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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
+2
as Arthur 
Men in Black
+9
as Zed 
North and South
as Adolphus 
Men in Black II
+8
as Zed 
Hercules
+3
as Zeus (voice) 
Bee Movie
+2
as Lou Lo Duca (voice) 
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
+8
as Patches O'Houlihan 
Marie Antoinette
+10
as Louis XV 
The Insider
+2
as John Scanlon 
Airplane II: The Sequel
+8
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan 
Down Periscope
+4
as Admiral Winslow 
RoboCop 3
+11
as The CEO 
Yours, Mine & Ours
+10
as Commandant Sherman 
Zoom
+6
as Larraby 
The Man Who Fell to Earth
+12
as Nathan Bryce 
The Blue and the Gray
as Ulysses S. Grant 
Wonder Boys
+4
as Q 
Senseless
+2
as Randall Tyson 
King of Kings
+2
as Judas 
The Beastmaster
+19
as Maax 
Defending Your Life
+2
as Bob Diamond 
Beyond the Law
+10
as Deputy Prescott 
Freddy Got Fingered
+5
as Jim Brody 
Coma
+5
as Dr. George 
Welcome to Mooseport
+4
as Bert Langdon 
How to Make an American Quilt
+2
as Arthur 
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick 
The Cincinnati Kid
+4
as William Jefferson Slade 
Summer Rental
+5
as Scully 
Canadian Bacon
+7
as General Dick Panzer 
A Face in the Crowd
+7
as Barry Mills (uncredited) 
Ghost Stories
+5
as The Narrator 
City Heat
+4
as Primo Pitt 
Extreme Prejudice
+2
as Sheriff Hank Pearson 
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo 
Baby Doll
+4
as The Dentist (uncredited) 
Pork Chop Hill
+6
as Lt. Walter Russell 
Sweet Bird of Youth
+4
as Tom Finley Jr. 
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer 
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
+6
as King Looney 
Beach Red
+12
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell 
Cross Creek
+4
as Marsh Turner 
Eulogy
+10
as Edmund Collins 
Love Object
as Novak 
Sweet Bird of Youth
+9
as Boss Finley 
Where the Rivers Flow North
+6
as Noel Lord 
A Stranger Is Watching
+2
as Artie Taggart 
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs 
Nadine
+4
as Buford Pope 
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth 
Happy Tears
as Joe 
The Telephone
+10
Director 
One Spy Too Many
+2
as Alexander 
Crazy Joe
as Richie 
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller 
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
+4
as Senator Kittner 
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
+4
as Royce 
April Morning
+5
as Solomon Chandler 
Balloon Farm
+2
as Harvey Potter 
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
+1
as Carlo Ponti 
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant 
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
+9
as Captain Jack Parsons 
August
+7
as David Sterling 
The Golden Boys
+2
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess 
Turn the River
+6
as Quinette 
Slaughter
+2
as Dominic Hoffo 
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
+6
as Dwight Webb 
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker 
One Trick Pony
+2
as Walter Fox 
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells 
Cold Feet
+3
as Sheriff 
Rolling Kansas
+7
as Oldman 
3 Weeks to Daytona
+10
as Sal 
Jinxed!
+4
as Harold Benson 
Tropic of Cancer
+2
as Henry Miller 
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova 
Steel Cowboy
+1
as K.W. Hicks 
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart 
Heartland
+14
as Clyde Stewart 
The Execution
+9
as Wilheim Gehbert 
Cotter
as Roy 
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian 
Critic's Choice
+3
as Dion Kapakos 
Hero's Island
+6
as Nicholas Gates 
First Family
+2
as General G. E. Dumpston 
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons 
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish 
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan 
Coming Apart
+4
as Joe 
Hit List
as Vic Luca 
Norman Mailer: The American
+1
as Self 
Beer
+7
as Buzz Beckerman