Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
06 Feb, 1931 (94 years old)
Death date
09 Jul, 2019
Rip Torn
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.
Known For
Acting
2012
Men in Black 3
2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2009
Happy Tears
2009
American Cowslip
2008
The Golden Boys
2008
August
2008
Turn the River
2007
Bee Movie
2006
Zoom
2006
Marie Antoinette
2005
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
The Sisters
2004
Eulogy
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Love Object
2003
Rolling Kansas
2002
Men in Black II
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
2000
Wonder Boys
1999
The Insider
1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
Balloon Farm
1998
Senseless
1997
Men in Black
1997
Hercules
1997
Trial and Error
1996
Down Periscope
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995
For Better or Worse
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
Beyond the Law
1993
RoboCop 3
1992
T Bone N Weasel
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
Fires of Kuwait
1991
Dolly Dearest
1991
Defending Your Life
1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1987
Laguna Heat
1987
Nadine
1987
Extreme Prejudice
1985
North and South
1985
Summer Rental
1984
City Heat
1984
Songwriter
1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Flashpoint
1983
Cross Creek
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
Jinxed!
1982
The Beastmaster
1980
First Family
1980
One Trick Pony
1979
Heartland
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1978
Coma
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Nasty Habits
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1974
Crazy Joe
1973
Payday
1972
Slaughter
1970
Tropic of Cancer
1969
Coming Apart
1969
Lions Love
1967
Beach Red
1966
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
One Spy Too Many
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
1963
Critic's Choice
1962
Hero's Island
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
1961
King of Kings
1959
Pork Chop Hill
1957
Time Limit
1957
A Face in the Crowd
1956
Baby Doll