Rip Torn
Acting
184 titles
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.
Filmography
Bridge of Names
2012
Men in Black 3
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
Happy Tears
2009
The Afterlight
2009
American Cowslip
2009
The Golden Boys
2008
August
2008
Turn the River
2008
Lucky Days
2008
Bee Movie
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
Three Days to Vegas
2007
30 Rock
2006
Zoom
2006
Marie Antoinette
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
The Sisters
2005
Eulogy
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Love Object
2004
The Lyon's Den
2003
Maniac Magee
2003
Rolling Kansas
2003
Men in Black II
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Soul Food
2000
Wonder Boys
2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
The Insider
1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
Seasons of Love
1999
Balloon Farm
1999
Passing Glory
1999
Will & Grace
1998
Senseless
1998
The Mouse
1997
Ghost Stories
1997
Men in Black
1997
Hercules
1997
Trial and Error
1997
The Hindenburg
1996
Down Periscope
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Letter to My Killer
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
For Better or Worse
1995
Chicago Hope
1994
Heart of a Child
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
Beyond the Law
1993
RoboCop 3
1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
T Bone N Weasel
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Fires of Kuwait
1992
My Son Johnny
1991
Dolly Dearest
1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
Defending Your Life
1991
Death Falls
1991
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Pair of Aces
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
Silence Like Glass
1989
Cold Feet
1989
Hit List
1989
April Morning
1988
The King of Love
1987
Laguna Heat
1987
Nadine
1987
Extreme Prejudice
1987
Destination: America
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
North and South
1985
Beer
1985
Summer Rental
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
The Execution
1985
City Heat
1984
Songwriter
1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Scarab
1984
Flashpoint
1984
When She Says No
1984
Misunderstood
1983
Cross Creek
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Jinxed!
1982
The Beastmaster
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
Heartland
1981
First Family
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
One Trick Pony
1980
A Shining Season
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Blind Ambition
1979
Steel Cowboy
1978
Betrayal
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Coma
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Nasty Habits
1977
Birch Interval
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Crazy Joe
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Payday
1973
Cotter
1973
Ghost Story
1972
Slaughter
1972
Columbo
1971
1 P.M.
1971
Maidstone
1971
Montserrat
1971
Tropic of Cancer
1970
Coming Apart
1969
Lions Love
1969
Beyond the Law
1968
Sol Madrid
1968
Mannix
1967
Beach Red
1967
Lionpower from MGM
1967
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
One Spy Too Many
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
12 O'Clock High
1964
The Great Adventure
1963
Channing
1963
Breaking Point
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
Combat!
1962
Hero's Island
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
King of Kings
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960
The Untouchables
1959
Bonanza
1959
Pork Chop Hill
1959
Rawhide
1959
Johnny Belinda
1958
Naked City
1958
Bomber's Moon
1958
Time Limit
1957
The Restless Gun
1957
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Baby Doll
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Heartland