Rip Torn
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.
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 3
Norman Mailer: The American
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Happy Tears
American Cowslip
The Golden Boys
August
Turn the River
Lucky Days
Bee Movie
The Making of Marie Antoinette
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Three Days to Vegas
30 Rock
Zoom
Marie Antoinette
Forty Shades of Blue
Yours, Mine & Ours
The Sisters
Eulogy
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Welcome to Mooseport
Love Object
The Lyon's Den
Rolling Kansas
Men in Black II
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Freddy Got Fingered
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Soul Food
Wonder Boys
The Insider
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Seasons of Love
Balloon Farm
Seasons of Love
Passing Glory
Will & Grace
Senseless
Ghost Stories
Men in Black
Hercules
Trial and Error
The Hindenburg
Down Periscope
How to Make an American Quilt
Letter to My Killer
Canadian Bacon
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Chicago Hope
Heart of a Child
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The John Larroquette Show
Where the Rivers Flow North
Beyond the Law
RoboCop 3
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
T Bone N Weasel
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
The Larry Sanders Show
Fires of Kuwait
My Son Johnny
Dolly Dearest
Defending Your Life
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Beautiful Dreamers
By Dawn's Early Light
Kojak: None So Blind
Pair of Aces
Sweet Bird of Youth
Silence Like Glass
Cold Feet
Hit List
April Morning
The Telephone
Laguna Heat
Nadine
Extreme Prejudice
Destination: America
J. Edgar Hoover
North and South
Beer
Summer Rental
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Execution
City Heat
Songwriter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Scarab
Flashpoint
Misunderstood
When She Says No
Cross Creek
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Blue and the Gray
A Stranger Is Watching
Jinxed!
The Beastmaster
First Family
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
One Trick Pony
A Shining Season
Heartland
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Blind Ambition
Steel Cowboy
Betrayal
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Coma
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Nasty Habits
Harlan County U.S.A.
Birch Interval
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Crazy Joe
The President's Plane Is Missing
Payday
Cotter
Ghost Story
Slaughter
Columbo
1 P.M.
Maidstone
Tropic of Cancer
Coming Apart
Lions Love
Beyond the Law
Sol Madrid
Mannix
Beach Red
You're a Big Boy Now
One Spy Too Many
The Cincinnati Kid
The Great Adventure
Channing
Breaking Point
The Lieutenant
Critic's Choice
Combat!
Hero's Island
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Mike Douglas Show
King of Kings
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
The Dick Powell Show
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Route 66
Thriller
Bonanza
Pork Chop Hill
Naked City
Bomber's Moon
Time Limit
A Face in the Crowd
Baby Doll
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Omnibus
Hallmark Hall of Fame