Actor
Rip Torn
Known for Acting
Born 1931-02-06 in Temple, Texas, USA
Died 2019-07-09
Mostly Documentary
1Films in catalog
139Credits
1956 to 2026Years active
46Trailers on Reactr
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.
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Bridge of Names
2012
as Tom
Men in Black 3
2012 · Trailer
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012 · Trailer
as Self
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011 · Trailer
as King Looney
Happy Tears
2009 · Trailer
as Joe
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
American Cowslip
2009 · Trailer
as Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
2008 · Trailer
as David Sterling
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
Lucky Days
2008
as Bobo
Bee Movie
2007 · Trailer
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
as Arthur
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
Zoom
2006 · Trailer
as Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Trailer
as Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 · Trailer
as Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · Trailer
as Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
2005 · Trailer
as Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
2004 · Trailer
as Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Trailer
as Patches O'Houlihan
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 · Trailer
as Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004
as Novak
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
Men in Black II
2002 · Trailer
as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 · Trailer
as Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Wonder Boys
2000 · Trailer
as Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
1999 · Trailer
as John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
Senseless
1998 · Trailer
as Randall Tyson
The Mouse
1997
as Trucker 'God'
Men in Black
1997 · Trailer
as Zed
Hercules
1997 · Trailer
as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
1997 · Trailer
as Benny Gibbs
The Hindenburg
1996
as Narrator
Down Periscope
1996 · Trailer
as Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Trailer
as Arthur
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (Narrator)
Letter to My Killer
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995 · Trailer
as General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse
1995 · Trailer
as Capt. Cole
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
Beyond the Law
1993 · Trailer
as Deputy Prescott
RoboCop 3
1993 · Trailer
as The CEO
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
Fires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
Defending Your Life
1991 · Trailer
as Bob Diamond
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Trailer
as Colonel Fargo
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet
1989 · Trailer
as Sheriff
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
April Morning
1988 · Trailer
as Solomon Chandler
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat
1987 · Trailer
as Joe Datilla
Nadine
1987 · Trailer
as Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · Trailer
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Destination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
The Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
City Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
Songwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Scarab
1984
as Khepera
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
When She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood
1983
as Will
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
A Stranger Is Watching
1982 · Trailer
as Artie Taggart
Heartland
1981
as Clyde Stewart
First Family
1980 · Trailer
as General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Carlo Ponti
One Trick Pony
1980 · Trailer
as Walter Fox
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
Coma
1978 · Trailer
as Dr. George
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
Birch Interval
1976
as Thomas
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Trailer
as Nathan Bryce
Crazy Joe
1974 · Trailer
as Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
Cotter
1973
as Roy
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
1 P.M.
1971
as Self
Maidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat
1971
as Izquierdo
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
Coming Apart
1969
as Joe
Lions Love
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
1968
as Popcorn
Sol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Trailer
as William Jefferson Slade
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
Hero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
King of Kings
1961 · Trailer
as Judas
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Trailer
as Lt. Walter Russell
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
Time Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Baby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Heartland
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