Rip Torn
Actor
- Born
- February 6, 1931 · Temple, Texas, USA
- Died
- July 9, 2019 (age 88)
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.
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Known for
Men in Black
July 2, 1997
Men in Black 3
May 23, 2012
Men in Black II
July 3, 2002
Hercules
June 13, 1997
Bee Movie
October 28, 2007
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
June 18, 2004
Marie Antoinette
May 24, 2006
The Insider
October 28, 1999
RoboCop 3
January 21, 1993
Airplane II: The Sequel
December 10, 1982
Yours, Mine & Ours
November 23, 2005
Wonder Boys
February 22, 2000
Acting139
- 2026Making Marie Antoinette as Self
- 2012Bridge of Names as Tom
- 2012Men in Black 3 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- 2012Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- 20113 Weeks to Daytona as Sal
- 2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus as King Looney
- 2009Happy Tears as Joe
- 2009The Afterlight as Carl
- 2009American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart
- 2008The Golden Boys