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Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Torn was the only actor in the series who won an Emmy Award for his work. Other than the Emmy nominations and win, he received two American Comedy Awards nominations for Funniest Male Performance in a Series, winning once, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the series.
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr., February 6, 1931, Temple, Texas, U.S.
- July 9, 2019 (aged 88), Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S.
Rip Torn. Jump to. 9 wins & 20 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1984 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Cross Creek. American Comedy Awards, USA. 1999 Nominee American Comedy Award. Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series. The Larry Sanders Show. 1994 Winner American Comedy Award.
- February 6, 1931
- July 9, 2019
He won a 1960 Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Play and a Theater World award for his role as "Tom, Jr.", a role he recreated in the 1962 film. (Torn also starred as "Boss Finley" in a later television adaptation of the play).
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- Temple, Texas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
Jul 9, 2019 · Torn played Agent Zed in Men in Black (with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones), and its 2002 sequel. Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1984). Torn died July 9, 2019, in Lakeville, Connecticut. He was 88.
Jul 10, 2019 · Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his part in Cross Creek. He reinvented himself as a comedic actor in Garry Shandling’s sitcom The Larry Sanders Show,...
Rip Torn. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Rip Torn - Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections (2009) , Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series (1996) , Obie Award for Direction (1968) and more awards. Elmore Rual.
Feb 10, 2020 · Sun 9 Feb 2020 22.57 EST. Rip Torn, the Hollywood wild-man best known for his role on HBO series The Larry Sanders Show, has been remembered at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood. Rip...