Actor
Rip Torn
Born February 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas, USADied July 9, 2019128 films
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).
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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.
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First watchHercules19977.5as Zeus (voice)Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
128 films as actor- TBAHeartland
- 2012Bridge of NamesTom
- 2012Men in Black 3Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- 20113 Weeks to DaytonaSal
- 2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest MaximusKing Looney
- 2009Happy TearsJoe
- 2009The AfterlightCarl
- 2009American CowslipTrevor O'Hart
- 2008The Golden BoysCapt. Jeremiah Burgess
- 2008AugustDavid Sterling
- 2008Turn the RiverQuinette
- 2008Lucky DaysBobo
- 2007Bee MovieLou Lo Duca (voice)
- 2007Three Days to VegasJoe Wallace
- 2006ZoomLarraby
- 2006Marie AntoinetteLouis XV
- 2005Forty Shades of BlueAlan James
- 2005Yours, Mine & OursCommandant Sherman
- 2005The SistersDr. Chebrin
- 2004EulogyEdmund Collins
- 2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryPatches O'Houlihan
- 2004Welcome to MooseportBert Langdon
- 2004Love ObjectNovak
- 2003Maniac MageeGeorge McNab
- 2003Rolling KansasOldman
- 2002Men in Black IIZed
- 2001Freddy Got FingeredJim Brody
- 2000Wonder BoysQ
- 2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleDetective Manny Garett
- 1999The InsiderJohn Scanlon
- 1999The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyRoyce
- 1999Balloon FarmHarvey Potter
- 1999Passing GloryFather Robert Grant
- 1998SenselessRandall Tyson
- 1997The MouseTrucker 'God'
- 1997Men in BlackZed
- 1997HerculesZeus (voice)
- 1997Trial and ErrorBenny Gibbs
- 1996Down PeriscopeAdmiral Winslow
- 1995How to Make an American QuiltArthur
- 1995Letter to My Killer
- 1995Canadian BaconGeneral Dick Panzer
- 1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. Snyder
- 1995For Better or WorseCapt. Cole
- 1994Heart of a ChildDr. Leonard Bailey
- 1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthNoel Lord
- 1993Beyond the LawDeputy Prescott
- 1993RoboCop 3The CEO
- 1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan StoryBill Morgan
- 1992T Bone N WeaselHappy Sam
- 1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterAdmiral Paul Yost
- 1991My Son JohnnyBrian Stansbury
- 1991Dolly DearestKarl Resnick
- 1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a KindCaptain Jack Parsons
- 1991Defending Your LifeBob Diamond
- 1991Death FallsDub Farley
- 1990Beautiful DreamersWalt Whitman
- 1990By Dawn's Early LightColonel Fargo
- 1990Kojak: None So BlindGideon Hogarth
- 1990Pair of AcesCapt. Jack Parsons
- 1989Sweet Bird of YouthBoss Finley
- 1989Silence Like GlassDr. Markowitz
- 1989Cold FeetSheriff
- 1989Hit ListVic Luca
- 1988April MorningSolomon Chandler
- 1987The King of LoveJack Kraft
- 1987Laguna HeatJoe Datilla
- 1987NadineBuford Pope
- 1987Extreme PrejudiceSheriff Hank Pearson
- 1987Destination: AmericaCorbet St. James IV
- 1987J. Edgar HooverLyndon Baines Johnson
- 1986Manhunt for Claude DallasTim Nettleton
- 1985BeerBuzz Beckerman
- 1985Summer RentalScully
- 1985The ExecutionWilheim Gehbert
- 1984City HeatPrimo Pitt
- 1984SongwriterDino McLeish
- 1984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofHarvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
- 1984ScarabKhepera
- 1984FlashpointSheriff Wells
- 1984When She Says NoStuart Blankfort
- 1983MisunderstoodWill
- 1983Cross CreekMarsh Turner
- 1982Airplane II: The SequelBud Kruger / President Reagan
- 1982Jinxed!Harold Benson
- 1982The BeastmasterMaax
- 1982A Stranger Is WatchingArtie Taggart
- 1981HeartlandClyde Stewart
- 1980First FamilyGeneral G. E. Dumpston
- 1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout CaseCharles Burt
- 1980Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryCarlo Ponti
- 1980One Trick PonyWalter Fox
- 1979A Shining SeasonJack Baker
- 1979The Seduction of Joe TynanSenator Kittner
- 1978Steel CowboyK.W. Hicks
- 1978BetrayalDr. Hartogs
- 1978ComaDr. George
- 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverDwight Webb
- 1977Nasty HabitsFather Maximilian
- 1976Birch IntervalThomas
- 1976The Man Who Fell to EarthNathan Bryce
- 1974Crazy JoeRichie
- 1973The President's Plane Is MissingGeorge Oldenburg
- 1973PaydayMaury Dann
- 1973CotterRoy
- 1972SlaughterDominic Hoffo
- 1971MaidstoneRaoul Rey O'Houlihan
- 1971MontserratIzquierdo
- 1970Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
- 1969Coming ApartJoe
- 1969Lions LoveThe Beard Director (uncredited)
- 1968Beyond the LawPopcorn
- 1968Sol MadridDano Villanova
- 1967Beach RedGunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
- 1966You're a Big Boy NowI.H. Chanticleer
- 1966One Spy Too ManyAlexander
- 1965The Cincinnati KidWilliam Jefferson Slade
- 1963Critic's ChoiceDion Kapakos
- 1962Hero's IslandNicholas Gates
- 1962Sweet Bird of YouthTom Finley Jr.