Elmore Rual Torn, Jr., better known as "Rip" Torn, 75 year old Emmy Award winning actor and bad-tempered boss to Will Smith in the 1997 blockbuster Men in Black, was arrested Friday night.
Police found Torn inside Litchfield Bancorp, a Salisbury, CT., bank, armed "with a loaded revolver" and "highly intoxicated." Though notorious for past volatility with police, he was arrested
Men in Black Star Arrested Over Armed Bank Burglary and booked without incident.
Charges include first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal trespass, third-degree criminal mischief, carrying a pistol without a permit, and carrying a firearm while intoxicated. He is currently being held on $100,000 cash bond.
The long time Broadway and movie actor is famed for his gruff yet usually friendly stage demeanor, starring in roles ranging from the popular Men in Black boss, Zed, to drifter Chance Wayne in the 1959 Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth.
His appearance in that play won him a Tony Award and the actor would later find six Emmy nominations, one of which he won in 1996, among a bevy of other awards during his long career.
More recently he has appeared on NBC sitcom 30 Rock and appeared in 2004 comedy movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
For all his success the actor has encountered trouble with the law several times, including a 2004 Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) arrest for a traffic accident in New York City, and a drunk-driving accident in North Salem, NY. during 2006.
Though not convicted for the 2004 arrest, Torn encountered headache thanks to an explosive tirade directed at police and captured on video at the police station. The video subsequently made rounds across the Internet and television news.
His 2006 arrest led to a conviction, a $380 fine, and 90 days suspension to his license.
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