Personal Info
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1931-02-06 (94 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Elmore Rual Torn Jr.Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.Elmor Tornریپ تورن
Rip Torn
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2012 --
Men in Black 3
| Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012 --
Norman Mailer: The American
| Self
2011 --
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
| King Looney
2009 --
Happy Tears
| Joe
2009 --
The Afterlight
| Carl
2009 --
American Cowslip
| Trevor O'Hart
2008 --
The Golden Boys
| Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008 --
August
| David Sterling
2008 --
Turn the River
| Quinette
2008 --
Lucky Days
| Bobo
2007 --
Bee Movie
| Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007 --
The Making of Marie Antoinette
| Self
2007 --
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
| Arthur
2007 --
Three Days to Vegas
| Joe Wallace
2006 --
Zoom
| Larraby
2006 --
Marie Antoinette
| Louis XV
2006 --
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
| Self
2005 --
Forty Shades of Blue
| Alan James
2005 --
Yours, Mine & Ours
| Commandant Sherman
2005 --
The Sisters
| Dr. Chebrin
2004 --
Eulogy
| Edmund Collins
2004 --
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
| Patches O'Houlihan
2004 --
Welcome to Mooseport
| Bert Langdon
2004 --
Love Object
| Novak
2003 --
Maniac Magee
| George McNab
2003 --
Rolling Kansas
| Oldman
2002 --
Men in Black II
| Zed
2001 --
Freddy Got Fingered
| Jim Brody
2000 --
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
| Self
2000 --
Wonder Boys
| Q
2000 --
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
| Detective Manny Garett
1999 --
The Insider
| John Scanlon
1999 --
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
| Royce
1999 --
Balloon Farm
| Harvey Potter
1999 --
Passing Glory
| Father Robert Grant
1998 --
Senseless
| Randall Tyson
1997 --
Men in Black
| Zed
1997 --
Hercules
| Zeus (voice)
1997 --
Trial and Error
| Benny Gibbs
1996 --
The Hindenburg
| Narrator
1996 --
Down Periscope
| Admiral Winslow
1995 --
How to Make an American Quilt
| Arthur
1995 --
Letter to My Killer
|
1995 --
Canadian Bacon
| General Dick Panzer
1995 --
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
| Adm. Snyder
1994 --
Heart of a Child
| Dr. Leonard Bailey
1993 --
Where the Rivers Flow North
| Noel Lord
1993 --
Beyond the Law
| Deputy Prescott
1993 --
RoboCop 3
| The CEO
1992 --
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
| Bill Morgan
1992 --
T Bone N Weasel
| Happy Sam
1992 --
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
| Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992 --
Fires of Kuwait
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
My Son Johnny
| Brian Stansbury
1991 --
Dolly Dearest
| Karl Resnick
1991 --
Defending Your Life
| Bob Diamond
1991 --
Death Falls
| Dub Farley
1991 --
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
| Captain Jack Parsons
1990 --
Beautiful Dreamers
| Walt Whitman
1990 --
By Dawn's Early Light
| Colonel Fargo
1990 --
Kojak: None So Blind
| Gideon Hogarth
1990 --
Pair of Aces
| Capt. Jack Parsons
1989 --
Sweet Bird of Youth
| Boss Finley
1989 --
Silence Like Glass
| Dr. Markowitz
1989 --
Cold Feet
| Sheriff
1989 --
Hit List
| Vic Luca
1988 --
April Morning
| Solomon Chandler
1987 --
The King of Love
| Jack Kraft
1987 --
Laguna Heat
| Joe Datilla
1987 --
Nadine
| Buford Pope
1987 --
Extreme Prejudice
| Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987 --
Destination: America
| Corbet St. James IV
1987 --
J. Edgar Hoover
| Lyndon Baines Johnson
1986 --
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
| Tim Nettleton
1985 --
Beer
| Buzz Beckerman
1985 --
Summer Rental
| Scully
1985 --
The Execution
| Wilheim Gehbert
1984 --
City Heat
| Primo Pitt
1984 --
Songwriter
| Dino McLeish
1984 --
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
| Big Daddy
1984 --
Scarab
| Khepera
1984 --
Flashpoint
| Sheriff Wells
1984 --
Misunderstood
| Will
1984 --
When She Says No
| Stuart Blankfort
1983 --
Cross Creek
| Marsh Turner
1982 --
Airplane II: The Sequel
| Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982 --
A Stranger Is Watching
| Artie Taggart
1982 --
Jinxed!
| Harold Benson
1982 --
The Beastmaster
| Maax
1980 --
First Family
| General G. E. Dumpston
1980 --
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
| Charles Burt
1980 --
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
| Carlo Ponti
1980 --
One Trick Pony
| Walter Fox
1979 --
A Shining Season
| Jack Baker
1979 --
Heartland
| Clyde Stewart
1979 --
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
| Senator Kittner
1978 --
Steel Cowboy
| K.W. Hicks
1978 --
Betrayal
| Dr. Hartogs
1978 --
Coma
| Dr. George
1977 --
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
| Dwight Webb
1977 --
Nasty Habits
| Father Maximilian
1976 --
Birch Interval
| Thomas
1976 --
The Man Who Fell to Earth
| Nathan Bryce
1975 --
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
| Glen Tuttle
1974 --
Crazy Joe
| Richie
1973 --
The President's Plane Is Missing
| George Oldenburg
1973 --
Payday
| Maury Dann
1973 --
Cotter
| Roy
1972 --
Slaughter
| Dominic Hoffo
1971 --
1 P.M.
| Self
1971 --
Maidstone
| Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971 --
Montserrat
| Izquierdo
1970 --
Tropic of Cancer
| Henry Miller
1969 --
Coming Apart
| Joe
1969 --
Lions Love
| The Beard Director (uncredited)
1968 --
Beyond the Law
| Popcorn
1968 --
Sol Madrid
| Dano Villanova
1967 --
Beach Red
| Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1966 --
You're a Big Boy Now
| I.H. Chanticleer
1966 --
One Spy Too Many
| Alexander
1965 --
The Cincinnati Kid
| William Jefferson Slade
1963 --
Critic's Choice
| Dion Kapakos
1962 --
Hero's Island
| Nicholas Gates
1962 --
Sweet Bird of Youth
| Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1961 --
King of Kings
| Judas
1961 --
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
| Paul
1959 --
Pork Chop Hill
| Lt. Walter Russell
1958 --
Johnny Belinda
| Locky McCormick
1958 --
Bomber's Moon
| Lieutenant Harrison
1957 --
Time Limit
| Lt. George Miller
1957 --
A Face in the Crowd
| Barry Mills (uncredited)
1956 --
Baby Doll
| The Dentist (uncredited)