Rip Torn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 6, 1931
- Died
- July 9, 2019
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Heartland TBA
Actor
Making Marie Antoinette 2026
as Self (archive footage)
- Bridge of Names
Bridge of Names 2012
as Tom
Men in Black 3 2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American 2012
as Self
3 Weeks to Daytona 2011
as Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus 2011
as King Looney
Happy Tears 2009
as Joe
The Afterlight 2009
as Carl
American Cowslip 2009
as Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys 2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August 2008
as David Sterling
Turn the River 2008
as Quinette
Lucky Days 2008
as Bobo, Executive Producer
Bee Movie 2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette 2007
as Self
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' 2007
as Arthur
Three Days to Vegas 2007
as Joe Wallace
Zoom 2006
as Larraby
Marie Antoinette 2006
as Louis XV
- Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time 2006
as Self
Forty Shades of Blue 2005
as Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours 2005
as Commandant Sherman
The Sisters 2005
as Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy 2004
as Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Welcome to Mooseport 2004
as Bert Langdon
Love Object 2004
as Novak
Maniac Magee 2003
as George McNab
Rolling Kansas 2003
as Oldman
Men in Black II 2002
as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered 2001
as Jim Brody
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 2000
as Self
Wonder Boys 2000
as Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle 2000
as Detective Manny Garett
The Insider 1999
as John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery 1999
as Royce
Balloon Farm 1999
as Harvey Potter
Passing Glory 1999
as Father Robert Grant
Senseless 1998
as Randall Tyson
- The Mouse
The Mouse 1997
as Trucker 'God'
Men in Black 1997
as Zed
Hercules 1997
as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error 1997
as Benny Gibbs
The Hindenburg 1996
as Narrator
Down Periscope 1996
as Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
as Arthur
James Dean: A Portrait 1995
as Self (Narrator)
Letter to My Killer 1995
Actor
Canadian Bacon 1995
as General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal 1995
as Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse 1995
as Capt. Cole
Heart of a Child 1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
Where the Rivers Flow North 1993
as Noel Lord
Beyond the Law 1993
as Deputy Prescott
RoboCop 3 1993
as The CEO
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story 1992
as Bill Morgan
T Bone N Weasel 1992
as Happy Sam
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
Fires of Kuwait 1992
as Narrator (voice)
My Son Johnny 1991
as Brian Stansbury
Dolly Dearest 1991
as Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind 1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
Defending Your Life 1991
as Bob Diamond
Death Falls 1991
as Dub Farley
Beautiful Dreamers 1990
as Walt Whitman
By Dawn's Early Light 1990
as Colonel Fargo
Kojak: None So Blind 1990
as Gideon Hogarth
Pair of Aces 1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
Sweet Bird of Youth 1989
as Boss Finley
Silence Like Glass 1989
as Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet 1989
as Sheriff
Hit List 1989
as Vic Luca
April Morning 1988
as Solomon Chandler
The Telephone 1988
Director
- The King of Love
The King of Love 1987
as Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat 1987
as Joe Datilla
Nadine 1987
as Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice 1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Destination: America 1987
as Corbet St. James IV
J. Edgar Hoover 1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Manhunt for Claude Dallas 1986
as Tim Nettleton
Beer 1985
as Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental 1985
as Scully
The Execution 1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
City Heat 1984
as Primo Pitt
Songwriter 1984
as Dino McLeish
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1984
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Scarab 1984
as Khepera
Flashpoint 1984
as Sheriff Wells
When She Says No 1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood 1983
as Will
Cross Creek 1983
as Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel 1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Jinxed! 1982
as Harold Benson
The Beastmaster 1982
as Maax
A Stranger Is Watching 1982
as Artie Taggart
Heartland 1981
as Clyde Stewart
First Family 1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 1980
as Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 1980
as Carlo Ponti
One Trick Pony 1980
as Walter Fox
A Shining Season 1979
as Jack Baker
The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979
as Senator Kittner
Steel Cowboy 1978
as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal 1978
as Dr. Hartogs
Coma 1978
as Dr. George
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 1977
as Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits 1977
as Father Maximilian
Harlan County U.S.A. 1976
Thanks
Birch Interval 1976
as Thomas
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976
as Nathan Bryce
Crazy Joe 1974
as Richie
The President's Plane Is Missing 1973
as George Oldenburg
Payday 1973
as Maury Dann
Cotter 1973
as Roy
Slaughter 1972
as Dominic Hoffo
1 P.M. 1971
as Self
Maidstone 1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat 1971
as Izquierdo
Tropic of Cancer 1970
as Henry Miller
Coming Apart 1969
as Joe
Lions Love 1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law 1968
as Popcorn
Sol Madrid 1968
as Dano Villanova
Beach Red 1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM 1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're a Big Boy Now 1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many 1966
as Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid 1965
as William Jefferson Slade
Critic's Choice 1963
as Dion Kapakos
Hero's Island 1962
as Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth 1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
King of Kings 1961
as Judas
24 Hours in a Woman's Life 1961
as Paul
Pork Chop Hill 1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
- Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda 1958
as Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon 1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
Time Limit 1957
as Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd 1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Baby Doll 1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.