
Rip Torn
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Bridge of Names
as Tom
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
3 Weeks to Daytona
as Sal
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
Happy Tears
as Joe
The Afterlight
as Carl
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
August
as David Sterling
Turn the River
as Quinette
Lucky Days
as Bobo
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
Zoom
as Larraby
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
Love Object
as Novak
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
Men in Black II
as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
Wonder Boys
as Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
as John Scanlon
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
Crew Credits
Lucky Days
Executive Producer
The Telephone
Director