Rip Torn: A Brief History of His Greatest Science-Fiction Roles
Sadly Rip Torn, best known for the Men in Black movies, has died. Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was born February 6, 1931, and died on July 9, 2019, at 88. Torn was an actor, voice artist, and comedian. Torn was a character actor and accumulated an impressive set of awards and nominations. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Cross Creek in 1984. He was nominated for six consecutive Emmy Awards thanks to his role on The Larry Sanders Show and won in 1996. He also won an American Comedy Award and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show. His role as Chief Zed in Men in Black (1997) earned him a Satellite Award nomination in 1997. The man was a legend and a master of his craft and he will be missed. So let's look back at the greatest science fiction movies of Rip Torn. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn), Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) David Bowie has his first acting role in this tripp...