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 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.

Rip Torn Movies

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

Drama History

Sofia Coppola reimagines the life of history's most scrutinized royal as something closer to a coming-of-age portrait. Married off to the future Louis XVI at fifteen, the Austrian archduchess finds...

Score 6.7

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Comedy

Tom Green plays Gord, a failed cartoonist who winds up back at his parents' house with nothing to show for his ambitions. When they push him toward independence, Gord opts...

Score 4.7

The Insider (1999)

Drama Thriller

Jeffrey Wigand spent years developing cigarettes for a tobacco giant. When he agrees to tell what he knows on camera, the industry's legal machinery turns his life upside down, and...

Score 7.5

Men in Black (1997)

Action Adventure Comedy

A fast-talking NYPD officer stumbles into the strangest job interview of his life and ends up working for a clandestine agency that keeps Earth's alien population in check, all without...

Score 7.2

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Rip Torn are Marie Antoinette, Freddy Got Fingered, and The Insider.

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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 4 titles starring Rip Torn, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.

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