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Rip Torn (born February 6, 1931), born Elmore Rual Torn in Temple, Texas, is an American film actor. He may be best known for playing Agent Z in the feature film Men in Black, but has also starred in TV series such as HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. He has more recently appeared in the Ben Stiller movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan. He can now be seen as the Commissioner on GSN's Extreme Dodgeball. His next film appearance will be as King Louis XV in Sofia Coppola's forthcoming film Marie-Antoinette
.

After having attended Texas A&M, Torn majored in animal husbandry at the University of Texas. Following graduation, Torn relocated from his native Texas to give Hollywood a shot, which meant pounding the pavement through auditions and supporting himself at another time. He made his debut in Baby Doll
and appearances on television. Realizing that the way to success was a hard one, Torn headed to New York where he studied at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg and started becoming a prolific stage actor before moving back into television and film.

He has been a distinctive character actor in numerous films since then, often showing up well in roles like the rich, sleazy New Orleans blackmailer Slade opposite Steve McQueen and Karl Malden in 1965’s The Cincinnati Kid
. In 1972 he won rave reviews for his portrayal of a country & western singer in the low-key cult film Payday. He received what many felt was a long-overdue Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek
. For his scene-stealing supporting role as talk show producer Artie in The Larry Sanders Show, Torn received six consecutive Emmy award nominations as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and won the award once, in 1996. He also won an American Comedy Award for that role.

In 1988, he made a once-off, ill-received venture into directing with the unsuccessful Whoopi Goldberg comedy The Telephone.

Torn was married to actress Ann Wedgeworth from 1956 to 1961, whom he divorced to marry the Oscar-winning actress Geraldine Page. He and Page remained married until her death in 1987.

His cousin, the Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek, was introduced to the entertainment business through him and she was able to enroll in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and then the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.

Filmography

Actor

Movie

Funny Peculiar (2005) (pre-production) .... Harold Nolan
Bee Movie
(2007) (filming) (voice)
The Return of Zoom (2006) (filming) .... Larraby
Cat Tale
(2006) (filming) (voice)
Retirement (2006) (post-production) .... Joe Wallace
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)
Marie-Antoinette
(2006/I) (post-production) .... King Louis XV
The Sisters (2005)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005) .... Alan James
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004) .... Patches O'Houlihan
Eulogy (2004) .... Edmund Collins
Welcome to Mooseport
(2004) .... Bert Langdon
Love Object (2003) .... Novak
Rolling Kansas
(2003) .... Oldman
Men in Black II
(2002) .... Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
(2001) .... Jim Brody
Nine Hundred Nights (2001) (V) .... Narrator
Men in Black Alien Attack (2000) .... Agent Zed
Wonder Boys
(2000) .... Q
The Insider (1999) .... John Scanlon
Senseless
(1998) .... Randall Tyson
Men in Black (1997) .... Chief Zed
Hercules (1997) (voice) .... Zeus
Trial and Error (1997) .... Benjamin 'Benny' Gibbs
Hercules (1997/II) (VG) (voice) .... Zeus
The Mouse (1996) .... Trucker 'God'
Down Periscope
(1996) .... Vice Adm. Dean Winslow
For Better or Worse (1996) .... Captain Cole
How to Make an American Quilt
(1995) .... Arthur Cleary
Canadian Bacon (1995) .... General Dick Panzer
Heaven & Hell: North and South, Book III (1994) .... Adolphus
RoboCop 3
(1993) .... The CEO
Where the Rivers Flow North (1993) .... Noel Lord
Beyond the Law
(1992) .... Deputy Prescott
Dolly Dearest
(1992) .... Karl Resnick
Defending Your Life
(1991) .... Bob Diamond
Death Falls (1991) .... Dub Farley
Beautiful Dreamers (1990) .... Walt Whitman
Zwei Frauen (1989) .... Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet (1989) .... Sheriff
Hit List (1989) .... Vic Luca
Blind Curve (1988) .... Maheu
Nadine (1987) .... Buford Pope
Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... Sheriff Hank Pearson
Beer (1985) .... Buzz Beckerman
Summer Rental
(1985) .... Scully
City Heat
(1984) .... Primo Pitt
Flashpoint (1984) .... Sheriff Wells
Misunderstood (1984) .... Will
Songwriter (1984) .... Dino McLeish
Cross Creek
(1983) .... Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
(1982) .... Bud Kruger/President Reagan
The Beastmaster
(1982) .... Maax
Jinxed! (1982) .... Harold Benson
Scarab (1982) .... Khepera
A Stranger Is Watching (1982) .... Artie Taggart
First Family (1980) .... JCS Chairman G. E. Dumpston
One Trick Pony (1980) .... Walter Fox
Heartland (1979) .... Clyde Stewart
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) .... Senator Kittner
Coma (1978) .... Dr. George
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) .... Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits (1977) .... Father Maximilian
Birch Interval (1977) .... Thomas
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(1976) .... Nathan Bryce
Song of Myself (1976) .... Walt Whitman
Crazy Joe (1974) .... Richie
Cotter (1973) .... Roy
Slaughter (1972) .... Hoffo
Payday (1972) .... Maury Dann
Tropic of Cancer (1970) .... Henry Miller
Maidstone (1970) .... Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Coming Apart (1969) .... Joe
Sol Madrid (1968) .... Dano Villanova
Beyond the Law
(1968/I) .... Popcorn
Beach Red
(1967) .... Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
You're a Big Boy Now
(1966) .... I. H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many (1966) .... Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
(1965) .... William Jefferson Slade
Critic's Choice (1963) .... Dion Kapakos
Hero's Island (1962) .... Nicholas Gates
Sweet Bird of Youth
(1962) .... Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
King of Kings (1961) .... Judas
Pork Chop Hill
(1959) .... Lt. Walter Russel
Time Limit (1957) .... Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd
(1957) (uncredited) .... Barry Mills
Baby Doll
(1956) (uncredited) .... The Dentist

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