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Rip Torn

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1931Born, Temple
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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…

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Men in BlackZed
Men in Black 3Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Men in Black IIZed
HerculesZeus (voice)
Bee MovieLou Lo Duca (voice)
2012Bridge of NamesTomMovie
2012Men in Black 3Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)Movie
20113 Weeks to DaytonaSalMovie
2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest MaximusKing LooneyMovie
2009Happy TearsJoeMovie
2009The AfterlightCarlMovie
2009American CowslipTrevor O'HartMovie
2008The Golden BoysCapt. Jeremiah BurgessMovie
2008AugustDavid SterlingMovie
2008Turn the RiverQuinetteMovie
2008Lucky DaysBobo · Executive ProducerMovie
2007Bee MovieLou Lo Duca (voice)Movie
2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'ArthurMovie
2007Three Days to VegasJoe WallaceMovie
200630 RockDon Geiss · 8 episodesShow
2006ZoomLarrabyMovie
2005Forty Shades of BlueAlan JamesMovie
2005Yours, Mine & OursCommandant ShermanMovie
2005The SistersDr. ChebrinMovie
2004EulogyEdmund CollinsMovie
2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryPatches O'HoulihanMovie
2004Extreme Dodgeball30 episodesShow
2004Welcome to MooseportBert LangdonMovie
2004Love ObjectNovakMovie
2003The Lyon's Den3 episodesShow
2003Maniac MageeGeorge McNabMovie
2003Rolling KansasOldmanMovie
2002Men in Black IIZedMovie
2001Freddy Got FingeredJim BrodyMovie
2000Soul FoodPeter Redmond · 1 episodeShow
2000Wonder BoysQMovie
2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleDetective Manny GarettMovie
1999The InsiderJohn ScanlonMovie
1999The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyRoyceMovie
1999Seasons of LoveSpence · 2 episodesShow
1999Balloon FarmHarvey PotterMovie
1999Passing GloryFather Robert GrantMovie
1998Will & GraceLionel Banks · 4 episodesShow
1998SenselessRandall TysonMovie
1997The MouseTrucker 'God'Movie
1997Ghost StoriesThe Narrator · 44 episodesShow
1997Men in BlackZedMovie
1997HerculesZeus (voice)Movie
1997Trial and ErrorBenny GibbsMovie
1996The HindenburgNarratorMovie
1996Down PeriscopeAdmiral WinslowMovie
1995How to Make an American QuiltArthurMovie
1995Letter to My KillerMovie
1995Canadian BaconGeneral Dick PanzerMovie
1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. SnyderMovie
1995For Better or WorseCapt. ColeMovie
1994Chicago HopeWarren Shutt · 1 episodeShow
1994Heart of a ChildDr. Leonard BaileyMovie
1993The John Larroquette ShowBernard Galvin · 1 episodeShow
1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthNoel LordMovie
1993Beyond the LawDeputy PrescottMovie
1993RoboCop 3The CEOMovie
1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan StoryBill MorganMovie
1992T Bone N WeaselHappy SamMovie
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterAdmiral Paul YostMovie
1992The Larry Sanders ShowArthur · 90 episodesShow
1992Fires of KuwaitNarrator (voice)Movie
1991My Son JohnnyBrian StansburyMovie
1991Dolly DearestKarl ResnickMovie
1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a KindCaptain Jack ParsonsMovie
1991Defending Your LifeBob DiamondMovie
1991Death FallsDub FarleyMovie
1990Beautiful DreamersWalt WhitmanMovie
1990By Dawn's Early LightColonel FargoMovie
1990Kojak: None So BlindGideon HogarthMovie
1990Pair of AcesCapt. Jack ParsonsMovie
1989Sweet Bird of YouthBoss FinleyMovie
1989Silence Like GlassDr. MarkowitzMovie
1989Cold FeetSheriffMovie
1989Hit ListVic LucaMovie
1988April MorningSolomon ChandlerMovie
1988The TelephoneDirectorMovie
1987The King of LoveJack KraftMovie

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