Rip Torn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-02-06

Day of death

2019-07-09 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Temple, Texas, USA

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • North and South

    North and South

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Men in Black

    Men in Black

  • The Larry Sanders Show

    The Larry Sanders Show

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Men in Black 3

    Men in Black 3

  • Bee Movie

    Bee Movie

  • Men in Black II

    Men in Black II

  • Yours, Mine & Ours

    Yours, Mine & Ours

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

  • DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

    DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

  • The Dick Powell Show

    The Dick Powell Show

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • The Restless Gun

    The Restless Gun

  • King of Kings

    King of Kings

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • Canadian Bacon

    Canadian Bacon

  • Coma

    Coma

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • Down Periscope

    Down Periscope

  • Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

  • The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

    The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

    The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

  • Fires of Kuwait

    Fires of Kuwait

  • Cold Feet

    Cold Feet

  • Love Object

    Love Object

  • Senseless

    Senseless

  • Channing

    Channing

  • Summer Rental

    Summer Rental

  • Defending Your Life

    Defending Your Life

  • Zoom

    Zoom

  • The Lyon's Den

    The Lyon's Den

  • Cross Creek

    Cross Creek

  • Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

  • Baby Doll

    Baby Doll

  • Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

  • Scarab

    Scarab

  • Soul Food

    Soul Food

  • James Dean: A Portrait

    James Dean: A Portrait

  • The Atlanta Child Murders

    The Atlanta Child Murders

  • Dolly Dearest

    Dolly Dearest

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Where the Rivers Flow North

    Where the Rivers Flow North

  • Airplane II: The Sequel

    Airplane II: The Sequel

  • Rolling Kansas

    Rolling Kansas

  • August

    August

  • Forty Shades of Blue

    Forty Shades of Blue

  • Heart of a Child

    Heart of a Child

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

    Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

  • Pair of Aces

    Pair of Aces

  • RoboCop 3

    RoboCop 3

  • City Heat

    City Heat

  • A Face in the Crowd

    A Face in the Crowd

  • Wonder Boys

    Wonder Boys

  • The Making of Marie Antoinette

    The Making of Marie Antoinette

  • Pork Chop Hill

    Pork Chop Hill

  • Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

    Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

  • April Morning

    April Morning

  • By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

  • The Afterlight

    The Afterlight

  • The Insider

    The Insider

  • Steel Cowboy

    Steel Cowboy

  • One Spy Too Many

    One Spy Too Many

  • Freddy Got Fingered

    Freddy Got Fingered

  • The Cincinnati Kid

    The Cincinnati Kid

  • Hero's Island

    Hero's Island

  • First Family

    First Family

  • For Better or Worse

    For Better or Worse

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Laguna Heat

    Laguna Heat

  • Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

  • Payday

    Payday

  • Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

  • When She Says No

    When She Says No

  • The Blue and the Gray

    The Blue and the Gray

  • Balloon Farm

    Balloon Farm

  • Slaughter

    Slaughter

  • Heartland

    Heartland

  • Extreme Prejudice

    Extreme Prejudice

  • Eulogy

    Eulogy

  • The Execution

    The Execution

  • Maniac Magee

    Maniac Magee

  • Letter to My Killer

    Letter to My Killer

  • The Beastmaster

    The Beastmaster

  • Kojak: None So Blind

    Kojak: None So Blind

  • Lucky Days

    Lucky Days

  • Jinxed!

    Jinxed!

  • Blind Ambition

    Blind Ambition

  • Crazy Joe

    Crazy Joe

  • Sol Madrid

    Sol Madrid

  • A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

    A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

  • Nadine

    Nadine

  • Betrayal

    Betrayal

  • National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

    National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

  • 3 Weeks to Daytona

    3 Weeks to Daytona

  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan

    The Seduction of Joe Tynan

  • My Son Johnny

    My Son Johnny

  • Maidstone

    Maidstone

  • One Trick Pony

    One Trick Pony

  • Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

  • Turn the River

    Turn the River

  • Beer

    Beer

  • Happy Tears

    Happy Tears

  • Nasty Habits

    Nasty Habits

  • Misunderstood

    Misunderstood

  • Extreme Dodgeball

    Extreme Dodgeball

  • Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

  • Songwriter

    Songwriter

  • Beach Red

    Beach Red

  • Lions Love

    Lions Love

  • Montserrat

    Montserrat

  • Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

  • J. Edgar Hoover

    J. Edgar Hoover

  • The Golden Boys

    The Golden Boys

  • A Stranger Is Watching

    A Stranger Is Watching

  • Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

    Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

  • Heartland

    Heartland

  • 24 Hours in a Woman's Life

    24 Hours in a Woman's Life

  • Welcome to Mooseport

    Welcome to Mooseport

  • Ghost Stories

    Ghost Stories

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

  • 1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

  • Time Limit

    Time Limit

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • Manhunt for Claude Dallas

    Manhunt for Claude Dallas

  • A Shining Season

    A Shining Season

  • She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

    She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

  • Coming Apart

    Coming Apart

  • Hit List

    Hit List

  • T Bone N Weasel

    T Bone N Weasel

  • Three Days to Vegas

    Three Days to Vegas

  • Seasons of Love

    Seasons of Love

  • Silence Like Glass

    Silence Like Glass

  • American Cowslip

    American Cowslip

  • Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

    Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

  • The Sisters

    The Sisters

  • Tropic of Cancer

    Tropic of Cancer

  • Death Falls

    Death Falls

  • Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

    Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

  • Destination: America

    Destination: America

  • Bomber's Moon

    Bomber's Moon

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • The President's Plane Is Missing

    The President's Plane Is Missing

  • The King of Love

    The King of Love

  • The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

    The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

  • Cotter

    Cotter

  • You're a Big Boy Now

    You're a Big Boy Now

  • Birch Interval

    Birch Interval

  • A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

    A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

  • The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

  • Tip?

    Tip?