Rip Torn | Sunfilm

‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-02-06

Popularity

8.7

Rip Torn

Temple, Texas, USA

Rip Torn

Temple, Texas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-02-06

Popularity

8.7

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Cincinnati Kid

‌

7.0

1965

The Man Who Fell to Earth

‌

6.4

1976

Men in Black

‌

7.2

1997

Men in Black II

‌

6.4

2002

Canadian Bacon

‌

5.7

1995

Marie Antoinette

‌

6.7

2006

Airplane II: The Sequel

‌

6.1

1982

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

‌

0.0

2006

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

‌

5.5

1984

Wonder Boys

‌

6.8

2000

Extreme Prejudice

‌

6.2

1987

A Stranger Is Watching

‌

4.8

1982

RoboCop 3

‌

4.8

1993

Bee Movie

‌

6.0

2007

By Dawn's Early Light

‌

6.5

1990

Coma

‌

6.7

1978

Forty Shades of Blue

‌

4.0

2005

How to Make an American Quilt

‌

6.4

1995

Hercules

‌

7.5

1997

Defending Your Life

‌

6.9

1991

The Insider

‌

7.5

1999

Senseless

‌

6.2

1998

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

‌

6.4

2004

Down Periscope

‌

6.3

1996

Sweet Bird of Youth

‌

6.8

1962

Rolling Kansas

‌

5.8

2003

Freddy Got Fingered

‌

4.7

2001

Balloon Farm

‌

5.8

1999

Dolly Dearest

‌

5.5

1991

Zoom

‌

5.3

2006

Turn the River

‌

5.4

2008

One Trick Pony

‌

5.3

1980

King of Kings

‌

7.1

1961

You're a Big Boy Now

‌

6.3

1966

Pork Chop Hill

‌

6.5

1959

Nadine

‌

5.4

1987

American Cowslip

‌

5.4

2009

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

‌

2.5

1991

Eulogy

‌

6.5

2004

The Beastmaster

‌

6.3

1982

Welcome to Mooseport

‌

5.0

2004

The Sisters

‌

5.3

2005

Happy Tears

‌

5.1

2009

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

‌

5.5

1992

Beach Red

‌

6.3

1967

City Heat

‌

5.5

1984

Love Object

‌

5.8

2004

Time Limit

‌

7.0

1957

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

‌

5.9

1979

Trial and Error

‌

5.4

1997

Flashpoint

‌

6.2

1984

Beyond the Law

‌

6.2

1993

Heartland

‌

6.4

1979

Where the Rivers Flow North

‌

6.8

1993

Summer Rental

‌

6.1

1985

Scarab

‌

5.5

1984

Songwriter

‌

5.2

1984

Coming Apart

‌

6.3

1969

Payday

‌

6.1

1973

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

‌

3.8

2011

Misunderstood

‌

6.7

1984

Slaughter

‌

5.7

1972

Beer

‌

4.4

1985

Critic's Choice

‌

5.5

1963

Jinxed!

‌

4.6

1982

One Spy Too Many

‌

5.1

1966

Cold Feet

‌

3.8

1989

April Morning

‌

5.7

1988

Tropic of Cancer

‌

4.6

1970

Hit List

‌

6.1

1989

Norman Mailer: The American

‌

7.0

2012

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

‌

5.0

1977

Crazy Joe

‌

6.0

1974

First Family

‌

3.0

1980

1 P.M.

‌

5.8

1971

Nasty Habits

‌

5.5

1977

A Face in the Crowd

‌

7.6

1957

Johnny Belinda

‌

0.0

1958

Cross Creek

‌

6.5

1983

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

‌

5.1

1999

Maidstone

‌

4.2

1971

Beyond the Law

‌

4.8

1968

Sol Madrid

‌

6.3

1968

Hero's Island

‌

4.8

1962

The Making of Marie Antoinette

‌

5.0

2007

Bomber's Moon

‌

0.0

1958

Three Days to Vegas

‌

3.8

2007

Silence Like Glass

‌

7.5

1989

Seasons of Love

‌

0.0

1999

J. Edgar Hoover

‌

0.0

1987

Men in Black 3

‌

6.5

2012

Destination: America

‌

0.0

1987

Passing Glory

‌

5.8

1999

Steel Cowboy

‌

0.0

1978

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

‌

0.0

2000

Yours, Mine & Ours

‌

6.2

2005

The Afterlight

‌

0.0

2009

Pair of Aces

‌

5.0

1990

The King of Love

‌

0.0

1987

The Execution

‌

7.3

1985

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

‌

7.1

2000

Heart of a Child

‌

5.5

1994

Death Falls

‌

3.0

1991

Montserrat

‌

0.0

1971

August

‌

5.2

2008

Birch Interval

‌

5.5

1976

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

‌

5.5

1986

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

‌

6.8

1980

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

‌

5.0

1975

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

‌

5.7

1980

The President's Plane Is Missing

‌

6.2

1973

A Shining Season

‌

3.0

1979

Sweet Bird of Youth

‌

5.8

1989

When She Says No

‌

0.0

1984

My Son Johnny

‌

5.2

1991

Beautiful Dreamers

‌

5.2

1990

Laguna Heat

‌

4.5

1987

Letter to My Killer

‌

6.0

1995

Lions Love

‌

5.9

1969

Kojak: None So Blind

‌

6.0

1990

Baby Doll

‌

7.1

1956

The Hindenburg

‌

6.0

1996

T Bone N Weasel

‌

3.0

1992

Lucky Days

‌

0.0

2008

Cotter

‌

0.0

1973

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

‌

0.0

1961

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

‌

2.0

1995

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

‌

0.0

2007

Fires of Kuwait

‌

7.5

1992

Maniac Magee

‌

0.0

2003

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

‌

4.0

1992

Betrayal

‌

0.0

1978

The Golden Boys

‌

5.6

2008

Tv Credits

The Great Adventure

‌

0.0

1963

The Larry Sanders Show

‌

7.7

1992

Route 66

‌

6.4

1960

Omnibus

‌

6.0

1952

Naked City

‌

5.3

1958

Soul Food

‌

6.3

2000

Mannix

‌

6.7

1967

Combat!

‌

7.6

1962

30 Rock

‌

7.4

2006

Will & Grace

‌

6.8

1998

Hallmark Hall of Fame

‌

8.8

1951

The Lyon's Den

‌

9.3

2003

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

‌

7.1

1993

Chicago Hope

‌

7.2

1994

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

‌

7.7

1955

Extreme Dodgeball

‌

0.0

2004

Thriller

‌

6.2

1960

Ben Casey

‌

5.7

1961

The Lieutenant

‌

6.0

1963

The Blue and the Gray

‌

6.9

1982

Breaking Point

‌

7.5

1963

Dr. Kildare

‌

5.4

1961

Ghost Story

‌

7.1

1972

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

‌

5.0

1978

Channing

‌

7.0

1963

North and South

‌

7.4

1985

Seasons of Love

‌

0.0

1999

Blind Ambition

‌

5.0

1979

The Atlanta Child Murders

‌

5.9

1985

Bonanza

‌

7.5

1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

‌

7.7

1955

Hallmark Hall of Fame

‌

8.8

1951

Columbo

‌

8.1

1971

The Dick Powell Show

‌

4.2

1961

Ghost Stories

‌

6.6

1997

The John Larroquette Show

‌

6.7

1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

‌

7.6

2001

The Mike Douglas Show

‌

4.8

1961

The Restless Gun

‌

3.7

1957