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Rip Torn
American actor (1931–2019)
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Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn was also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise, Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
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2006 · as Larraby
Marie Antoinette
2006 · as Louis XV
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · as Commandant Sherman
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · as Patches O'Houlihan
Men in Black II
2002 · as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 · as Jim Brody
Wonder Boys
2000 · as Q
The Insider
1999 · as John Scanlon
Senseless
1998 · as Randall Tyson
Men in Black
1997 · as Zed
Hercules
1997 · as Zeus (voice)
Down Periscope
1996 · as Admiral Winslow
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · as Arthur
RoboCop 3
1993 · as The CEO
Beyond the Law
1993 · as Deputy Prescott
Defending Your Life
1991 · as Bob Diamond
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · as Sheriff Hank Pearson
North and South
1985 · as Adolphus