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Rip Torn
Known for: ActingElmore 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.
Filmography 94
The Larry Sanders Show
as Arthur 
Men in Black
+6
as Zed 
Nord & Syd
as Adolphus 
Men in Black 2
+5
as Zed 
Herkules
+3
as Zeus (voice) 
Bee Movie: Det store honningkomplot
+5
as Lou Lo Duca (voice) 
DodgeBall
+4
as Patches O'Houlihan 
Marie Antoinette
+2
as Louis XV 
The Insider
+3
as John Scanlon 
Vi flyver endnu højere
+3
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan 
Sænk Periskopet
+1
as Admiral Winslow 
RoboCop 3
+2
as The CEO 
Yours, Mine & Ours
+1
as Commandant Sherman 
Zoom
as Larraby 
Manden som kom ned på jorden
as Nathan Bryce 
The Blue and the Gray
as Ulysses S. Grant 
Wonder Boys
as Q 
Kongernes konge
as Judas 
The Beastmaster
as Maax 
Transit til himlen
+1
as Bob Diamond 
Fuld Hammer
as Deputy Prescott 
Freddy Got Fingered
+2
as Jim Brody 
Coma
as Dr. George 
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon 
Kærlighedens mønster
+4
as Arthur 
Fix Og Færdig
as Randall Tyson 
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick 
Højt spil i New Orleans
as William Jefferson Slade 
Summer Rental
as Scully 
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer 
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited) 
Ghost Stories
as The Narrator 
City Heat
+2
as Primo Pitt 
Den beskidte bande
as Sheriff Hank Pearson 
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo 
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited) 
Angreb før daggry
as Lt. Walter Russell 
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Tom Finley Jr. 
Big boy
as I.H. Chanticleer 
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney 
Den blodige strand
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell 
En kvindes triumf
as Marsh Turner 
En mand med ambitioner
as Senator Kittner 
Hvil i fred!
as Edmund Collins 
Love Object
as Novak 
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley 
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord 
Lurende øjne
as Artie Taggart 
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs 
Nadine
as Buford Pope 
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth 
Happy Tears
as Joe 
The Telephone
Director 
Spionen fra U.N.C.L.E: U.N.C.L.E. slår til
as Alexander 
Crazy Joe
as Richie 
Når mænd bryder sammen
as Lt. George Miller 
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce 
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler 
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter 
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti 
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant 
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons 
August
as David Sterling 
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess 
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo 
Turn the River
as Quinette 
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb 
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker 
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox 
Den anden mand
as Sheriff Wells 
Cold Feet
as Sheriff 
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman 
3 Weeks to Daytona
as Sal 
Klædt af til skindet
as Harold Benson 
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller 
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova 
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks 
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart 
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart 
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert 
Cotter
as Roy 
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian 
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos 
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan 
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates 
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston 
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons 
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish 
Coming Apart
as Joe 
Hit List
as Vic Luca 
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self 
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman