Elmore Rual Torn Jr. (born February 6, 1931), known within his family and professionally as Rip Torn, is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.
Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). His work includes the role of the producer on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. On 30 Rock, he plays Don Geiss.
Television work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Naked City | Ansel Boake | Episode: "A Case of Two Savages" |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | GySgt Karl Kasten | Episode: "The Proud and the Angry" |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Alexander | Episode: "Alexander the Greater Affair" |
| 1965 | Mannix | Victor Roarke | Episode: "The Open Web" |
| 1966-1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Jerry | 80 episodes |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | K.W. Hicks | Television film |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Kilraine | Episode: "The Intimate Friends of Janet Wilde" |
| 1978 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Charles Burt | Television film |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Red | Episode: "The Silent Scream" |
| 1981 | The Muppet Show | Rip Torn | Episode: "Rip Torn" |
| 1982 | Minder | Seth | Episode: "In" |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Hader | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| 1985 | V | Jason | Episode: "The Return" |
| 1987 | Screenplay | Frank | Episode: "Road" |
| 1988 | April Morning | Solomon Chandler | Television film |
| 1991 | Columbo | Leon Lamarr | Episode: "Death Hits the Jackpot" |
| 1991 | Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Captain Jack Parsons | Television film |
| 1991 | The Big Battalions | Michael | 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Inspector Morse | Edward | Episode: "Deadly Slumber" |
| 1994 | Grushko | Bill[1] | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Himself | Episode: "Get a Job" |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Russel Vanik | Television film |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | The Toad | Episode: "The Yada Yada" |
| 1997 | Red Dwarf | Buzz | Episode: "Stoke Me a Clipper" |
| 1998 | Spin City | Johnny | Episode: "Single White Male" |
| 1999 | Balloon Farm | Harvey H. Potter | Television film |
| 2002 | Maniac Magee | George McNab | Television film |
| 2009 | 30 Rock | Don Geiss | 7 episodes |
| 2012 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Luke (voice) | Episode: "The Microwave" |
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