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
Movies
- The Cincinnati Kid
1965
- The Man Who Fell to Ear...
1976
- Men in Black II
2002
- Men in Black
1997
- Canadian Bacon
1995
- Marie Antoinette
2006
- Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
- Sweet Bird of Youth: Ch...
2006
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
- Extreme Prejudice
1987
- Wonder Boys
2000
- A Stranger Is Watching
1982
- RoboCop 3
1993
- Bee Movie
2007
- By Dawn's Early Light
1990
- Coma
1978
- Forty Shades of Blue
2005
- How to Make an American...
1995
- Hercules
1997
- Defending Your Life
1991
- The Insider
1999
- Senseless
1998
- DodgeBall: A True Under...
2004
- Down Periscope
1996
- Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
- Rolling Kansas
2003
- Freddy Got Fingered
2001
- Balloon Farm
1999
- Dolly Dearest
1991
- Zoom
2006
- Turn the River
2008
- One Trick Pony
1980
- King of Kings
1961
- You're a Big Boy Now
1966
- Pork Chop Hill
1959
- Nadine
1987
- American Cowslip
2009
- Another Pair of Aces: T...
1991
- Eulogy
2004
- The Beastmaster
1982
- Welcome to Mooseport
2004
- The Sisters
2005
- Happy Tears
2009
- Dead Ahead: The Exxon V...
1992
- Beach Red
1967
- Love Object
2004
- City Heat
1984
- Time Limit
1957
- The Seduction of Joe Ty...
1979
- Trial and Error
1997
- Flashpoint
1984
- Beyond the Law
1993
- Heartland
1979
- Where the Rivers Flow N...
1993
- Summer Rental
1985
- Scarab
1984
- Songwriter
1984
- Coming Apart
1969
- Payday
1973
- National Lampoon's The ...
2011
- Misunderstood
1983
- Slaughter
1972
- Beer
1985
- Critic's Choice
1963
- Jinxed!
1982
- One Spy Too Many
1966
- Cold Feet
1989
- April Morning
1988
- Tropic of Cancer
1970
- Hit List
1989
- Norman Mailer: The Amer...
2012
- The Private Files of J....
1977
- Crazy Joe
1974
- First Family
1980
- 1 P.M.
1971
- Nasty Habits
1977
- Johnny Belinda
1958
- A Face in the Crowd
1957
- Cross Creek
1983
- The Almost Perfect Bank...
1999
- Maidstone
1971
- Beyond the Law
1968
- Sol Madrid
1968
- Hero's Island
1962
- The Making of Marie Ant...
2007
- Bomber's Moon
1958
- Three Days to Vegas
2007
- Zwei Frauen
1989
- J. Edgar Hoover
1987
- Men in Black 3
2012
- Destination: America
1987
- Passing Glory
1999
- Steel Cowboy
1978
- A Vision of Murder: The...
2000
- Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
- The Afterlight
2009
- Pair of Aces
1990
- The King of Love
1987
- The Execution
1985
- Clint Eastwood: Out of ...
2000
- Heart of a Child
1994
- Death Falls
1991
- Montserrat
1971
- August
2008
- Birch Interval
1976
- Manhunt for Claude Dall...
1986
- Rape and Marriage: The ...
1980
- Attack on Terror: The F...
1975
- Sophia Loren: Her Own S...
1980
- The President's Plane I...
1973
- A Shining Season
1979
- Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
- When She Says No
1984
- My Son Johnny
1991
- Beautiful Dreamers
1990
- Laguna Heat
1987
- Letter to My Killer
1995
- Lions Love
1969
- Kojak: None So Blind
1990
- Baby Doll
1956
- The Hindenburg
1996
- T Bone N Weasel
1992
- Lucky Days
2008
- Cotter
1973
- 24 Hours in a Woman's L...
1961
- She Stood Alone: The Ta...
1995
- The Making Of 'The Larr...
2007
- Fires of Kuwait
1992
- Maniac Magee
2003
- A Mother's Right: The E...
1992
- Betrayal
1978
- The Golden Boys
2008
- For Better or Worse
1995
TV Shows
- The Great Adventure
1963
- The Larry Sanders Show
1992
- Route 66
1960
- Omnibus
1952
- Naked City
1958
- Soul Food
2000
- Mannix
1967
- Combat!
1962
- 30 Rock
2006
- Will & Grace
1998
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- The Lyon's Den
2003
- Late Night with Conan O...
1993
- Chicago Hope
1994
- Alfred Hitchcock Presen...
1955
- Extreme Dodgeball
2004
- Thriller
1960
- Ben Casey
1961
- The Lieutenant
1963
- The Blue and the Gray
1982
- Breaking Point
1963
- Dr. Kildare
1961
- Ghost Story
1972
- The Eddie Capra Mysteri...
1978
- Channing
1963
- North and South
1985
- Seasons of Love
1999
- Blind Ambition
1979
- The Atlanta Child Murde...
1985
- Bonanza
1959
- Alfred Hitchcock Presen...
1955
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Columbo
1971
- The Dick Powell Show
1961
- Ghost Stories
1997
- The John Larroquette Sh...
1993
- Law & Order: Criminal I...
2001
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- The Restless Gun
1957
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
- 12 O'Clock High
1964
- Tony Awards
1956
- Rawhide
1959
- The Untouchables
1959
- The Untouchables
1959
- Kraft Television Theatre
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre
1947