Rip Torn
Acting
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.
Filmography 186
Movies (140)
- Bridge of Names2012Tom
Men in Black 32012Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American2012Self
3 Weeks to Daytona2011Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus2011King Looney
Happy Tears2009Joe- The Afterlight2009Carl
American Cowslip2009Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys2008Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August2008David Sterling
Turn the River2008Quinette
Lucky Days2008Bobo
Bee Movie2007Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette2007Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'2007Arthur
Three Days to Vegas2007Joe Wallace
Zoom2006Larraby
Marie Antoinette2006Louis XV- Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time2006Self
Forty Shades of Blue2005Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours2005Commandant Sherman
The Sisters2005Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy2004Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story2004Patches O'Houlihan
Welcome to Mooseport2004Bert Langdon
Love Object2004Novak- Maniac Magee2003George McNab
Rolling Kansas2003Oldman
Men in Black II2002Zed
Freddy Got Fingered2001Jim Brody
Shows (46)
30 Rock2006Don Geiss- Extreme Dodgeball2004
The Lyon's Den2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001Jules Copeland
Soul Food2000Peter Redmond
Seasons of Love1999Spence
Will & Grace1998Lionel Banks
Ghost Stories1997The Narrator
Chicago Hope1994Warren Shutt
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993Self - Guest
The John Larroquette Show1993Bernard Galvin
The Larry Sanders Show1992Arthur
North and South1985Adolphus
The Atlanta Child Murders1985Lewis Slaton
The Blue and the Gray1982Ulysses S. Grant
American Playhouse1982Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Blind Ambition1979Richard M. Nixon
The Eddie Capra Mysteries1978
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan1975Glen Tuttle
Ghost Story1972Jonathon
Columbo1971Leon Lamarr
Mannix1967Victor Roarke
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964Alexander
12 O'Clock High1964Col. Mark Royce
The Great Adventure1963Lieutenant John C. Freemont
Channing1963Donald Burrows
Breaking Point1963
The Lieutenant1963Sgt. Karl Kasten
Combat!1962Avery
The Mike Douglas Show1961Self