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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.
As actor
Norman Mailer: The American
Men in Black 3
Bridge of Names
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
3 Weeks to Daytona
American Cowslip
Happy Tears
The Afterlight
Turn the River
August
Lucky Days
The Golden Boys
Bee Movie
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Three Days to Vegas
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Marie Antoinette
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Zoom
Forty Shades of Blue
The Sisters
Yours, Mine & Ours
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Eulogy
Welcome to Mooseport
Love Object
Rolling Kansas
Maniac Magee
Men in Black II
Freddy Got Fingered
