Rip Torn
Acting

Rip Torn

Born 6 February 1931 · Temple, Texas, USA · Died 9 July 2019

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
Men in Black II
Hercules
Bee Movie
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Marie Antoinette
The Insider
RoboCop 3
Airplane II: The Sequel
Yours, Mine & Ours
Columbo
30 Rock
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
3 Weeks to Daytona
American Cowslip
Happy Tears
The Afterlight
Turn the River
August
Lucky Days
The Golden Boys
Bee Movie
Three Days to Vegas
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Marie Antoinette
Zoom
Forty Shades of Blue
The Sisters
Yours, Mine & Ours
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Eulogy
Welcome to Mooseport
Love Object
Rolling Kansas
Maniac Magee
Men in Black II
Freddy Got Fingered
Wonder Boys
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
The Insider
Balloon Farm
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Passing Glory
Senseless
Men in Black
Hercules
Trial and Error
Down Periscope
The Hindenburg
Canadian Bacon
How to Make an American Quilt
Letter to My Killer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
For Better or Worse
Heart of a Child
RoboCop 3
Beyond the Law
Where the Rivers Flow North
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
T Bone N Weasel
Fires of Kuwait
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Defending Your Life
Dolly Dearest
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Death Falls
My Son Johnny
By Dawn's Early Light
Pair of Aces
Beautiful Dreamers
Kojak: None So Blind
Cold Feet
Hit List
Silence Like Glass
Sweet Bird of Youth
April Morning
The Telephone
Extreme Prejudice
Nadine
J. Edgar Hoover
Destination: America
Laguna Heat
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Summer Rental
Beer
The Execution
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
City Heat
Flashpoint
Scarab
Songwriter
When She Says No
Misunderstood
Cross Creek
Airplane II: The Sequel
A Stranger Is Watching
The Beastmaster
Jinxed!
Heartland
One Trick Pony
First Family
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
A Shining Season
Coma
Steel Cowboy
Betrayal
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Nasty Habits
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Birch Interval
Crazy Joe
Payday
The President's Plane Is Missing
Cotter
Slaughter
Maidstone
Montserrat
Tropic of Cancer
Coming Apart
Beyond the Law
Sol Madrid
Beach Red
You're a Big Boy Now
One Spy Too Many
The Cincinnati Kid
Critic's Choice
Sweet Bird of Youth
Hero's Island
King of Kings
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Pork Chop Hill
Bomber's Moon
Time Limit
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