
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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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Alex Leyba Movie II as Self (archive footage)
2024The Bunker as Father
2024Altered Reality as Cooper Mason
2023The Curse of the Clown Motel as Mr. Wilson
2023Saw X as John Kramer
2023The Cello as Vincent
2023ReBroken as Von
2022Sleep No More as Smashmouth
2022Wolf Mountain as Dr Avery
2021Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman as Lewis Fell
2021Let Us In as Mr. Munch
2021A Father's Legacy as Billy Ford
2020The Call as Edward Cranston
2019Gates of Darkness as Monsignor Canell
2019Creepshow as Chief Connors
2019Ice Cream in the Cupboard as Pop
2019Devil Music
2019The Way We Weren't as Jerry
2019Belzebuth as Padre Vasilio Canetti
201812 Feet Deep as McGradey
2018Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw as Self
2017My Pretty Pony as George Banning
2017Jigsaw as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2017The Sandman as Valentine
2016MacGyver as Leland
2016Rainbow Time as Peter
2015Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
2015Manson Family Vacation as Blackbird
2015Unbelief as Frank
2014Phantom Halo as Smashmouth
2014Finders Keepers as Dr. Freeman
2014The Flash as Doctor Alchemy / Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014The Flash as Savitar (voice)
2014The Flash as Doctor Alchemy (voice) (uncredited)
2014The Flash as Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014Skin Wars as Self - Guest Judge
2014Dark House as Seth
2010Saw 3D as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2009Saw VI as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2009Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
2008Saw V as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2008Boogeyman 3 as Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice)
2007Saw IV as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2007Boogeyman 2 as Dr. Mitchell Allen
2007The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It as The Stranger
2007The Kill Point
2007Decoys 2: Alien Seduction as Professor Erwin Buckton
2007Buried Alive as Lester
2007Making of Saw III as Self
200707 Spaceys
2006Saw III as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2005Full Disclosure Report as Jigsaw
2005Saw II as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2005Hacking Away at Saw as Self
2005Criminal Minds as Malachi Lee
2005Revelations as Nathan Volk
2004Saw as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2002Black Mask 2: City of Masks as Moloch
2002Power Play as Clemens
200124 as Peter Kingsley
2001Alias as Karl Dreyer
2001The Guardian as Mr. Pierce
2001Good Neighbor as Geoffrey Martin
2000The Road to El Dorado as Zaragoza (voice)
1999Harsh Realm
1999The West Wing as Colonel Whitcomb
1999Once and Again
1999The 4th Floor as The Locksmith
1999The Sopranos as Major Zwingli
1998Brown's Requiem as Stan the Man
1998Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as Lukasz Slava
1998Charmed as Orin
1998Overnight Delivery as John Dwayne Beezly
1998One Hot Summer Night as Vincent "Coupe" De Ville
1997Stargate SG-1 as Omoc
1996Cheyenne as Marshall Toynbee
1996The Pretender as Mr. White
1996Unabomber: The True Story as Theodore Kaczynski
1996The Babysitter's Seduction as Frank O'Keefe
1995Serial Killer as William Lucian Morrano
1995Murder One
1995The Quick and the Dead as Dog Kelly
1994New Eden as Ares
1994Mortal Fear as Dr. Alvin Hayes
1994ER as Hospital Administrator
1994Chicago Hope as Luther Evans
1994Dead Man's Revenge as Bullock
1994Deep Red as Warren Rickman
1993Malice as Earl Leemus
1993NYPD Blue as Jerry
1993NYPD Blue as Donald selness
1993The X-Files as Ashman / Darryl Weaver
1993In the Line of Fire as Mendoza
1993The Firm as The Nordic Man
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Karl Storm
1993Boiling Point as Roth
1992Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992Ruby as Ferrie
1991Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride as Barman
1991The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1990Broken Badges
1990GoodFellas as Parole Officer
1990False Identity as Marshall Errickson
1990Loose Cannons as Gerber
1989Perfect Witness as Dillon
1989An Innocent Man as Zeke
1989Nasty Boys as Finley
1989Alien Nation
1989Seinfeld as Ron
1988Mississippi Burning as Agent Stokes
1987Jake and the Fatman
1985The Equalizer as Deputy Secretary
1985The Equalizer as Weber / Cronin
1983Svengali as Waiter (uncredited)
1982Tootsie as Waiter (uncredited)
1982Sophie's Choice as Reporter
1982The Verdict as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
1981Tales of Ordinary Madness as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1979Manhattan as Man on Street (uncredited)
—Game of Power as Pete Delaney
—Ghostkiller as Special Agent Lee Tarkington / 1862 Herbert Tarkington
—Mouth to Mouth






