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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1942
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
2.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Alex Leyba Movie II
2025
4.8
Father
The Bunker
2024
5.6
Cooper Mason
Altered Reality
2024
4.1
Mr. Wilson
The Curse of the Clown Motel
2023
0.0
Reawakening : The Making of Saw X
2023
7.2
John Kramer
Saw X
2023
4.3
Vincent
The Cello
2023
4.9
Von
ReBroken
2023
1.0
Smashmouth
Sleep No More
2022
5.4
Dr Avery
Wolf Mountain
2022
Credits
🎬
The Alex Leyba Movie II
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
The Bunker
as Father
2024
4.8
Altered Reality
as Cooper Mason
2024
5.6
The Curse of the Clown Motel
as Mr. Wilson
2023
4.1
Reawakening : The Making of Saw X
2023
0.0
Saw X
as John Kramer
2023
7.2
The Cello
as Vincent
2023
4.3
ReBroken
as Von
2023
4.9
Sleep No More
as Smashmouth
2022
1.0
Wolf Mountain
as Dr Avery
2022
5.4
Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman
as Lewis Fell
2021
5.1
Let Us In
as Mr. Munch
2021
5.3
A Father's Legacy
as Billy Ford
2021
7.1
The Call
as Edward Cranston
2020
5.5
Gates of Darkness
as Monsignor Canell
2019
5.8
Creepshow
as Chief Connors
2019
7.5
Ice Cream in the Cupboard
as Pop
2019
3.2
Devil Music
2019
3.5
The Way We Weren't
as Jerry
2019
5.0
Belzebuth
as Padre Vasilio Canetti
2019
7.2
12 Feet Deep
as McGradey
2018
6.0
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
6.5
I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw
as Self
2018
2.0
My Pretty Pony
as George Banning
2017
6.8
Jigsaw
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2017
6.2
The Sandman
as Valentine
2017
5.6
MacGyver
as Leland
2016
7.3
Rainbow Time
as Peter
2016
5.4
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
as Self
2015
7.0
Manson Family Vacation
as Blackbird
2015
5.6
Unbelief
as Frank
2015
5.0
Phantom Halo
as Smashmouth
2014
5.9
Finders Keepers
as Dr. Freeman
2014
4.8
The Flash
as Doctor Alchemy / Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014
7.8
The Flash
as Savitar (voice)
2014
7.8
The Flash
as Doctor Alchemy (voice) (uncredited)
2014
7.8
The Flash
as Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
2014
7.8
Skin Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
2014
6.5
Dark House
as Seth
2014
5.0
Saw 3D
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2010
6.0
Saw VI
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2009
6.3
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Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
as Self
2009
5.3
Saw V
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2008
6.2
Boogeyman 3
as Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice)
2008
5.2
Saw IV
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2007
6.2
Boogeyman 2
as Dr. Mitchell Allen
2007
5.5
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It
as The Stranger
2007
6.5
The Kill Point
2007
6.5
Decoys 2: Alien Seduction
as Professor Erwin Buckton
2007
5.2
Buried Alive
as Lester
2007
4.7
Making of Saw III
as Self
2007
0.0
07 Spaceys
2007
5.0
Saw III
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2006
6.4
Full Disclosure Report
as Jigsaw
2005
4.0
Saw II
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2005
6.6
Hacking Away at Saw
as Self
2005
6.0
Criminal Minds
as Malachi Lee
2005
8.3
Revelations
as Nathan Volk
2005
5.7
Saw
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
2004
7.4
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
as Moloch
2002
4.5
Power Play
as Clemens
2002
4.2
24
as Peter Kingsley
2001
7.8
Alias
as Karl Dreyer
2001
6.8
The Guardian
as Mr. Pierce
2001
6.9
Good Neighbor
as Geoffrey Martin
2001
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
as Zaragoza (voice)
2000
7.3
Harsh Realm
1999
6.4
The West Wing
as Colonel Whitcomb
1999
8.2
Once and Again
1999
6.6
The 4th Floor
as The Locksmith
1999
5.7
The Sopranos
as Major Zwingli
1999
8.6
Brown's Requiem
as Stan the Man
1998
4.4
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
as Lukasz Slava
1998
5.8
Charmed
as Orin
1998
8.2
Overnight Delivery
as John Dwayne Beezly
1998
5.5
One Hot Summer Night
as Vincent "Coupe" De Ville
1998
3.6
Stargate SG-1
as Omoc
1997
8.3
Cheyenne
as Marshall Toynbee
1996
4.1
The Pretender
as Mr. White
1996
7.3
Unabomber: The True Story
as Theodore Kaczynski
1996
6.0
The Babysitter's Seduction
as Frank O'Keefe
1996
5.6
Serial Killer
as William Lucian Morrano
1995
4.3
Murder One
1995
7.8
The Quick and the Dead
as Dog Kelly
1995
6.5
New Eden
as Ares
1994
3.9
Mortal Fear
as Dr. Alvin Hayes
1994
4.8
ER
as Hospital Administrator
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Luther Evans
1994
7.2
Dead Man's Revenge
as Bullock
1994
5.0
Deep Red
as Warren Rickman
1994
4.0
Malice
as Earl Leemus
1993
6.3
NYPD Blue
as Jerry
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Donald selness
1993
7.0
The X-Files
as Ashman / Darryl Weaver
1993
8.4
In the Line of Fire
as Mendoza
1993
7.0
The Firm
as The Nordic Man
1993
6.7
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Karl Storm
1993
6.9
Boiling Point
as Roth
1993
4.9
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992
3.8
Ruby
as Ferrie
1992
5.4
Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride
as Barman
1991
4.6
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
3.9
Broken Badges
1990
6.0
GoodFellas
as Parole Officer
1990
8.5
False Identity
as Marshall Errickson
1990
5.0
Loose Cannons
as Gerber
1990
5.0
Perfect Witness
as Dillon
1989
6.5
An Innocent Man
as Zeke
1989
6.1
Nasty Boys
as Finley
1989
5.5
Alien Nation
as Brian Knox / Dr. Death
1989
6.9
Seinfeld
as Ron
1989
8.3
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Stokes
1988
7.7
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
The Equalizer
as Deputy Secretary
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
as Weber / Cronin
1985
7.1
Svengali
as Waiter (uncredited)
1983
4.8
Tootsie
as Waiter (uncredited)
1982
7.2
Sophie's Choice
as Reporter
1982
7.3
The Verdict
as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
1982
7.4
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1981
5.9
Manhattan
as Man on Street (uncredited)
1979
7.7
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Game of Power
as Pete Delaney
N/A
0.0
Ghostkiller
as Special Agent Lee Tarkington / 1862 Herbert Tarkington
N/A
0.0
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Mouth to Mouth
N/A
0.0