
Rip Torn is an actor, film director, television actor (United States).
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn is also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997, 2002), Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
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| Born | 6 February 1931 |
| Profession | actor, film director, television actor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, Taylor High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute |
| Spouse | Amy Wright, Ann Wedgeworth, Geraldine Page |
| Children | Angelica Page |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Theatre World Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Virgo |
| Nakshatra | Hasta (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Capricorn |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Scorpio |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 666 Hollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 49 of them (7%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Rip Torn, and 21 (3%) share the Hasta Nakshatra — the #20 most common Moon Nakshatra among Hollywood personalities, where Dhanishta leads with 31 (5%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Rip Torn was born on 6 February 1931. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Rip Torn's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Hasta, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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