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 San...
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The Cincinnati Kid
As William Jefferson Slade
The Man Who Fell to Earth
As Nathan Bryce
Men in Black
As Zed
Men in Black II
As Zed
Canadian Bacon
As General Dick Panzer
Marie Antoinette
As Louis XV
Airplane II: The Sequel
As Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
As Self
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
As Big Daddy
Wonder Boys
As Q
Extreme Prejudice
As Sheriff Hank Pearson
A Stranger Is Watching
As Artie Taggart
RoboCop 3
As The CEO
Bee Movie
As Lou Lo Duca (voice)
By Dawn's Early Light
As Colonel Fargo
Coma
As Dr. George
Forty Shades of Blue
As Alan James
How to Make an American Quilt
As Arthur
Hercules
As Zeus (voice)
Defending Your Life
As Bob Diamond
The Insider
As John Scanlon
Senseless
As Randall Tyson
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
As Patches O'Houlihan
Down Periscope
As Admiral Winslow
Sweet Bird of Youth
As Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Rolling Kansas
As Oldman
Freddy Got Fingered
As Jim Brody
Balloon Farm
As Harvey Potter
Dolly Dearest
As Karl Resnick
Zoom
As Larraby
Turn the River
As Quinette
One Trick Pony
As Walter Fox
King of Kings
As Judas
You're a Big Boy Now
As I.H. Chanticleer
Pork Chop Hill
As Lt. Walter Russell
Nadine
As Buford Pope
American Cowslip
As Trevor O'Hart
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
As Captain Jack Parsons
Eulogy
As Edmund Collins
The Beastmaster
As Maax
Welcome to Mooseport
As Bert Langdon
The Sisters
As Dr. Chebrin
Happy Tears
As Joe
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
As Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
Beach Red
As Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
City Heat
As Primo Pitt
Love Object
As Novak
Time Limit
As Lt. George Miller
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
As Senator Kittner
Trial and Error
As Benny Gibbs
Flashpoint
As Sheriff Wells
Beyond the Law
As Deputy Prescott
Heartland
As Clyde Stewart
Where the Rivers Flow North
As Noel Lord
Summer Rental
As Scully
Scarab
As Khepera
Songwriter
As Dino McLeish
Coming Apart
As Joe
Payday
As Maury Dann
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
As King Looney
Misunderstood
As Will
Slaughter
As Dominic Hoffo
Beer
As Buzz Beckerman
Critic's Choice
As Dion Kapakos
Jinxed!
As Harold Benson
One Spy Too Many
As Alexander
Cold Feet
As Sheriff
April Morning
As Solomon Chandler
Tropic of Cancer
As Henry Miller
Hit List
As Vic Luca
Norman Mailer: The American
As Self
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
As Dwight Webb
Crazy Joe
As Richie
First Family
As General G. E. Dumpston
1 P.M.
As Self
Nasty Habits
As Father Maximilian
A Face in the Crowd
As Barry Mills (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
As Locky McCormick
Cross Creek
As Marsh Turner
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
As Royce
Maidstone
As Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Beyond the Law
As Popcorn
Sol Madrid
As Dano Villanova
Hero's Island
As Nicholas Gates
The Making of Marie Antoinette
As Self
Bomber's Moon
As Lieutenant Harrison
Three Days to Vegas
As Joe Wallace
Silence Like Glass
As Dr. Markowitz
J. Edgar Hoover
As Lyndon Baines Johnson
Men in Black 3
As Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Destination: America
As Corbet St. James IV
Passing Glory
As Father Robert Grant
Steel Cowboy
As K.W. Hicks
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
As Detective Manny Garett
Yours, Mine & Ours
As Commandant Sherman
The Afterlight
As Carl
Pair of Aces
As Capt. Jack Parsons
The King of Love
As Jack Kraft
The Execution
As Wilheim Gehbert
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
As Self
Heart of a Child
As Dr. Leonard Bailey
Death Falls
As Dub Farley
Montserrat
As Izquierdo
August
As David Sterling
Birch Interval
As Thomas
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
As Tim Nettleton
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
As Charles Burt
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
As Glen Tuttle
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
As Carlo Ponti
The President's Plane Is Missing
As George Oldenburg
A Shining Season
As Jack Baker
Sweet Bird of Youth
As Boss Finley
When She Says No
As Stuart Blankfort
My Son Johnny
As Brian Stansbury
Beautiful Dreamers
As Walt Whitman
Laguna Heat
As Joe Datilla
Letter to My Killer
Lions Love
As The Beard Director (uncredited)
Kojak: None So Blind
As Gideon Hogarth
Baby Doll
As The Dentist (uncredited)
The Hindenburg
As Narrator
T Bone N Weasel
As Happy Sam
Lucky Days
As Bobo
Cotter
As Roy
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
As Paul
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
As Adm. Snyder
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
As Arthur
Fires of Kuwait
As Narrator (voice)
Maniac Magee
As George McNab
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
As Bill Morgan
Betrayal
As Dr. Hartogs
The Golden Boys
As Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
The Great Adventure
As Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Larry Sanders Show
As Arthur
Route 66
As Alvah Clayhorne
Omnibus
Naked City
As Ansel Boake
Soul Food
As Peter Redmond
Mannix
As Victor Roarke
Combat!
As Avery
30 Rock
As Don Geiss
Will & Grace
As Lionel Banks
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Locky McCormick
The Lyon's Den
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
As Self - Guest
Chicago Hope
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Steve Morgan #22
Extreme Dodgeball
Thriller
As Duncan Corey
Ben Casey
The Lieutenant
As Sgt. Karl Kasten
The Blue and the Gray
As Ulysses S. Grant
Breaking Point
Dr. Kildare
As Dr. Nicholas Keefe
Ghost Story
As Jonathon
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Channing
As Donald Burrows
North and South
As Adolphus
Seasons of Love
As Spence
Blind Ambition
As Richard M. Nixon
The Atlanta Child Murders
As Lewis Slaton
Bonanza
As Will Hewitt
Columbo
As Leon Lamarr
The Dick Powell Show
As Joel Coles
Ghost Stories
As The Narrator
The John Larroquette Show
As Bernard Galvin
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As Jules Copeland
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
The Restless Gun
As Jody Gilman
Golden Globe Awards
As Self - Presenter
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
As Alexander
12 O'Clock High
As Col. Mark Royce
Tony Awards
As Self - Presenter
Rawhide
As Jacob Yellow-Sun
The Untouchables
As Harry Strauss
Kraft Television Theatre
As Somers