Rip Torn

Rip Torn as Gord's beleaguered father Jim in 20th Century Fox's Freddy Got Fingered - 2001

Biography

Born 02/06/1931

One of the most prolific performers on stage, screen and in television since the late 1950s, Rip Torn was a versatile character actor and occasional lead who brought prodigious, often overpowering energy and confidence to every role he embodied – no matter how dramatic or insignificant the...
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Awards

  • In 1996, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
  • In 1994, received American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series
  • In 1994, received CableACE Award for Actor in a Comedy Series
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Highlights

  • In 2007, Played the recurring role of Don Geiss, the CEO and Jack's boss, on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock"; earned an Emmy nomination in 2008 for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
  • In 2006, Starred as France's Louis XV in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"
  • In 2006, Co-starred with Tim Allen and Courteney Cox in the family comedy "Zoom"
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Family & Companions

  • Danae Torn: daughter (Mother, Ann Wedgeworth)
  • Angelica Torn: daughter (Born in 1964; mother, Geraldine Page; appeared in "Nobody's Fool" (1994))
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