Rip Torn
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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actor
1989
The Telephone
director
1988
Laguna Heat
actor
1987
Nadine
actor
1987
Extreme Prejudice
actor
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
actor
1987
Beer
actor
1985
Summer Rental
actor
1985
City Heat
actor
1984
Songwriter
actor
1984
Scarab
actor
1984
Flashpoint
actor
1984
When She Says No
actor
1984
Misunderstood
actor
1983
Cross Creek
actor
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
actor
1982
Jinxed!
actor
1982
The Beastmaster
actor
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
actor
1982
Heartland
actor
1981
One Trick Pony
actor
1980
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
actor
1979
Steel Cowboy
actor
1978
Coma
actor
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
actor
1977
Nasty Habits
actor
1977
The Man Who Fell to Earth
actor
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
actor
1975
Crazy Joe
actor
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
actor
1973
Slaughter
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1972
1 P.M.
actor
1971
Tropic of Cancer
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1970
Beyond the Law
actor
1968
Beach Red
actor
1967
You're a Big Boy Now
actor
1966
One Spy Too Many
actor
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
actor
1965
Hero's Island
actor
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
actor
1962
King of Kings
actor
1961
Pork Chop Hill
actor
1959
Time Limit
actor
1957
A Face in the Crowd
actor
1957
Baby Doll
actor
1956