Rip Torn
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Men in Black
as Zed 1997
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited) 2012
Men in Black II
as Zed 2002
Hercules
as Zeus (voice) 1997
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice) 2007
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan 2004
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV 2006
The Insider
as John Scanlon 1999
RoboCop 3
as The CEO 1993
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan 1982
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman 2005
Wonder Boys
as Q 2000
Zoom
as Larraby 2006
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce 1976
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow 1996
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody 2001
The Beastmaster
as Maax 1982