

Rip Torn
Acting
February 6, 1931
Temple, Texas, USA
July 9, 2019
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.
The Filmography


3 Weeks to Daytona

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

Happy Tears

The Golden Boys

August

Turn the River

Zoom

Marie Antoinette

Forty Shades of Blue

The Sisters

Eulogy

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Welcome to Mooseport

Love Object

Rolling Kansas

Men in Black II

Freddy Got Fingered

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
