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Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-07 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joseph H. Tobin, Jr.
Тобин Белл
토빈 벨
托宾·贝尔

Tobin Bell

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) 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.

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Acting

—		Mouth to Mouth
—		Game of Power as Pete Delaney
—		Ghostkiller as Special Agent Lee Tarkington / 1862 Herbert Tarkington
—		Saw XI as John Kramer

2024		The Bunker as Father
2024		Altered Reality as Cooper Mason

2023		Clown Motel as Mr. Wilson
2023		Saw X as John Kramer
2023		The Cello as Vincent
2023		ReBroken as Von

2022		Sleep No More as Smashmouth
2022		Wolf Mountain as Dr Avery

2021		Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman as Lewis Fell
2021		Let Us In as Mr. Munch
2021		A Father's Legacy as Billy Ford

2020

The Call as Edward Cranston

2019		Gates of Darkness as Monsignor Canell
2019		Creepshow as Chief Connors
2019		Ice Cream in the Cupboard as Pop
2019		Devil Music
2019		The Way We Weren't as Jerry
2019		Belzebuth as Padre Vasilio Canetti

2018		12 Feet Deep as McGradey
2018		Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018		I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw as Self

2017		My Pretty Pony as George Banning
2017		Jigsaw as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2017		The Sandman as Valentine

2016		MacGyver as Leland
2016		Rainbow Time as Peter

2015		Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
2015		Manson Family Vacation as Blackbird
2015		Unbelief as Frank

2014		Phantom Halo as Smashmouth
2014		Finders Keepers as Dr. Freeman
2014		The Flash as Doctor Alchemy / Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014		The Flash as Savitar (voice)
2014		The Flash as Doctor Alchemy (voice) (uncredited)
2014		The Flash as Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014		Skin Wars as Self - Guest Judge
2014		Dark House as Seth

2010

Saw 3D as John Kramer / Jigsaw

2009		Saw VI as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2009		Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self

2008		Saw V as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2008		Boogeyman 3 as Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice)

2007		Saw IV as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2007		Boogeyman 2 as Dr. Mitchell Allen
2007		The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It as The Stranger
2007		The Kill Point
2007		Decoys 2: Alien Seduction as Professor Erwin Buckton
2007		Buried Alive as Lester
2007		Making of Saw III
2007		07 Spaceys

2006

Saw III as John Kramer / Jigsaw

2005		Full Disclosure Report as Jigsaw
2005		Saw II as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2005		Hacking Away at Saw as Self
2005		Criminal Minds as Malachi Lee
2005		Revelations as Nathan Volk

2004

Saw as John Kramer / Jigsaw

2002		Black Mask 2: City of Masks as Moloch
2002		Power Play as Clemens

2001		24 as Peter Kingsley
2001		Alias as Karl Dreyer
2001		Good Neighbor as Geoffrey Martin

2000

The Road to El Dorado as Zaragoza (voice)

1999		Harsh Realm
1999		The West Wing as Colonel Whitcomb
1999		Once and Again
1999		The 4th Floor as The Locksmith
1999		The Sopranos as Major Zwingli

1998		Brown's Requiem as Stan the Man
1998		Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as Lukasz Slava
1998		Charmed as Orin
1998		Overnight Delivery as John Dwayne Beezly
1998		One Hot Summer Night as Vincent "Coupe" De Ville

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Omoc

1996		Cheyenne as Marshall Toynbee
1996		The Pretender as Mr. White
1996		Unabomber: The True Story as Theodore Kaczynski
1996		The Babysitter's Seduction as Frank O'Keefe

1995		Serial Killer as William Lucian Morrano
1995		Murder One
1995		The Quick and the Dead as Dog Kelly

1994		New Eden as Ares
1994		Mortal Fear as Dr. Alvin Hayes
1994		ER as Hospital Administrator
1994		Chicago Hope
1994		Dead Man's Revenge as Bullock
1994		Deep Red as Warren Rickman

1993		Malice as Earl Leemus
1993		NYPD Blue as Jerry
1993		NYPD Blue as Donald selness
1993		The X-Files as Ashman / Darryl Weaver
1993		In the Line of Fire as Mendoza
1993		The Firm as The Nordic Man
1993		Walker, Texas Ranger as Karl Storm
1993		Boiling Point as Roth

1992		Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992		Ruby as Ferrie

1991		Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride as Barman
1991		The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

1990		Broken Badges
1990		GoodFellas as Parole Officer
1990		False Identity as Marshall Errickson
1990		Loose Cannons as Gerber

1989		Perfect Witness as Dillon
1989		An Innocent Man as Zeke
1989		Nasty Boys as Finley
1989		Alien Nation
1989		Seinfeld as Ron

1988

Mississippi Burning as Agent Stokes

1987

Jake and the Fatman

1985		The Equalizer as Deputy Secretary
1985		The Equalizer as Weber / Cronin

1983

Svengali as Waiter (uncredited)

1982		Tootsie as Waiter (uncredited)
1982		Sophie's Choice as Reporter
1982		The Verdict as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness as Bar Patron (uncredited)

1979

Manhattan as Man on Street (uncredited)

Crew

2015

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Thanks

Production

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Ghostkiller as Producer

2024

Altered Reality as Co-Producer

2019

The Way We Weren't as Producer

2017

My Pretty Pony as Executive Producer