Rip Torn
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.
Acted in
Men in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
American Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
2008
as David Sterling
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
Lucky Days
2008
as Bobo
Bee Movie
2007
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
30 Rock
2006
as Don Geiss
Zoom
2006
as Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004
as Novak
The Lyon's Den
2003
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
Men in Black II
2002
as Zed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jules Copeland
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Soul Food
2000
as Peter Redmond
Wonder Boys
2000
as Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
Seasons of Love
1999
as Spence
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
Seasons of Love
1999
as Spence Vitt
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
Will & Grace
1998
as Lionel Banks
Senseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
Ghost Stories
1997
as The Narrator
Men in Black
1997
as Zed
Hercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
The Hindenburg
1996
as Narrator
Down Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
Letter to My Killer
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
Chicago Hope
1994
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Bernard Galvin
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
Beyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
RoboCop 3
1993
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 - Presidential Delegation
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Arthur
Fires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
Defending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
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
as Sheriff
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
April Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat
1987
as Joe Datilla
Nadine
1987
as Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice
1987
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
North and South
1985
as Adolphus
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lewis Slaton
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 Big Daddy
Scarab
1984
as Khepera
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
Misunderstood
1984
as Will
When She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Ulysses S. Grant
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
First Family
1980
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
as Walter Fox
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
Heartland
1979
as Clyde Stewart
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
Blind Ambition
1979
as Richard M. Nixon
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Coma
1978
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
as Nathan Bryce
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Crazy Joe
1974
as Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
Cotter
1973
as Roy
Ghost Story
1972
as Jonathon
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
Columbo
1971
as Leon Lamarr
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
Mannix
1967
as Victor Roarke
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
The Great Adventure
1963
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
Channing
1963
as Donald Burrows
Breaking Point
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
Combat!
1962
as Avery
Hero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
King of Kings
1961
as Judas
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960
as Duncan Corey
Bonanza
1959
as Will Hewitt
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
Naked City
1958
as Ansel Boake
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)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Morgan #22
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ernie Walters
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Locky McCormick
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Solomon Chandler