🎭 Actor
Rip Torn
🎂 Born 6 February 1931 (age 88)✝ 9 July 2019📍 Temple, Texas, USA
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(131 films)
YearTitleRating
1997Hercules★ 7.51997Men in Black★ 7.22007Bee Movie★ 6.02002Men in Black II★ 6.42012Men in Black 3★ 6.52004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story★ 6.42006Marie Antoinette★ 6.71993RoboCop 3★ 4.91999The Insider★ 7.51982The Beastmaster★ 6.31982Airplane II: The Sequel★ 6.11996Down Periscope★ 6.41998Senseless★ 6.22006Zoom★ 5.31961King of Kings★ 7.11978Coma★ 6.82005Yours, Mine & Ours★ 6.22000Wonder Boys★ 6.81976The Man Who Fell to Earth★ 6.52001Freddy Got Fingered★ 4.71995How to Make an American Quilt★ 6.41991Defending Your Life★ 6.91984City Heat★ 5.51985Summer Rental★ 6.11965The Cincinnati Kid★ 7.01956Baby Doll★ 7.01969Lions Love★ 5.81993Beyond the Law★ 6.32004Love Object★ 5.92009Happy Tears★ 5.01987Extreme Prejudice★ 6.31982A Stranger Is Watching★ 4.61995Canadian Bacon★ 5.81962Sweet Bird of Youth★ 6.81957Time Limit★ 7.22004Welcome to Mooseport★ 5.11991Dolly Dearest★ 5.62009American Cowslip★ 5.11989Silence Like Glass★ 7.01989Cold Feet★ 4.11997Trial and Error★ 5.51959Pork Chop Hill★ 6.72004Eulogy★ 6.41968Sol Madrid★ 6.91973Cotter★ 4.51974Crazy Joe★ 6.61987Nadine★ 5.52005The Sisters★ 5.11990By Dawn's Early Light★ 6.51967Beach Red★ 6.51991Death Falls★ 5.01983Cross Creek★ 6.62008August★ 5.21985The Execution★ 7.31988April Morning★ 5.72011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus★ 3.91980One Trick Pony★ 5.51984Flashpoint★ 6.21957A Face in the Crowd★ 7.61980First Family★ 3.72008Turn the River★ 5.31981Heartland★ 6.52003Rolling Kansas★ 5.61994Heart of a Child★ 5.21963Critic's Choice★ 5.61977Nasty Habits★ 5.01987Laguna Heat★ 4.31978Steel Cowboy★ 9.02000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows★ 7.31989Sweet Bird of Youth★ 5.51991My Son Johnny★ 6.11967Lionpower from MGM★ 6.31999Balloon Farm★ 5.91995For Better or Worse★ 4.71980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case★ 5.91969Coming Apart★ 6.21966You're a Big Boy Now★ 6.11978Betrayal★ 7.01970Tropic of Cancer★ 4.81999The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery★ 5.62007The Making of Marie Antoinette★ 5.01972Slaughter★ 5.61977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover★ 5.11984Songwriter★ 5.41983Misunderstood★ 6.51966One Spy Too Many★ 5.11992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster★ 5.21990Kojak: None So Blind★ 6.31979The Seduction of Joe Tynan★ 5.91990Pair of Aces★ 6.71962Hero's Island★ 5.62008The Golden Boys★ 5.51979A Shining Season★ 4.71984When She Says No★ 8.01971Maidstone★ 4.21989Hit List★ 6.21982Jinxed!★ 4.61984Cat on a Hot Tin Roof★ 5.72008Lucky Days—2005Forty Shades of Blue★ 4.519711 P.M.★ 6.21968Beyond the Law★ 5.61987J. Edgar Hoover—1986Manhunt for Claude Dallas★ 5.520113 Weeks to Daytona★ 5.31999Passing Glory★ 6.01975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan★ 7.51995Letter to My Killer★ 6.51992T Bone N Weasel★ 3.82007Three Days to Vegas★ 3.91993Where the Rivers Flow North★ 6.41991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind★ 4.02012Norman Mailer: The American★ 7.01985Beer★ 4.41973Payday★ 6.11984Scarab★ 7.01958Bomber's Moon—1976Birch Interval★ 5.01987Destination: America—1990Beautiful Dreamers★ 5.01992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story★ 7.7196124 Hours in a Woman's Life★ 5.02000A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle★ 10.01995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal★ 5.01973The President's Plane Is Missing★ 6.31995James Dean: A Portrait★ 7.01980Sophia Loren: Her Own Story★ 5.51996The Hindenburg★ 7.51971Montserrat★ 10.01992Fires of Kuwait★ 7.92007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'—