Acting · Temple, Texas, USA · Born February 6, 1931
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.
Bridge of Names
2012
as Tom
MovieMen in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
MovieNorman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
Movie3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
MovieNational Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
MovieHappy Tears
2009
as Joe
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
MovieAmerican Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
MovieThe Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
MovieAugust
2008
as David Sterling
MovieTurn the River
2008
as Quinette
MovieLucky Days
2008
as Bobo
MovieBee Movie
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
MovieThe Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
MovieThe Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
as Arthur
MovieThree Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
TV30 Rock
2006
as Don Geiss
MovieZoom
2006
as Larraby
MovieMarie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
MovieForty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
MovieYours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
MovieThe Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
MovieEulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
MovieDodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
MovieWelcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
MovieLove Object
2004
as Novak
TVThe Lyon's Den
2003
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
MovieRolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
MovieMen in Black II
2002
as Zed
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jules Copeland
MovieFreddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
MovieClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
TVSoul Food
2000
as Peter Redmond
MovieWonder Boys
2000
as Q
MovieA Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
MovieThe Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
MovieThe Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
TVSeasons of Love
1999
as Spence
MovieBalloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
MoviePassing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Lionel Banks
MovieSenseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
The Mouse
1997
as Trucker 'God'
TVGhost Stories
1997
as The Narrator
MovieMen in Black
1997
as Zed
MovieHercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
MovieTrial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
MovieThe Hindenburg
1996
as Narrator
MovieDown Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
MovieHow to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
MovieJames Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (Narrator)
MovieLetter to My Killer
1995
MovieCanadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
MovieShe Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
MovieFor Better or Worse
1995
as Capt. Cole
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Warren Shutt
MovieHeart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe John Larroquette Show
1993
as Bernard Galvin
MovieWhere the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
MovieBeyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
MovieRoboCop 3
1993
as The CEO
MovieA Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
MovieT Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
MovieDead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Arthur
MovieFires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMy Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
MovieDolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
MovieAnother Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
MovieDefending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
MovieDeath Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
MovieBeautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
MovieBy Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Colonel Fargo
MovieKojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
MoviePair of Aces
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
MovieSweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
MovieSilence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
MovieCold Feet
1989
as Sheriff
MovieHit List
1989
as Vic Luca
MovieApril Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
MovieLaguna Heat
1987
as Joe Datilla
MovieNadine
1987
as Buford Pope
MovieExtreme Prejudice
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
MovieDestination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
MovieJ. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
MovieManhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
TVNorth and South
1985
as Adolphus
MovieBeer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
MovieSummer Rental
1985
as Scully
TVThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lewis Slaton
MovieThe Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
MovieCity Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
MovieSongwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
MovieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Big Daddy
MovieScarab
1984
as Khepera
MovieFlashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
MovieWhen She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
MovieMisunderstood
1983
as Will
MovieCross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
MovieAirplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
TVThe Blue and the Gray
1982
as Ulysses S. Grant
MovieJinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
MovieThe Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
MovieA Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
MovieHeartland
1981
as Clyde Stewart
MovieFirst Family
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
MovieRape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
MovieSophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Carlo Ponti
MovieOne Trick Pony
1980
as Walter Fox
MovieA Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
MovieThe Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
TVBlind Ambition
1979
as Richard M. Nixon
MovieSteel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
MovieBetrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
TVThe Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
MovieComa
1978
as Dr. George
MovieThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
MovieNasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
MovieBirch Interval
1976
as Thomas
MovieThe Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
as Nathan Bryce
MovieAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
TVAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
MovieCrazy Joe
1974
as Richie
MovieThe President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
MoviePayday
1973
as Maury Dann
MovieCotter
1973
as Roy
TVGhost Story
1972
as Jonathon
MovieSlaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
TVColumbo
1971
as Leon Lamarr
Movie1 P.M.
1971
as Self
MovieMaidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
MovieMontserrat
1971
as Izquierdo
MovieTropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
MovieComing Apart
1969
as Joe
MovieLions Love
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
MovieBeyond the Law
1968
as Popcorn
MovieSol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
TVMannix
1967
as Victor Roarke
MovieBeach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieYou're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
MovieOne Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
MovieThe Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Alexander
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Mark Royce
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
TVChanning
1963
as Donald Burrows
TVBreaking Point
1963
TVThe Lieutenant
1963
as Sgt. Karl Kasten
MovieCritic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
TVCombat!
1962
as Avery
MovieHero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
MovieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieKing of Kings
1961
as Judas
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
TVThe Dick Powell Show
1961
as Joel Coles
Movie24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
TVRoute 66
1960
as Alvah Clayhorne
TVThriller
1960
as Duncan Corey
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Harry Strauss
TVBonanza
1959
as Will Hewitt
MoviePork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
TVRawhide
1959
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
TVNaked City
1958
as Ansel Boake
MovieBomber's Moon
1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
MovieTime Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
TVThe Restless Gun
1957
as Jody Gilman
MovieA Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
MovieBaby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Morgan #22
TVOmnibus
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Locky McCormick
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Somers
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieHeartland
