercules

Movie · as Zeus (voice)

1997
Trial and Error poster

Trial and Error

Movie · as Benny Gibbs

1997
The Mouse

The Mouse

Movie · as Trucker 'God'

1997
Ghost Stories poster

Ghost Stories

TV · as The Narrator · 44 eps

1996
Down Periscope poster

Down Periscope

Movie · as Admiral Winslow

1996
The Hindenburg poster

The Hindenburg

Movie · as Narrator

1995
Canadian Bacon poster

Canadian Bacon

Movie · as General Dick Panzer

1995
How to Make an American Quilt poster

How to Make an American Quilt

Movie · as Arthur

1995
Letter to My Killer poster

Letter to My Killer

Movie

1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal poster

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

Movie · as Adm. Snyder

1995
For Better or Worse poster

For Better or Worse

Movie · as Capt. Cole

1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

Movie · as Self (Narrator)

1994
Heart of a Child poster

Heart of a Child

Movie · as Dr. Leonard Bailey

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Warren Shutt · 1 ep

1993
RoboCop 3 poster

RoboCop 3

Movie · as The CEO

1993
Beyond the Law poster

Beyond the Law

Movie · as Deputy Prescott

1993
Where the Rivers Flow North poster

Where the Rivers Flow North

Movie · as Noel Lord

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
The John Larroquette Show poster

The John Larroquette Show

TV · as Bernard Galvin · 1 ep

1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster poster

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Movie · as Admiral Paul Yost

1992
T Bone N Weasel poster

T Bone N Weasel

Movie · as Happy Sam

1992
Fires of Kuwait poster

Fires of Kuwait

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1992
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story poster

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Movie · as Bill Morgan

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Arthur · 90 eps

1991
Defending Your Life poster

Defending Your Life

Movie · as Bob Diamond

1991
Dolly Dearest poster

Dolly Dearest

Movie · as Karl Resnick

1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind poster

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

Movie · as Captain Jack Parsons

1991
Death Falls poster

Death Falls

Movie · as Dub Farley

1991
My Son Johnny poster

My Son Johnny

Movie · as Brian Stansbury

1990
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as Colonel Fargo

1990
Pair of Aces poster

Pair of Aces

Movie · as Capt. Jack Parsons

1990
Beautiful Dreamers poster

Beautiful Dreamers

Movie · as Walt Whitman

1990
Kojak: None So Blind poster

Kojak: None So Blind

Movie · as Gideon Hogarth

1989
Cold Feet poster

Cold Feet

Movie · as Sheriff

1989
Hit List poster

Hit List

Movie · as Vic Luca

1989
Silence Like Glass poster

Silence Like Glass

Movie · as Dr. Markowitz

1989
Sweet Bird of Youth poster

Sweet Bird of Youth

Movie · as Boss Finley

1988
April Morning poster

April Morning

Movie · as Solomon Chandler

1987
Extreme Prejudice poster

Extreme Prejudice

Movie · as Sheriff Hank Pearson

1987
Nadine poster

Nadine

Movie · as Buford Pope

1987
J. Edgar Hoover poster

J. Edgar Hoover

Movie · as Lyndon Baines Johnson

1987
Destination: America poster

Destination: America

Movie · as Corbet St. James IV

1987
The King of Love

The King of Love

Movie · as Jack Kraft

1987
Laguna Heat poster

Laguna Heat

Movie · as Joe Datilla

1986
Manhunt for Claude Dallas poster

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

Movie · as Tim Nettleton

1985
Summer Rental poster

Summer Rental

Movie · as Scully

1985
Beer poster

Beer

Movie · as Buzz Beckerman

1985
The Execution poster

The Execution

Movie · as Wilheim Gehbert

1985
North and South poster

North and South

TV · as Adolphus · 3 eps

1985
The Atlanta Child Murders poster

The Atlanta Child Murders

TV · as Lewis Slaton · 2 eps

1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof poster

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Movie · as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

1984
City Heat poster

City Heat

Movie · as Primo Pitt

1984
Flashpoint poster

Flashpoint

Movie · as Sheriff Wells

1984
Scarab poster

Scarab

Movie · as Khepera

1984
Songwriter poster

Songwriter

Movie · as Dino McLeish

1984
When She Says No poster

When She Says No

Movie · as Stuart Blankfort

1983
Misunderstood poster

Misunderstood

Movie · as Will

1983
Cross Creek poster

Cross Creek

Movie · as Marsh Turner

1982
Airplane II: The Sequel poster

Airplane II: The Sequel

Movie · as Bud Kruger / President Reagan

1982
A Stranger Is Watching poster

A Stranger Is Watching

Movie · as Artie Taggart

1982
The Beastmaster poster

The Beastmaster

Movie · as Maax

1982
Jinxed! poster

Jinxed!

Movie · as Harold Benson

1982
The Blue and the Gray poster

The Blue and the Gray

TV · as Ulysses S. Grant · 3 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt · 1 ep

1981
Heartland poster

Heartland

Movie · as Clyde Stewart

1980
One Trick Pony poster

One Trick Pony

Movie · as Walter Fox

1980
First Family poster

First Family

Movie · as General G. E. Dumpston

1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case poster

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

Movie · as Charles Burt

1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story poster

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

Movie · as Carlo Ponti

1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan poster

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Movie · as Senator Kittner

1979
A Shining Season poster

A Shining Season

Movie · as Jack Baker

1979
Blind Ambition poster

Blind Ambition

TV · as Richard M. Nixon · 4 eps

1978
Coma poster

Coma

Movie · as Dr. George

1978
Steel Cowboy poster

Steel Cowboy

Movie · as K.W. Hicks

1978
Betrayal poster

Betrayal

Movie · as Dr. Hartogs

1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries poster

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover poster

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Movie · as Dwight Webb

1977
Nasty Habits poster

Nasty Habits

Movie · as Father Maximilian

1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth poster

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Movie · as Nathan Bryce

1976
Birch Interval poster

Birch Interval

Movie · as Thomas

1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan poster

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

TV · as Glen Tuttle · 2 eps

1974
Crazy Joe poster

Crazy Joe

Movie · as Richie

1973
Payday poster

Payday

Movie · as Maury Dann

1973
The President's Plane Is Missing poster

The President's Plane Is Missing

Movie · as George Oldenburg

1973
Cotter poster

Cotter

Movie · as Roy

1972
Slaughter poster

Slaughter

Movie · as Dominic Hoffo

1972
Ghost Story poster

Ghost Story

TV · as Jonathon · 1 ep

1971
1 P.M. poster

1 P.M.

Movie · as Self

1971
Maidstone poster

Maidstone

Movie · as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

1971
Montserrat poster

Montserrat

Movie · as Izquierdo

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Leon Lamarr · 1 ep

1970
Tropic of Cancer poster

Tropic of Cancer

Movie · as Henry Miller

1969
Coming Apart poster

Coming Apart

Movie · as Joe

1969
Lions Love poster

Lions Love

Movie · as The Beard Director (uncredited)

1968
Beyond the Law poster

Beyond the Law

Movie · as Popcorn

1968
Sol Madrid poster

Sol Madrid

Movie · as Dano Villanova

1967
Beach Red poster

Beach Red

Movie · as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

Movie · as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Victor Roarke · 1 ep

1966
You're a Big Boy Now poster

You're a Big Boy Now

Movie · as I.H. Chanticleer

1966
One Spy Too Many poster

One Spy Too Many

Movie · as Alexander

1965
The Cincinnati Kid poster

The Cincinnati Kid

Movie · as William Jefferson Slade

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Alexander · 2 eps

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Col. Mark Royce · 1 ep

1963
Critic's Choice poster

Critic's Choice

Movie · as Dion Kapakos

1963
The Great Adventure poster

The Great Adventure

TV · as Lieutenant John C. Freemont · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · as Sgt. Karl Kasten · 1 ep

1963
Breaking Point poster

Breaking Point

TV · 1 ep

1963
Channing poster

Channing

TV · as Donald Burrows · 1 ep

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth poster

Sweet Bird of Youth

Movie · as Tom Finley Jr.

1962
Hero's Island poster

Hero's Island

Movie · as Nicholas Gates

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Avery · 1 ep

1961
King of Kings poster

King of Kings

Movie · as Judas

1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life poster

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

Movie · as Paul

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dr. Nicholas Keefe · 2 eps

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Joel Coles · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · as Alvah Clayhorne · 1 ep

1960
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Duncan Corey · 1 ep

1959
Pork Chop Hill poster

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · as Lt. Walter Russell

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Will Hewitt · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jacob Yellow-Sun · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Harry Strauss, Johnny Mizo · 1 ep

1958
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

Movie · as Locky McCormick

1958
Bomber's Moon poster

Bomber's Moon

Movie · as Lieutenant Harrison

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Ansel Boake · 1 ep

1957
Time Limit poster

Time Limit

Movie · as Lt. George Miller

1957
A Face in the Crowd poster

A Face in the Crowd

Movie · as Barry Mills (uncredited)

1957
The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun

TV · as Jody Gilman · 1 ep

1956
Baby Doll poster

Baby Doll

Movie · as The Dentist (uncredited)

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Steve Morgan #22, Ernie Walters · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Locky McCormick, Solomon Chandler · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · as Somers · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep