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 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 received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. He also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show. Torn is also 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).
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| Full name at birth | Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.
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| Claim to fame | his roles as Marsh Turner in the 1983 biographical drama film Cross Creek, Artie in the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Zed in the Men in Black film franchise, and Patches O'Houlihan in the 2004 sports comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
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| Date of birth | 6 February 1931
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| Place of birth | Temple, Texas, USA
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| Date of death | 9 July 2019
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| Age | 88 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
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| Occupation | Actor
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| High school | Tyler High School, Tyler, TX (1949)
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| University | Texas A&M (dropped out)
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- Godfather of Clay Liford.
- In 1997, he appeared in Men in Black and Hercules. In Men in Black, he plays Zed, the head of the MIB agency. Also in that film, Tommy Lee Jones's character, Kay, is swallowed by a giant cockroach, and escapes by blowing the creature up from the inside. In Hercules, he plays Zeus, chief of the gods. In that film, Hercules is swallowed by the Hydra, and escapes by cutting the creature's head off from inside.
- Was a close friend from boyhood of actor Larry Blyden. As boys, friends would refer to the two as "Torn and Bleedin'," Bleiden being the original spelling of the latter's name.
- Father of Tony Torn, John Torn, Angelica Torn and Danae Torn.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Sweet Bird of Youth," a performance he recreated in the film version with the same title, Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
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