Tobin Bell

ActorProductionProducerCrew Aug 7 (age 83) Queens, New York City, New York, USA 1979–2024 (45 year career)

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Biography

Joseph Henry Tobin Jr. (born August 7, 1942), known professionally as Tobin Bell, is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in a number of television shows and films, but is most recognized for his role as John Kramer / Jigsaw in the Saw films franchise, which has earned him five award nominations and two wins. An American film and television character actor. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning (1988…

Known For

Film

GoodFellas

Parole Officer

Film

Saw

John Kramer / Jigsaw

Film

The Road to El Dorado

Zaragoza (voice)

Film

Manhattan

Man on Street (uncredited)

Film

Mississippi Burning

Agent Stokes

Film

Saw II

John Kramer / Jigsaw

Film

Saw X

John Kramer

Film

Tootsie

Waiter (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (86)

The Bunker

as Father

Altered Reality

as Cooper Mason

Saw X

as John Kramer

The Curse of the Clown Motel

as Mr. Wilson

The Cello

as Vincent

ReBroken

as Von

Reawakening : The Making of Saw X

Wolf Mountain

as Dr Avery

Sleep No More

as Smashmouth

A Father's Legacy

as Billy Ford

Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman

as Lewis Fell

Let Us In

as Mr. Munch

The Call

as Edward Cranston

Devil Music

Belzebuth

as Padre Vasilio Canetti

The Way We Weren't

as Jerry

Gates of Darkness

as Monsignor Canell

Ice Cream in the Cupboard

2019

as Pop

3.2

I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw

as Self

12 Feet Deep

as McGradey

Jigsaw

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

My Pretty Pony

as George Banning

The Sandman

as Valentine

Rainbow Time

as Peter

Manson Family Vacation

as Blackbird

Unbelief

as Frank

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

as Self

Phantom Halo

as Smashmouth

Finders Keepers

as Dr. Freeman

Dark House

as Seth

Saw 3D

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.0

Saw VI

2009

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.3

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

2009

as Self

5.3

Saw V

2008

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.2

Boogeyman 3

2008

as Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice)

5.2

Making of Saw III

2007

as Self

Saw IV

2007

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.2

Boogeyman 2

2007

as Dr. Mitchell Allen

5.5

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

2007

as The Stranger

6.5

Decoys 2: Alien Seduction

2007

as Professor Erwin Buckton

07 Spaceys

Buried Alive

as Lester

Saw III

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.4

Saw II

2005

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

6.6

Full Disclosure Report

as Jigsaw

Hacking Away at Saw

as Self

Saw

as John Kramer / Jigsaw

7.4

Black Mask 2: City of Masks

as Moloch

Power Play

as Clemens

Good Neighbor

as Geoffrey Martin

The Road to El Dorado

as Zaragoza (voice)

The 4th Floor

as The Locksmith

Overnight Delivery

as John Dwayne Beezly

5.5

Brown's Requiem

1998

as Stan the Man

4.4

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

1998

as Lukasz Slava

5.8

One Hot Summer Night

1998

as Vincent "Coupe" De Ville

3.6

Unabomber: The True Story

1996

as Theodore Kaczynski

6.0

The Babysitter's Seduction

as Frank O'Keefe

Cheyenne

as Marshall Toynbee

The Quick and the Dead

1995

as Dog Kelly

6.5

Serial Killer

1995

as William Lucian Morrano

Dead Man's Revenge

as Bullock

Deep Red

as Warren Rickman

New Eden

as Ares

Mortal Fear

as Dr. Alvin Hayes

The Firm

as The Nordic Man

In the Line of Fire

as Mendoza

Malice

as Earl Leemus

Boiling Point

as Roth

Ruby

as Ferrie

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

GoodFellas

as Parole Officer

Loose Cannons

as Gerber

False Identity

as Marshall Errickson

An Innocent Man

as Zeke

Perfect Witness

as Dillon

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Stokes

Svengali

as Waiter (uncredited)

4.8

The Verdict

1982

as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

7.5

Tootsie

1982

as Waiter (uncredited)

7.2

Sophie's Choice

1982

as Reporter

7.3

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

5.9

Manhattan

1979

as Man on Street (uncredited)

7.7

Game of Power

as Pete Delaney

Ghostkiller

as Special Agent Lee Tarkington / 1862 Herbert Tarkington

Mouth to Mouth

Television (33)

Creepshow

2019

as Chief Connors

7.4

Eli Roth's History of Horror

as Self

MacGyver

as Leland

The Flash

as Doctor Alchemy (voice) (uncredited)

7.8

Skin Wars

2014

as Self - Guest Judge

The Kill Point

Criminal Minds

as Malachi Lee

Revelations

as Nathan Volk

as Peter Kingsley

The Guardian

as Mr. Pierce

Alias

as Karl Dreyer

The Sopranos

as Major Zwingli

The West Wing

as Colonel Whitcomb

Once and Again

Harsh Realm

Charmed

as Orin

Stargate SG-1

as Omoc

The Pretender

as Mr. White

Murder One

as Hospital Administrator

Chicago Hope

as Luther Evans

The X-Files

as Ashman / Darryl Weaver

NYPD Blue

as Jerry

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Karl Storm

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

1991

3.9

Love, Lies and Murder

1991

as Al Stutz

4.5

Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride

as Barman

Broken Badges

Seinfeld

as Ron

Alien Nation

as Brian Knox / Dr. Death

Nasty Boys

as Finley

Jake and the Fatman

The Equalizer

as Weber / Cronin

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Altered Reality

Co-Producer

The Way We Weren't

Producer

My Pretty Pony

Executive Producer

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

2015

Thanks

7.0

Ghostkiller

Producer