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Film & TV
Temple, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- Norman Mailer: The American — Self2012
- Men in Black 3 — Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)2012
- Bridge of Names — Tom2012
- National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus — King Looney2011
- 3 Weeks to Daytona — Sal2011
- American Cowslip — Trevor O'Hart2009
- Happy Tears — Joe2009
- The Afterlight — Carl2009
- Turn the River — Quinette2008
- August — David Sterling2008
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Key facts
- Born
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr. , ( 1931-02-06 ) February 6, 1931, Temple, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09) (aged 88), Lakeville, Connecticut , U.S.
- Burial place
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1956–2019
- Spouses
- Ann Wedgeworth ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1961 ) Geraldine Page ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1987 ) Amy Wright ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Children
- 6, including Angelica Page and Tony Torn
- Relatives
- Sissy Spacek (cousin), David Torn (cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Temple
- Place of death
- Lakeville
- Spouse
- Geraldine Page
- Child
- Angelica Page
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Men in Black
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- Rip Torn at the 46th Emmy Awards headcrop.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
- Work location
- United States
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- Commons category
- Rip Torn
- date of birth
- 1931-02-06
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Commons gallery
- Rip Torn
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- relative
- Sissy Spacek
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- date of death
- 2019-07-09
- birth name
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
- nickname
- Rip
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- name in native language
- Rip Torn
- different from
- Rip Taylor
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) 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 (1997, 2002), Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
Early life
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