
Rip Torn
Acting
🎂 1931-02-06
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. 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.
Cast credits(184)

Commandant Sherman
2005

Leon Lamarr
1971

Jules Copeland
2001

Will Hewitt
1959

Self
1961

Don Geiss
2006

Self - Presenter
1956

Lionel Banks
1998

1994

Victor Roarke
1967

Self - Presenter
1944

Jacob Yellow-Sun
1959

Ansel Boake
1958

Alvah Clayhorne
1960

Harry Strauss
1959

Johnny Mizo
1959

Avery
1962

Dr. Nicholas Keefe
1961

1952

1961

Zed
1997

Adolphus
1985

Zeus (voice)
1997

Duncan Corey
1960

Self - Guest
1993

Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012

Zed
2002

Steve Morgan #22
1955

Ernie Walters
1955

Arthur
1992

Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007

Patches O'Houlihan
2004

Bernard Galvin
1993

Joel Coles
1961

Alexander
1964

1967

Louis XV
2006

Jody Gilman
1957

Somers
1947

1947

Jonathon
1972

Col. Mark Royce
1964

Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982

The CEO
1993

Larraby
2006

Lieutenant John C. Freemont
1963

Admiral Winslow
1996

John Scanlon
1999

Judas
1961

Self (Narrator)
1995

Donald Burrows
1963

Sgt. Karl Kasten
1963

Maax
1982

Peter Redmond
2000

Bob Diamond
1991

Randall Tyson
1998

Thomas
1976

Deputy Prescott
1993

2003

Jim Brody
2001

Dr. George
1978

William Jefferson Slade
1965

1963

Ulysses S. Grant
1982

Noel Lord
1993

General Dick Panzer
1995

K.W. Hicks
1978

King Looney
2011

Scully
1985

Q
2000

Nathan Bryce
1976

Primo Pitt
1984

1978

Buford Pope
1987

The Narrator
1997

Edmund Collins
2004

Oldman
2003

Capt. Jack Parsons
1990

George Oldenburg
1973

Arthur
1995

Boss Finley
1989

Lt. Walter Russell
1959

Lewis Slaton
1985

Dominic Hoffo
1972

Locky McCormick
1951

Solomon Chandler
1951

Dano Villanova
1968

David Sterling
2008

Jack Baker
1979

Sheriff
1989

Solomon Chandler
1988

Dr. Markowitz
1989

Wilheim Gehbert
1985

Charles Burt
1980

Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987

Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994

Marsh Turner
1983

Colonel Fargo
1990

Father Robert Grant
1999

Joe
1969

Capt. Cole
1995

Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1962

Harvey Potter
1999

Brian Stansbury
1991

Gideon Hogarth
1990

Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967

Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992

Harold Benson
1982

Carlo Ponti
1980

Vic Luca
1989

Corbet St. James IV
1987

Father Maximilian
1977

Paul
1961

Benny Gibbs
1997

Self
2000

Sheriff Wells
1984

Karl Resnick
1991

General G. E. Dumpston
1980
George McNab
2003

Adm. Snyder
1995

Self
2007

Richie
1974

Clyde Stewart
1979

Joe Datilla
1987

Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957

Dwight Webb
1977

The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969

Artie Taggart
1982

Richard M. Nixon
1979

Captain Jack Parsons
1991

Novak
2004

Henry Miller
1970

Nicholas Gates
1962

Dino McLeish
1984

Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971

Khepera
1984

Sal
2011

Senator Kittner
1979

Walter Fox
1980

The Dentist (uncredited)
1956

Royce
1999
2004

Trevor O'Hart
2009

Self
2012

Alan James
2005

Lt. George Miller
1957

Izquierdo
1971

Bert Langdon
2004

Tim Nettleton
1986

Glen Tuttle
1975

Joe
2009

Dion Kapakos
1963

I.H. Chanticleer
1966

Dr. Chebrin
2005

Quinette
2008

Dub Farley
1991

1995

Buzz Beckerman
1985

Stuart Blankfort
1984

Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008

Maury Dann
1973

Self
1971

Spence
1999

Popcorn
1968

Alexander
1966

Lieutenant Harrison
1958

Big Daddy
1984
Locky McCormick
1958

Arthur
2007

Roy
1973
Jack Kraft
1987

Will
1983
Carl
2009

Bill Morgan
1992

Detective Manny Garett
2000

Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987

Happy Sam
1992

Joe Wallace
2007
Self
2006

Walt Whitman
1990

Dr. Hartogs
1978

Bobo
2008

Narrator
1996

Narrator (voice)
1992