Tobin Bell
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) and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s. Bell is best known as the villain John "Jigsaw" Kramer of the Saw film series. He provided his voice in two video games based on the films, Saw and its sequel, Saw II: Flesh & Blood, in which he also provided his likeness. Bell's portrayal of Jigsaw has earned him five award nominations and two wins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tobin Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 7, 1942 In Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 93
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Tales of Ordinary Madness 1981-09-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Let Us In 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Awaken | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | The Old Man and the Pond | Billy Ford | 2022 |
| Movie | Let Us In | Mr. Munch | 2022 |
| Movie | The Call | Edward Cranston | 2020-10-02 |
| Movie | The Way We Weren't | Jerry | 2019-02-12 |
| Movie | Belzebuth | Padre Vasilio Canetti | 2019-01-11 |
| Movie | Devil Music | Unknown | 2019-07-30 |
| Series | Creepshow | Chief Connors | 2019-09-26 |
| Movie | Ice Cream in the Cupboard | Pop | 2019-08-14 |
| Movie | Gates of Darkness | Monsignor Canell | 2019-10-01 |
| Movie | The Sandman | Valentine | 2017-10-14 |
| Movie | 12 Feet Deep | McGradey | 2017-06-20 |
| Movie | Jigsaw | John Kramer / Jigsaw | 2017-10-26 |
| Movie | My Pretty Pony | George Banning | 2017-12-31 |
| Movie | Rainbow Time | Peter | 2016-03-14 |
| Series | MacGyver | Leland | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | Manson Family Vacation | Blackbird | 2015-03-16 |
| Movie | Unbelief | Frank | 2015-04-11 |
| Movie | Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw | Himself | 2015-10-14 |
| Movie | Dark House | Seth | 2014-03-14 |
| Series | The Flash | Savitar (voice) (uncredited) | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Finders Keepers | Dr. Freeman | 2014-10-18 |
| Movie | Phantom Halo | Smashmouth | 2014-10-24 |
| Movie | Saw 3D | Jigsaw / John | 2010-10-21 |
| Movie | Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil | Himself | 2009-07-26 |
| Movie | Saw VI | Jigsaw / John | 2009-10-22 |
| Movie | Boogeyman 3 | Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice) | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | Saw V | John Kramer | 2008-10-23 |
| Movie | Decoys 2: Alien Seduction | Professor Erwin Buckton | 2007-03-06 |
| Movie | Buried Alive | Lester | 2007-02-07 |
| Series | The Kill Point | Unknown | 2007-07-22 |
| Movie | Boogeyman 2 | Mitchell Allen | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | Saw IV | Jigsaw/John | 2007-10-25 |
| Movie | The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It | The Stranger | 2007-09-04 |
| Movie | Saw III | John Kramer | 2006-10-27 |
| Series | Revelations | Nathan Volk | 2005-04-13 |
| Movie | Saw II | Jigsaw / John Kramer | 2005-10-28 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Saw | John Kramer (a.k.a. Jigsaw) | 2004-10-01 |
| Movie | Power Play | Clemens | 2002-02-01 |
| Movie | Black Mask 2: City of Masks | Moloch | 2002-12-24 |
| Movie | Good Neighbor | Geoffrey Martin | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | 24 | Peter Kingsley | 2001-11-06 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Road to El Dorado | Zaragoza (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
| Movie | The 4th Floor | The Locksmith | 1999-07-31 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Series | Once and Again | Unknown | 1999-09-21 |
| Series | Harsh Realm | Unknown | 1999-10-08 |
| Movie | One Hot Summer Night | Vincent "Coupe" De Ville | 1998-03-12 |
| Series | Charmed | Orin | 1998-10-07 |
| Movie | Overnight Delivery | John Dwayne Beezly | 1998-04-07 |
| Movie | Brown's Requiem | Stan the Man | 1998-11-01 |
| Movie | Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Lukasz Slava | 1998-10-10 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Omoc | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | The Babysitter's Seduction | Det. Frank O'Keefe | 1996-01-22 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Unabomber: The True Story | Theodore Kaczynski | 1996-09-11 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | Dog Kelly | 1995-02-09 |
| Movie | Serial Killer | William Lucian Morrano | 1995-10-05 |
| Series | Murder One | Unknown | 1995-09-20 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Revenge | Bullock | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Deep Red | Warren Rickman | 1994-03-12 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | ER | Hospital Administrator | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | New Eden | Ares | 1994-11-28 |
| Movie | Mortal Fear | Dr. Alvin Hayes | 1994-11-20 |
| Movie | The Firm | The Nordic Man | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Boiling Point | Roth | 1993-04-16 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | In the Line of Fire | Mendoza | 1993-07-08 |
| Movie | Malice | Earl Leemus | 1993-09-29 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Ruby | David Ferrie | 1992-03-27 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story | Unknown | 1992-05-18 |
| Series | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Unknown | 1991-03-31 |
| Movie | Loose Cannons | Gerber | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | False Identity | Marshall Errickson | 1990-06-08 |
| Series | Broken Badges | Unknown | 1990-11-24 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Parole Officer | 1990-09-12 |
| Series | Alien Nation | Unknown | 1989-09-18 |
| Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
| Movie | An Innocent Man | Zeke | 1989-10-06 |
| Series | Nasty Boys | Finley | 1989-09-21 |
| Movie | Perfect Witness | Dillon | 1989-10-28 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Stokes | 1988-12-08 |
| Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Weber / Cronin | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Svengali | Waiter (uncredited) | 1983-03-09 |
| Movie | Tootsie | Waiter (uncredited) | 1982-06-10 |
| Movie | The Verdict | Courtroom Observer (uncredited) | 1982-12-08 |
| Movie | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Bar Patron (uncredited) | 1981-09-11 |