Rip Torn
Personal Info
Acting
February 5, 1931 (88 years old)
July 8, 2019
Temple, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.
Elmor Torn
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
Men in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
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
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin