Rip Torn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 6, 1931
- Died
- Jul 9, 2019 (aged 88)
- Place of birth
- Temple, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 185
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
1997Movie
Zed
Men in Black 3
2012Movie
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Men in Black II
2002Movie
Zed
Hercules
1997Movie
Zeus (voice)
Bee Movie
2007Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004Movie
Patches O'Houlihan
Filmography
Making Marie Antoinette
2026Movie
Self
Bridge of Names
2012Movie
Tom
Men in Black 3
2012Movie
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012Movie
Self
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011Movie
Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011Movie
King Looney
Happy Tears
2009Movie
Joe
The Afterlight
2009Movie
Carl
American Cowslip
2009Movie
Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
2008Movie
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
2008Movie
David Sterling
Turn the River
2008Movie
Quinette
Lucky Days
2008Movie
Bobo
Bee Movie
2007Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007Movie
Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007Movie
Arthur
Three Days to Vegas
2007Movie
Joe Wallace
30 Rock
2006TV
Don Geiss
Zoom
2006Movie
Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006Movie
Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006Movie
Self
Forty Shades of Blue
2005Movie
Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005Movie
Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
2005Movie
Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
2004Movie
Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004Movie
Patches O'Houlihan
Extreme Dodgeball
2004TV
Welcome to Mooseport
2004Movie
Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004Movie
Novak
The Lyon's Den
2003TV
Maniac Magee
2003Movie
George McNab
Rolling Kansas
2003Movie
Oldman
Men in Black II
2002Movie
Zed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001TV
Jules Copeland
Freddy Got Fingered
2001Movie
Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000Movie
Self
Soul Food
2000TV
Peter Redmond
Wonder Boys
2000Movie
Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000Movie
Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
1999Movie
John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999Movie
Royce
Seasons of Love
1999TV
Spence
Balloon Farm
1999Movie
Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
1999Movie
Father Robert Grant
Will & Grace
1998TV
Lionel Banks
Senseless
1998Movie
Randall Tyson
The Mouse
1997Movie
Trucker 'God'
Ghost Stories
1997TV
The Narrator
Men in Black
1997Movie
Zed
Hercules
1997Movie
Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
1997Movie
Benny Gibbs
The Hindenburg
1996Movie
Narrator
Down Periscope
1996Movie
Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt
1995Movie
Arthur
James Dean: A Portrait
1995Movie
Self (Narrator)
Letter to My Killer
1995Movie
Canadian Bacon
1995Movie
General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995Movie
Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse
1995Movie
Capt. Cole
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Warren Shutt
Heart of a Child
1994Movie
Dr. Leonard Bailey
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
The John Larroquette Show
1993TV
Bernard Galvin
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993Movie
Noel Lord
Beyond the Law
1993Movie
Deputy Prescott
RoboCop 3
1993Movie
The CEO
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992Movie
Bill Morgan
T Bone N Weasel
1992Movie
Happy Sam
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992Movie
Admiral Paul Yost
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Arthur
Fires of Kuwait
1992Movie
Narrator (voice)
My Son Johnny
1991Movie
Brian Stansbury
Dolly Dearest
1991Movie
Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991Movie
Captain Jack Parsons
Defending Your Life
1991Movie
Bob Diamond
Death Falls
1991Movie
Dub Farley
Beautiful Dreamers
1990Movie
Walt Whitman
By Dawn's Early Light
1990Movie
Colonel Fargo
Kojak: None So Blind
1990Movie
Gideon Hogarth
Pair of Aces
1990Movie
Capt. Jack Parsons
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989Movie
Boss Finley
Silence Like Glass
1989Movie
Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet
1989Movie
Sheriff
Hit List
1989Movie
Vic Luca
April Morning
1988Movie
Solomon Chandler
The King of Love
1987Movie
Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat
1987Movie
Joe Datilla
Nadine
1987Movie
Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice
1987Movie
Sheriff Hank Pearson
Destination: America
1987Movie
Corbet St. James IV
J. Edgar Hoover
1987Movie
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986Movie
Tim Nettleton
North and South
1985TV
Adolphus
Beer
1985Movie
Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental
1985Movie
Scully
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985TV
Lewis Slaton
The Execution
1985Movie
Wilheim Gehbert
City Heat
1984Movie
Primo Pitt
Songwriter
1984Movie
Dino McLeish
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984Movie
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Scarab
1984Movie
Khepera
Flashpoint
1984Movie
Sheriff Wells
When She Says No
1984Movie
Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood
1983Movie
Will
Cross Creek
1983Movie
Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982Movie
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Blue and the Gray
1982TV
Ulysses S. Grant
Jinxed!
1982Movie
Harold Benson
The Beastmaster
1982Movie
Maax
A Stranger Is Watching
1982Movie
Artie Taggart
American Playhouse
1982TV
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Heartland
1981Movie
Clyde Stewart
First Family
1980Movie
General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980Movie
Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980Movie
Carlo Ponti
One Trick Pony
1980Movie
Walter Fox
A Shining Season
1979Movie
Jack Baker
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979Movie
Senator Kittner
Blind Ambition
1979TV
Richard M. Nixon
Steel Cowboy
1978Movie
K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
1978Movie
Dr. Hartogs
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978TV
Coma
1978Movie
Dr. George
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977Movie
Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits
1977Movie
Father Maximilian
Birch Interval
1976Movie
Thomas
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976Movie
Nathan Bryce
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975TV
Glen Tuttle
Crazy Joe
1974Movie
Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973Movie
George Oldenburg
Payday
1973Movie
Maury Dann
Cotter
1973Movie
Roy
Ghost Story
1972TV
Jonathon
Slaughter
1972Movie
Dominic Hoffo
Columbo
1971TV
Leon Lamarr
1 P.M.
1971Movie
Self
Maidstone
1971Movie
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat
1971Movie
Izquierdo
Tropic of Cancer
1970Movie
Henry Miller
Coming Apart
1969Movie
Joe
Lions Love
1969Movie
The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
1968Movie
Popcorn
Sol Madrid
1968Movie
Dano Villanova
Mannix
1967TV
Victor Roarke
Beach Red
1967Movie
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM
1967Movie
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're a Big Boy Now
1966Movie
I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
1966Movie
Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
1965Movie
William Jefferson Slade
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Alexander
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Col. Mark Royce
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
Channing
1963TV
Donald Burrows
Breaking Point
1963TV
The Lieutenant
1963TV
Sgt. Karl Kasten
Critic's Choice
1963Movie
Dion Kapakos
Combat!
1962TV
Avery
Hero's Island
1962Movie
Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962Movie
Tom Finley Jr.
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
King of Kings
1961Movie
Judas
Ben Casey
1961TV
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
The Dick Powell Show
1961TV
Joel Coles
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961Movie
Paul
Route 66
1960TV
Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller
1960TV
Duncan Corey
The Untouchables
1959TV
Harry Strauss, Johnny Mizo
Bonanza
1959TV
Will Hewitt
Pork Chop Hill
1959Movie
Lt. Walter Russell
Rawhide
1959TV
Jacob Yellow-Sun
Johnny Belinda
1958Movie
Locky McCormick
Naked City
1958TV
Ansel Boake
Bomber's Moon
1958Movie
Lieutenant Harrison
Time Limit
1957Movie
Lt. George Miller
The Restless Gun
1957TV
Jody Gilman
A Face in the Crowd
1957Movie
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Baby Doll
1956Movie
The Dentist (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Steve Morgan #22, Ernie Walters
Omnibus
1952TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Locky McCormick, Solomon Chandler
Kraft Television Theatre
1947TV
Somers
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter
Heartland
Movie