
Rip Torn
0 FOLLOWERS • 55 CREDITS • FEB 6, 1931 - JUL 9, 2019 • 88
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

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Tony Awards

Rawhide

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Golden Globe Awards

Dr. Kildare

Columbo

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Chicago Hope

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

30 Rock

Will & Grace

The John Larroquette Show

Bonanza

Kraft Television Theatre

Omnibus

The Dick Powell Show

Ghost Story

The Restless Gun

Mannix

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Lieutenant

Soul Food

Thriller

The Lyon's Den

Route 66

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

Men in Black 3

Blind Ambition

Yours, Mine & Ours

Bee Movie

The Insider

Hercules

Down Periscope

Wonder Boys

Men in Black

Canadian Bacon

Marie Antoinette

The Larry Sanders Show

Love Object

Airplane II: The Sequel

J. Edgar Hoover

Men in Black II

RoboCop 3

Laguna Heat

Summer Rental

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Defending Your Life

Flashpoint

The Atlanta Child Murders

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

Freddy Got Fingered

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Blue and the Gray
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