Rip Torn
American actor (1931-2019) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 88
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983).
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Men in Black 3Film, Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)2007
Bee MovieFilm, Lou Lo Duca (voice)2006
30 RockSeries, Don Geiss2005
Yours, Mine & OursFilm, Commandant Sherman2002
Men in Black IIFilm, Zed1999
The InsiderFilm, John Scanlon1998
Will & GraceSeries, Lionel Banks1997
HerculesFilm, Zeus (voice)1996Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1995
Canadian BaconFilm, General Dick Panzer1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries1991
Defending Your LifeFilm, Bob Diamond1987
Extreme PrejudiceFilm, Sheriff Hank Pearson1984
City HeatFilm, Primo Pitt1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt1976
The Man Who Fell to EarthFilm, Nathan Bryce1967
MannixSeries, Victor Roarke1962
Combat!Series, Avery
Sweet Bird of YouthFilm, 1962Tom Finley Jr.1960
Route 66Series, Alvah Clayhorne1959Theatre World AwardAward
Pork Chop HillFilm, 1959Lt. Walter Russell1958
Naked CitySeries, Ansel Boake1956
Baby DollFilm, The Dentist (uncredited)1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Steve Morgan #221944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1931Born6 February 1931People around Rip
Laurie MacDonald Produced Men in Black and Men in Black II
Barry Sonnenfeld Directed Men in Black and Men in Black II
Walter F. Parkes Produced Men in Black and Men in Black II
Francis Ford Coppola Produced Marie Antoinette (2006)
Elia Kazan Produced Baby Doll (1956)
Karl Malden Directed Time Limit (1957)
Nicolas Roeg Directed The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Delbert Mann Directed Birch Interval and April Morning
Buck Henry Directed First Family (1980)
Jerry Schatzberg Directed The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1980)
Hank Azaria Duets: Patches O'Houlihan
Michael Mann Directed The Insider (2000), also in Coma (1978)
Richard Widmark Produced Time Limit (1957), also in Coma (1978)
Raja Gosnell Directed Yours, Mine and Ours (2006)
Corey Burton Duets: Zeus, also in Hercules (1997)
Jeff Kanew Directed The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011)
Steven Spielberg Produced Men in Black (1997)
Will Smith Also in Men in Black and Men in Black II
Tommy Lee Jones Also in Men in Black and Men in Black II
Tony Shalhoub Also in Men in Black and Men in Black II
Tim Blaney Also in Men in Black and Men in Black II
Lowell Cunningham Wrote Men in Black and Men in Black II
Marlon Brando Duets: Stanley Kowalski
Danny DeVito Also in Men in Black and Hercules
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A Face in the Crowd 1957
The Insider 1999
Hercules 1997
Men in Black 1997
King of Kings 1961
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn was also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise, Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
