7.7
7.7
Fires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Rip Torn
Also known as: Elmore Rual Torn
Acting
Born:February 6, 1931
Died:July 9, 2019(aged 88)
Birthplace:Temple, Texas, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, Taylor High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
DodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryMen in Black
Filmography (133 movies)
7.6
7.6
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
Hercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
7.5
7.5
The Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
7.3
7.3
The Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
7.2
7.2
Men in Black
1997
as Zed
7.2
7.2
King of Kings
1961
as Judas
7.1
7.1
Time Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
7.1
7.1
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
7.0
7.0
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
7.0
7.0
Baby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
7.0
7.0
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
6.9
6.9
Defending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
6.8
6.8
Wonder Boys
2000
as Q
6.8
6.8
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
6.7
6.7
Coma
1978
as Dr. George
6.7
6.7
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
6.7
6.7
Misunderstood
1983
as Will
6.6
6.6
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
6.6
6.6
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
6.6
6.6
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
6.5
6.5
Heartland
1979
as Clyde Stewart
6.5
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Colonel Fargo
6.4
6.4
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
as Nathan Bryce
6.4
6.4
Eulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
6.4
6.4
Sol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
6.4
6.4
Men in Black II
2002
as Zed
6.4
6.4
Down Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
6.4
6.4
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
6.3
6.3
Crazy Joe
1974
as Richie
6.3
6.3
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
6.3
6.3
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
6.2
6.2
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
6.2
6.2
Senseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
6.2
6.2
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
6.2
6.2
Beyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
6.2
6.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
6.2
6.2
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
6.2
6.2
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
6.1
6.1
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
6.1
6.1
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
6.1
6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
6.0
6.0
Bee Movie
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
6.0
6.0
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
6.0
6.0
Coming Apart
1969
as Joe
6.0
6.0
Letter to My Killer
1995
6.0
6.0
The Hindenburg
1996
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
6.0
6.0
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
5.9
5.9
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
5.9
5.9
Love Object
2004
as Novak
5.8
5.8
April Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
5.8
5.8
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
5.8
5.8
1 P.M.
1971
as Self
5.8
5.8
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
5.7
5.7
Canadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
5.7
5.7
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
5.6
5.6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Big Daddy
5.5
5.5
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
5.5
5.5
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
5.5
5.5
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
5.5
5.5
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
5.5
5.5
Scarab
1984
as Khepera
5.5
5.5
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
5.5
5.5
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
5.5
5.5
City Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
5.4
5.4
Trial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
5.4
5.4
Nadine
1987
as Buford Pope
5.4
5.4
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
5.4
5.4
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
5.3
5.3
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
5.3
5.3
Zoom
2006
as Larraby
5.2
5.2
August
2008
as David Sterling
5.2
5.2
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
5.2
5.2
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Carlo Ponti
5.1
5.1
American Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
5.1
5.1
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
5.1
5.1
One Trick Pony
1980
as Walter Fox
5.1
5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
5.1
5.1
Songwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
5.0
5.0
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
5.0
5.0
Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
5.0
5.0
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
5.0
5.0
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
4.9
4.9
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
4.9
4.9
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
4.9
4.9
RoboCop 3
1993
as The CEO
4.8
4.8
Hero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
4.8
4.8
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
4.8
4.8
Beyond the Law
1968
as Popcorn
4.7
4.7
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
4.6
4.6
Nasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
4.6
4.6
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
4.5
4.5
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
4.5
4.5
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
4.5
4.5
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
4.3
4.3
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
4.2
4.2
The Telephone
1988
Director
4.0
4.0
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
4.0
4.0
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
4.0
4.0
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
4.0
4.0
Birch Interval
1976
as Thomas
3.9
3.9
Maidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
3.9
3.9
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
3.8
3.8
Laguna Heat
1987
as Joe Datilla
3.8
3.8
Cold Feet
1989
as Sheriff
3.7
3.7
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
3.4
3.4
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
3.0
3.0
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
3.0
3.0
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
3.0
3.0
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
3.0
3.0
First Family
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
1.0
1.0
Cotter
1973
as Roy
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (Narrator)
Heartland
TBA
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
Lucky Days
2008
Executive Producer
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
Montserrat
1971
as Izquierdo
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
as Arthur
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
When She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
Destination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
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