
Actor
Born February 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas, USA
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.

Heartland

Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

Norman Mailer: The American
Self

3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney

Happy Tears
Joe

American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart

The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

August
David Sterling

Turn the River
Quinette

Lucky Days
Bobo

Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)

The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur

Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace

30 Rock
Don Geiss

Zoom
Larraby

Marie Antoinette
Louis XV

Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James

Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman

The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin

Eulogy
Edmund Collins

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan

Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon

Love Object
Novak

The Lyon's Den

Rolling Kansas
Oldman

Men in Black II
Zed

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland

Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self

Soul Food
Peter Redmond

Wonder Boys
Q

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett

The Insider
John Scanlon

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce

Seasons of Love
Spence

Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter

Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant

Will & Grace
Lionel Banks

Senseless
Randall Tyson

Ghost Stories
The Narrator

Men in Black
Zed

Hercules
Zeus (voice)

Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs

The Hindenburg
Narrator

Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow

How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur

James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)

Letter to My Killer

Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder

For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole

Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt

Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest

The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin

Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord

Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott

RoboCop 3
The CEO

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan

T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost

The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur

Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)

My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury

Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons

Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond

Death Falls
Dub Farley

Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman

By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo

Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth

Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons

Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley

Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz

Cold Feet
Sheriff

Hit List
Vic Luca

April Morning
Solomon Chandler

The Telephone

Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla

Nadine
Buford Pope

Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson

Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV

J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton

North and South
Adolphus

Beer
Buzz Beckerman

Summer Rental
Scully

The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton

The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert

City Heat
Primo Pitt

Songwriter
Dino McLeish

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy

Scarab
Khepera

Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells

When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort

Misunderstood
Will

Cross Creek
Marsh Turner

Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan

The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant

Jinxed!
Harold Benson

The Beastmaster
Maax

A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart

American Playhouse
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Heartland
Clyde Stewart

First Family
General G. E. Dumpston

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti

One Trick Pony
Walter Fox

A Shining Season
Jack Baker

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner

Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon

Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks

Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Coma
Dr. George

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb

Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian

Harlan County U.S.A.

Birch Interval
Thomas

The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce

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

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

Crazy Joe
Richie

The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg

Payday
Maury Dann

Cotter
Roy

Ghost Story
Jonathon

Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo

Columbo
Leon Lamarr

1 P.M.
Self

Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

Montserrat
Izquierdo

Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller

Coming Apart
Joe

Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)

Beyond the Law
Popcorn

Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova

Mannix
Victor Roarke

Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)

You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer

One Spy Too Many
Alexander

The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade

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

12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce

The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont

Channing
Donald Burrows

Breaking Point

The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten

Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos

Combat!
Avery

Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates

Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

King of Kings
Judas

Ben Casey

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe

The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles

24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul

Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne

Thriller
Duncan Corey

The Untouchables
Harry Strauss

Bonanza
Will Hewitt

Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell

Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun

Naked City
Ansel Boake

Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison

Time Limit
Lt. George Miller

The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman

A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)

Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22

Omnibus

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick

Kraft Television Theatre
Somers

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter