Rip Torn
Birthday: February 6, 1931
Birth Place: Temple, Texas, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Rip Torn. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Cat Tale	(2008)
[ Sean Astin ][ Jerry O'Connell ][ Alan Cumming ][ R. Lee Ermey ][ Stanley Tucci ]
Funny Peculiar	(2007)
Bee Movie	(2007)
[ Matthew Broderick ][ Robert Duvall ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ John Goodman ]
Turn the River	(2007)
[ Terry Kinney ][ Chris Eigeman ][ Jordan Bridges ]
Retirement	(2006)
[ George Segal ][ Reginald VelJohnson ][ Charles Q. Murphy ][ Billy Burke ][ Bill Cobbs ]
Zoom	(2006)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Tim Allen ][ Kevin Zegers ][ Thomas F. Wilson ][ Spencer Breslin ]
Marie Antoinette	(2006)
[ Jason Schwartzman ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ Steve Coogan ][ Tom Hardy ][ Danny Huston ]
Yours, Mine and Ours	(2005)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Jerry O'Connell ][ David Koechner ][ Drake Bell ][ Sean Faris ]
The Sisters	(2005)
[ Chris O'Donnell ][ Eric McCormack ][ Alessandro Nivola ][ Tony Goldwyn ][ Steven Culp ]
Forty Shades of Blue	(2005)
[ Sydney Pollack ]
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	(2004)
[ Ben Stiller ][ Vince Vaughn ][ Hank Azaria ][ William Shatner ][ Jason Bateman ]
Eulogy	(2004)
[ Hank Azaria ][ Jesse Bradford ][ Ray Romano ][ Rene Auberjonois ][ Rod Stewart ]
Welcome to Mooseport	(2004)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Fred Savage ][ Ray Romano ][ Edward Herrmann ]
Love Object	(2003)
[ Desmond Harrington ][ Udo Kier ][ Michael Pena ]
Maniac Magee	(2003)
[ Michael Angarano ][ Orlando Brown ][ Wyatt Knight ]
Rolling Kansas	(2003)
[ Thomas Haden Church ][ Sam Huntington ][ Kevin Pollak ][ James Roday ]
The Other Side of Caution	(2003)
[ Robert Picardo ]
Pilot	(2003)
[ Jensen Ackles ][ Mako ][ Larry Miller ][ David Koechner ][ Erik Palladino ]
...And the Horse He Rode in On	(2002)
A.I.: Artificial Insemination	(2002)
[ Michael Angarano ]
Men in Black II	(2002)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Will Smith ][ Rosario Dawson ][ Johnny Knoxville ][ Tommy Lee Jones ]
Freddy Got Fingered	(2001)
[ Anthony Michael Hall ][ Michael C. Hall ][ Eddie Kaye Thomas ][ Tom Green ][ Harland Williams ]
Men in Black Alien Attack	(2000)
[ Will Smith ]
Wonder Boys	(2000)
[ Tobey Maguire ][ Michael Douglas ][ Robert Downey Jr. ][ Alan Tudyk ][ Bob Dylan ]
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle	(2000)
[ Thomas Ian Griffith ]
The Insider	(1999)
[ Al Pacino ][ Russell Crowe ][ Michael Gambon ][ Breckin Meyer ][ Christopher Plummer ]
Balloon Farm	(1999)
[ Neal McDonough ][ Richard Riehle ][ Ken Jenkins ]
Seasons of Love	(1999)
[ Nick Stahl ][ Justin Chambers ][ Paulo Costanzo ][ Hume Cronyn ][ Peter Strauss ]
Passing Glory	(1999)
[ Bill Nunn ][ Andre Braugher ][ Kyle Massey ][ Damien Wayans ]
Senseless	(1998)
[ Matthew Lillard ][ David Spade ][ Brad Dourif ][ Marlon Wayans ][ Orlando Brown ]
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery	(1998)
[ Alessandro Nivola ][ Dylan Walsh ]
Men in Black	(1997)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Will Smith ][ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ]
Trial and Error	(1997)
[ John C. McGinley ][ Jeff Daniels ][ Michael Richards ][ Max Casella ][ Austin Pendleton ]
Hercules	(1997)
[ Danny DeVito ][ James Woods ][ Charlton Heston ][ Tate Donovan ][ Erik von Detten ]
The Mouse	(1996)
[ John Savage ][ Dominic Chianese ]
Down Periscope	(1996)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Rob Schneider ][ Kelsey Grammer ][ Harry Dean Stanton ]
For Better or Worse	(1996)
[ Haley Joel Osment ][ James Woods ][ Rob Reiner ][ Jason Alexander ][ Jay Mohr ]
Hank's Sex Tape	(1995)
[ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Garry Shandling ]
Roseanne's Return	(1995)
[ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Garry Shandling ]
How to Make an American Quilt	(1995)
[ Jared Leto ][ Adam Baldwin ][ Dermot Mulroney ][ Johnathon Schaech ][ Mykelti Williamson ]
Letter to My Killer	(1995)
[ Nick Chinlund ][ Todd Louiso ][ Will Rothhaar ]
Canadian Bacon	(1995)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ John Candy ][ Michael Moore ][ Alan Alda ][ James Belushi ]
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal	(1995)
[ Hal Holbrook ][ Don S. Davis ][ Cameron Bancroft ][ Steve Bacic ][ Roger R. Cross ]
Where the Rivers Flow North	(1994)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Treat Williams ][ Mark Margolis ]
Heart of a Child	(1994)
[ Terry O'Quinn ][ Bruce Greenwood ][ William B. Davis ]
RoboCop 3	(1993)
[ Stephen Root ][ Bradley Whitford ][ Mako ][ Frank Miller ][ Lee Arenberg ]
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	(1992)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ David Morse ][ John Heard ][ Lochlyn Munro ][ Bob Gunton ]
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story	(1992)
T Bone N Weasel	(1992)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ Wayne Knight ][ Ned Beatty ][ Gregory Hines ]
Beyond the Law	(1992)
[ Charlie Sheen ][ Michael Madsen ][ Courtney B. Vance ][ Leon Rippy ]
Dolly Dearest	(1992)
[ Sam Bottoms ]
Party	(1992)
[ Jeremy Piven ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Garry Shandling ]
Hank's Contract	(1992)
[ Jeremy Piven ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Garry Shandling ]
Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot	(1991)
My Son Johnny	(1991)
[ Corin Nemec ][ Rick Schroder ]
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind	(1991)
[ Kris Kristofferson ]
Defending Your Life	(1991)
[ Ethan Embry ][ Albert Brooks ][ Clayton Norcross ]
Death Falls	(1991)
[ Jeffrey Combs ]
By Dawn's Early Light	(1990)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Martin Landau ][ Powers Boothe ][ Peter MacNicol ][ Darren McGavin ]
Pair of Aces	(1990)
[ Kris Kristofferson ]
Kojak: None So Blind	(1990)
[ James Remar ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Telly Savalas ][ Terry Kinney ][ Andre Braugher ]
Beautiful Dreamers	(1990)
Sweet Bird of Youth	(1989)
[ Mark Harmon ][ Seymour Cassel ]
Zwei Frauen	(1989)
[ James Remar ][ George Peppard ][ Gedeon Burkhard ]
Cold Feet	(1989)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ Bill Pullman ][ Keith Carradine ][ Vincent Schiavelli ]
Hit List	(1989)
[ Lance Henriksen ][ Jan-Michael Vincent ]
April Morning	(1988)
[ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ Chad Lowe ]
Blind Curve	(1988)
The King of Love	(1987)
[ Michael Lerner ]
Laguna Heat	(1987)
[ Jason Robards ][ Harry Hamlin ][ James Gammon ]
Nadine	(1987)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ Leslie Howard ]
Extreme Prejudice	(1987)
[ Nick Nolte ][ Clancy Brown ][ Michael Ironside ][ Powers Boothe ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ]
Destination America	(1987)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Bruce Greenwood ]
J. Edgar Hoover	(1987)
[ Treat Williams ][ David Ogden Stiers ]
Manhunt for Claude Dallas	(1986)
[ Brent Spiner ][ Pat Hingle ][ Claude Akins ]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	(1985)
[ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ David Dukes ]
Beer	(1985)
[ William Russ ][ Kenneth Mars ][ Dick Shawn ]
Summer Rental	(1985)
[ John Candy ][ Joey Lawrence ][ Joseph Lawrence ][ Richard Crenna ][ John Larroquette ]
The Execution	(1985)
[ Michael Lerner ]
City Heat	(1984)
[ Clint Eastwood ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Blake Edwards ][ Richard Roundtree ][ Ernie Sabella ]
Flashpoint	(1984)
[ Kris Kristofferson ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ Treat Williams ][ Kurtwood Smith ]
Misunderstood	(1984)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Henry Thomas ]
When She Says No	(1984)
[ George Dzundza ]
Songwriter	(1984)
[ Kris Kristofferson ][ Sydney Pollack ]
Cross Creek	(1983)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Peter Coyote ][ Jay O. Sanders ]
Airplane II: The Sequel	(1982)
[ William Shatner ][ Peter Graves ][ Raymond Burr ][ Hervé Villechaize ][ David Paymer ]
Jinxed!	(1982)
[ Divine ][ Jack Elam ]
The Beastmaster	(1982)
[ David R. Ellis ]
Scarab	(1982)
A Stranger Is Watching	(1982)
[ James Russo ][ Vincent Spano ]
First Family	(1980)
[ Fred Willard ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Bob Newhart ][ Harvey Korman ]
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case	(1980)
[ Mickey Rourke ][ Gerald McRaney ]
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story	(1980)
[ Armand Assante ]
One Trick Pony	(1980)
[ Harry Shearer ][ Daniel Stern ]
A Shining Season	(1979)
[ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Timothy Bottoms ]
Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood	(1979)
[ Frank Welker ][ Mel Blanc ][ Casey Kasem ]
Heartland	(1979)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan	(1979)
[ Alan Alda ][ Dan Hedaya ]
Steel Cowboy	(1978)
[ James Brolin ][ Strother Martin ]
Betrayal	(1978)
[ Ron Silver ][ John Hillerman ]
Coma	(1978)
[ Michael Douglas ][ Ed Harris ][ Tom Selleck ][ Richard Widmark ][ Michael Crichton ]
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	(1977)
Nasty Habits	(1977)
[ Eli Wallach ]
The Man Who Fell to Earth	(1976)
[ Bing Crosby ][ Bernie Casey ]
Birch Interval	(1976)
[ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ]
Song of Myself	(1976)
[ Tom Hulce ][ Brad Davis ]
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan	(1975)
[ Ned Beatty ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Wayne Rogers ][ Peter Strauss ]
Crazy Joe	(1974)
[ Peter Boyle ][ Eli Wallach ][ Hervé Villechaize ][ Fred Williamson ]
Cotter	(1973)
[ Christopher Knight ][ Don Murray ]
The President's Plane Is Missing	(1973)
[ Peter Graves ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Buddy Ebsen ]
Payday	(1973)
Slaughter	(1972)
[ Jim Brown ]
Montserrat	(1971)
[ Keir Dullea ]
Tropic of Cancer	(1970)
Maidstone	(1970)
[ Harris Yulin ][ Lane Smith ]
Coming Apart	(1969)
Sol Madrid	(1968)
[ Telly Savalas ][ Ricardo Montalban ][ Pat Hingle ]
Beyond the Law	(1968)
Beach Red	(1967)
You're a Big Boy Now	(1966)
The Cincinnati Kid	(1965)
[ Steve McQueen ][ Karl Malden ][ Ray Charles ]
The Alexander the Greater Affair: Part 1	(1965)
Critic's Choice	(1963)
[ Bob Hope ]
Sweet Bird of Youth	(1962)
[ Paul Newman ]
The Chemistry of Anger	(1962)
Hero's Island	(1962)
[ Harry Dean Stanton ][ James Mason ][ Warren Oates ][ Darby Hinton ]
King of Kings	(1961)
[ Orson Welles ][ Jeffrey Hunter ][ Robert Ryan ]
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life	(1961)
[ Jerry Orbach ]
The Masterpiece	(1961)
Face of a Hero	(1959)
Pork Chop Hill	(1959)
[ Gregory Peck ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ George Peppard ][ Martin Landau ][ Robert Blake ]
Bomber's Moon	(1958)
[ Cliff Robertson ][ Martin Balsam ]
Number Twenty-Two	(1957)
The Killer Instinct	(1957)
The Little Bullfighter	(1957)
Time Limit	(1957)
[ Richard Widmark ][ Martin Balsam ]
A Face in the Crowd	(1957)
[ Walter Matthau ][ Andy Griffith ][ Charles Nelson Reilly ]
The Murder of a Sand Flea	(1956)
Wetback Run	(1956)
The Big Wave	(1956)
[ Hume Cronyn ]
Baby Doll	(1956)
[ Eli Wallach ][ Karl Malden ]
The Fifth	(0)
[ Cliff Robertson ]

Trivia

• Graduated from Texas A & M University in 1952.
• He and Geraldine Page have a daughter and twin sons.
• Father of Tony Torn, John Torn, Angelica Torn and Danae Torn' .
• Reported that he has won a 5,000 defamation suit against Dennis Hopper. Lawsuit came about after remarks made by Hopper on "Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992)_ on 31 May 1994. [14 March 1997]
• Cousin of Sissy Spacek.
• First cousin once removed of actress Schuyler Fisk.
• 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).
• Was a close friend of actor George Peppard.
• Is the commissioner of the Extreme Dodgeball League on GSN (2005)
• Godfather of Clay Liford
• 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.
• Is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
• Member, Sigma Chi Fraternity.
• 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.
• Attended the Republican National Convention in New York in 2004.
• Grew up in Texas.
• Studied acting at the University of Texas.

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