Tobin Bell

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Tobin Bell
Bell at the 2007 Scream Awards
Born	Joseph Tobin August 7, 1942 (1942-08-07) (age 66) Queens, New York, USA

Tobin Bell (born Joseph Tobin August 7, 1942^[1]) is an American film and television actor. He is best and widely known as John Kramer, a.k.a. Jigsaw in the Saw franchise.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 Further Reading 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Bell was born in Queens, New York and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. His mother, Eileen Bell Tobin, is a British-born actress.^[2]

Bell often plays the role of a villain and serial killer; he was cast as a hitman in Sydney Pollack's The Firm and as Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski in the made-for-TV movie Unabomber: The True Story; and most recently has played the role of the nefarious "Jigsaw", a serial killer who wants others to appreciate the value of life via twisted "games" in the 2004 film Saw and its sequels, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, and Saw V. Currently, Bell has signed on for five sequels in the Saw series, allowing for his appearance in Saw VI.

He received a 2006 MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Villain", a 2007 MTV Movie Awards nomination for "Best Villain" again, and a winning nomination for "Best Butcher" in the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.^[3]

Aside from appearing in made-for-TV movies, Bell has guest starred in many TV shows such as Charmed, Seinfeld, La Femme Nikita, The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Alias, The West Wing, The Pretender, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue, 24, ER, and Walker Texas Ranger.

[edit] Filmography

• The Verdict (1982) - Courtroom Observer - extra
• Mississippi Burning (1988) - FBI Agent Stokes
• An Innocent Man (1989) - Zeke
• Loose Cannons (1990) - Gerber
• Goodfellas (1990) - Parole Officer
• Ruby (1992) - David Ferrie
• The Firm (1993) - The Nordic Man
• In the Line of Fire (1993) - Mendoza
• Malice (1993) - Earl Leemus
• Seinfeld - "The Old Man" (1993) - Ron (the record store owner)
• New Eden (1994) - Ares
• ER (1994) - Hospital Administrator
• Serial Killer (1995) - William Lucian Morrano
• The Quick and the Dead (1995) - Dog Kelly
• Unabomber (1996) - Theodore Kaczynski
• Stargate SG-1 - "Enigma" (1998) - Omoc
• Brown's Requiem (1998) - Stan the Man
• Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998) - Lukast Slava
• Overnight Delivery (1998) - John Dwayne Beezly/Killer Bees
• The Pretender - "The World's Changing" (1999) - Mr. White
• The 4th floor (1999) - The Locksmith
• Harsh Realm - "Reunion" (2000) - Warden Slater
• X-Files - "Brand X" (2000) - Darryl "Ashman" Weaver
• The Road To El Dorado (2000) - Zaragoza
• Alias (2001) - SD-6 Agent Dreyer
• The Sopranos (2001) - Major Zwingli
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) - Moloch
• Charmed (2002) - "The Eyes Have It" - Orin (the Gypsy Hunter)
• 24 (2002-2003) - Peter Kingsley
• Power Play (2002) - Clemens
• Saw (2004) - John Kramer/Jigsaw
• Saw II (2005) - John Kramer/Jigsaw
• Saw III (2006) - John Kramer/Jigsaw
• Saw IV (2007) - John Kramer/Jigsaw
• Decoys 2 (2007) - Professor Erwin Buckton
• Buried Alive (2007) - Lester
• The Kill Point (2007) (TV series) - Alan Beck
• The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007) - The Stranger
• Saw V (2008) - John Kramer/Jigsaw
• Highway 61 (2008)
• Boogeyman 2 (2008) - Dr. Mitchell Allen
• Saw VI (2009) - John Kramer/Jigsaw

[edit] References

[edit] Further Reading

Voisin, Scott, "Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting." BearManor Media, 2009. ISBN 9-781593-933425.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tobin Bell

• Tobin Bell at the Internet Movie Database
• Tobin Bell at Allmovie
• Saw III: Jigsaw Cuts Loose Video interview with Tobin Bell on MTV.com (U.S. only)