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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.
35
Films
6.3
Avg Score
Filmography (35)
Men in Black 3
68
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Bee Movie
61
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Marie Antoinette
65
as Louis XV
Zoom
44
as Larraby
Yours, Mine & Ours
55
as Commandant Sherman
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
67
as Patches O'Houlihan
Love Object
63
as Novak
Eulogy
64
as Edmund Collins
Men in Black II
62
as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
47
as Jim Brody
Wonder Boys
72
as Q
The Insider
78
as John Scanlon
Senseless
60
as Randall Tyson
Hercules
73
as Zeus (voice)
Men in Black
73
as Zed
Down Periscope
62
as Admiral Winslow
Canadian Bacon
59
as General Dick Panzer
How to Make an American Quilt
63
as Arthur
RoboCop 3
42
as The CEO
Beyond the Law
64
as Deputy Prescott
Defending Your Life
72
as Bob Diamond
Dolly Dearest
47
as Karl Resnick
The Telephone
41
Director
Extreme Prejudice
66
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Summer Rental
63
as Scully
City Heat
55
as Primo Pitt
Airplane II: The Sequel
62
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Beastmaster
62
as Maax
Coma
69
as Dr. George
The Man Who Fell to Earth
66
as Nathan Bryce
Slaughter
59
as Dominic Hoffo
Tropic of Cancer
55
as Henry Miller
The Cincinnati Kid
72
as William Jefferson Slade
Pork Chop Hill
70
as Lt. Walter Russell
A Face in the Crowd
82
as Barry Mills (uncredited)