Polyphemus
person poster

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-02-06 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Temple, Texas, USA

Rip Torn

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.

Known For

Acting

2012

Men in Black 3 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

2011

2009

American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart

2008

Turn the River as Quinette
August as David Sterling
Lucky Days as Bobo
The Golden Boys as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

2007

Bee Movie as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Three Days to Vegas as Joe Wallace

2006

Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
Zoom as Larraby
30 Rock as Don Geiss

2005

Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James
The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin
Yours, Mine & Ours as Commandant Sherman

2004

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Patches O'Houlihan
Eulogy as Edmund Collins
Welcome to Mooseport as Bert Langdon
Love Object as Novak

2003

Rolling Kansas as Oldman
Maniac Magee as George McNab

2002

2001

Freddy Got Fingered as Jim Brody

2000

Soul Food as Peter Redmond

1999

The Insider as John Scanlon
Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter
Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant
Seasons of Love as Spence

1998

Senseless as Randall Tyson
Will & Grace as Lionel Banks

1997

Hercules as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error as Benny Gibbs
Ghost Stories as The Narrator

1996

Down Periscope as Admiral Winslow
The Hindenburg as Narrator

1995

Canadian Bacon as General Dick Panzer
For Better or Worse as Capt. Cole

1994

Heart of a Child as Dr. Leonard Bailey

1993

RoboCop 3 as The CEO
Beyond the Law as Deputy Prescott
The John Larroquette Show as Bernard Galvin

1992

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
T Bone N Weasel as Happy Sam
Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)

1991

Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond
Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick
Death Falls as Dub Farley
My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury

1990

By Dawn's Early Light as Colonel Fargo
Pair of Aces as Capt. Jack Parsons
Beautiful Dreamers as Walt Whitman
Kojak: None So Blind as Gideon Hogarth

1989

Cold Feet as Sheriff
Hit List as Vic Luca
Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz
Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley

1988

April Morning as Solomon Chandler

1987

Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nadine as Buford Pope
J. Edgar Hoover as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Destination: America as Corbet St. James IV
The King of Love as Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla

1986

Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Tim Nettleton

1985

Summer Rental as Scully
Beer as Buzz Beckerman
The Execution as Wilheim Gehbert
North and South as Adolphus

1984

City Heat as Primo Pitt
Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells
Scarab as Khepera
Songwriter as Dino McLeish
When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort

1983

Cross Creek as Marsh Turner

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart
Jinxed! as Harold Benson
The Blue and the Gray as Ulysses S. Grant

1980

One Trick Pony as Walter Fox
First Family as General G. E. Dumpston

1979

The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Kittner
Heartland as Clyde Stewart
A Shining Season as Jack Baker
Blind Ambition as Richard M. Nixon

1978

Coma as Dr. George
Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs

1977

Nasty Habits as Father Maximilian

1976

Birch Interval as Thomas

1975

1974

Crazy Joe as Richie

1973

Payday as Maury Dann
Cotter as Roy

1972

Slaughter as Dominic Hoffo
Ghost Story as Jonathon

1971

1 P.M. as Self
Maidstone as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat as Izquierdo
Columbo as Leon Lamarr

1970

Tropic of Cancer as Henry Miller

1969

Lions Love as The Beard Director (uncredited)

1968

Beyond the Law as Popcorn
Sol Madrid as Dano Villanova

1967

Beach Red as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Mannix as Victor Roarke

1966

You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many as Alexander

1965

The Cincinnati Kid as William Jefferson Slade

1964

12 O'Clock High as Col. Mark Royce

1963

Critic's Choice as Dion Kapakos
The Great Adventure as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Lieutenant as Sgt. Karl Kasten
Channing as Donald Burrows

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Hero's Island as Nicholas Gates
Combat! as Avery

1961

King of Kings as Judas
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
The Dick Powell Show as Joel Coles

1960

Route 66 as Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller as Duncan Corey

1959

Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Walter Russell
Bonanza as Will Hewitt
Rawhide as Jacob Yellow-Sun
The Untouchables as Harry Strauss
The Untouchables as Johnny Mizo

1958

Johnny Belinda as Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon as Lieutenant Harrison
Naked City as Ansel Boake

1957

Time Limit as Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills (uncredited)
The Restless Gun as Jody Gilman

1956

Baby Doll as The Dentist (uncredited)
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Steve Morgan #22
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ernie Walters

1952

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Locky McCormick
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Solomon Chandler

1947

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Production

2008

Lucky Days as Executive Producer

Directing

1988

The Telephone as Director

Crew

1977