Rip Torn
Born: 1931-02-06
Place of Birth: 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
Men in Black
1997★ 7.2
Hercules
1997★ 7.5
Men in Black II
2002★ 6.4
Baby Doll
1956★ 7.0
Bee Movie
2007★ 6.0
Men in Black 3
2012★ 6.5
Tropic of Cancer
1970★ 4.5
Marie Antoinette
2006★ 6.7
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977★ 4.9
RoboCop 3
1993★ 4.9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004★ 6.4
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980★ 5.2
Summer Rental
1985★ 6.1
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005★ 6.2
Zoom
2006★ 5.3
Lions Love
1969★ 5.8
The Execution
1985★ 7.3
Coma
1978★ 6.8
Montserrat
1971★ 0.0
Defending Your Life
1991★ 6.9
The Insider
1999★ 7.5
Nasty Habits
1977★ 4.6
Senseless
1998★ 6.2
Nadine
1987★ 5.4
Silence Like Glass
1989★ 6.6
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982★ 6.1
Down Periscope
1996★ 6.4
Love Object
2004★ 5.9
King of Kings
1961★ 7.2
Laguna Heat
1987★ 3.8
August
2008★ 5.2
April Morning
1988★ 5.7
Eulogy
2004★ 6.4
Coming Apart
1969★ 6.0
Heartland
1979★ 6.5
Songwriter
1984★ 5.1
Heart of a Child
1994★ 4.6
Misunderstood
1983★ 6.7
Betrayal
1978★ 0.0
The Beastmaster
1982★ 6.3
Time Limit
1957★ 7.1
Happy Tears
2009★ 5.0
Lucky Days
2008★ 0.0
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979★ 5.7
Slaughter
1972★ 5.5
Canadian Bacon
1995★ 5.7
Cross Creek
1983★ 6.6
Passing Glory
1999★ 5.8
Beach Red
1967★ 6.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976★ 6.4
Maidstone
1971★ 3.9
Jinxed!
1982★ 4.5
Cotter
1973★ 1.0
First Family
1980★ 3.0
Kojak: None So Blind
1990★ 6.0
Beer
1985★ 4.0
Scarab
1984★ 5.5
The Cincinnati Kid
1965★ 7.0
Flashpoint
1984★ 6.2
How to Make an American Quilt
1995★ 6.4
Payday
1973★ 5.9
Freddy Got Fingered
2001★ 4.7
Beautiful Dreamers
1990★ 5.2
Norman Mailer: The American
2012★ 7.0
Beyond the Law
1993★ 6.2
T Bone N Weasel
1992★ 3.0
Hit List
1989★ 6.0
Wonder Boys
2000★ 6.8
Extreme Prejudice
1987★ 6.2
Death Falls
1991★ 3.0
Hero's Island
1962★ 4.8
One Spy Too Many
1966★ 4.9
J. Edgar Hoover
1987★ 0.0
Balloon Farm
1999★ 5.8
One Trick Pony
1980★ 5.1
By Dawn's Early Light
1990★ 6.5
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011★ 3.9
A Face in the Crowd
1957★ 7.6
City Heat
1984★ 5.5
Welcome to Mooseport
2004★ 5.1
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962★ 6.8
Dolly Dearest
1991★ 5.5
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993★ 6.2
Fires of Kuwait
1992★ 7.7
Pork Chop Hill
1959★ 6.6
Critic's Choice
1963★ 5.6
Heartland
N/A★ 0.0
My Son Johnny
1991★ 6.0
The Golden Boys
2008★ 5.5
Pair of Aces
1990★ 5.0
Trial and Error
1997★ 5.4
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989★ 5.4
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000★ 7.1
Crazy Joe
1974★ 6.3
American Cowslip
2009★ 5.1
You're a Big Boy Now
1966★ 6.1
Forty Shades of Blue
2005★ 4.1
Turn the River
2008★ 5.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973★ 6.2
Sol Madrid
1968★ 6.4
The Sisters
2005★ 4.8
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999★ 5.1
Letter to My Killer
1995★ 6.0
Bomber's Moon
1958★ 0.0
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984★ 5.6
A Stranger Is Watching
1982★ 4.5
Steel Cowboy
1978★ 0.0
Cold Feet
1989★ 3.8
For Better or Worse
1995★ 4.0
Beyond the Law
1968★ 4.8
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975★ 5.0
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007★ 5.0
Rolling Kansas
2003★ 5.4
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011★ 5.5
Lionpower from MGM
1967★ 4.5
The Hindenburg
1996★ 6.0
1 P.M.
1971★ 5.8
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980★ 5.5
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995★ 4.3
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986★ 4.0
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992★ 5.2
Destination: America
1987★ 0.0
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991★ 3.7
A Shining Season
1979★ 3.0
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992★ 7.0
When She Says No
1984★ 0.0
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961★ 5.0
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000★ 0.0
James Dean: A Portrait
1995★ 0.0
Three Days to Vegas
2007★ 3.4
Birch Interval
1976★ 4.0
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007★ 0.0