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Rip Torn
Temple, Texas, USA
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 Bl…
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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.
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2012
Bridge of Names
Movie Tom
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2012
Men in Black 3
Movie Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
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2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Movie Self
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2011
3 Weeks to Daytona
Movie Sal
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2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Movie King Looney
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2009
Happy Tears
Movie Joe
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2009
The Afterlight
Movie Carl
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2009
American Cowslip
Movie Trevor O'Hart
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2008
The Golden Boys
Movie Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
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2008
August
Movie David Sterling
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2008
Turn the River
Movie Quinette
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2008
Lucky Days
Movie Bobo
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2007
Bee Movie
Movie Lou Lo Duca (voice)
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2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Movie Self
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2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Movie Arthur
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2007
Three Days to Vegas
Movie Joe Wallace
More credits
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2006
30 Rock
TV show Don Geiss
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2006
Zoom
Movie Larraby
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2006
Marie Antoinette
Movie Louis XV
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2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Movie Self
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2005
Forty Shades of Blue
Movie Alan James
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2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
Movie Commandant Sherman
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2005
The Sisters
Movie Dr. Chebrin
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2004
Eulogy
Movie Edmund Collins
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2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Movie Patches O'Houlihan
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2004
Extreme Dodgeball
TV show
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2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Movie Bert Langdon
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2004
Love Object
Movie Novak
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2003
The Lyon's Den
TV show
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2003
Maniac Magee
Movie George McNab
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2003
Rolling Kansas
Movie Oldman
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2002
Men in Black II
Movie Zed
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Jules Copeland
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2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Movie Jim Brody
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2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie Self
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2000
Soul Food
TV show Peter Redmond
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2000
Wonder Boys
Movie Q
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2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Movie Detective Manny Garett
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1999
The Insider
Movie John Scanlon
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1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Movie Royce
