Tobin Bell

Tobin Bell
Date of Birth: 07 Aug 1942
Country: USA
Biography: Tobin Bell (born Joseph H. Tobin, Jr.) is 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...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 47 (Actor)
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The Road to El Dorado
The story is about two swindlers who get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado while pulling off some sort of scam. Their plan goes bad and the rogues end up lost at sea after a number of misfortunes. Oddly enough, they end up on the shores of El Dorado and are worshiped by the natives for their foreign appearance. (imdb)
Saw
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrific games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his/her life, or else die trying. (Lions Gate Films)
Saw II
When detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) is called to a crime scene of a victim of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), he finds a lead to the place where he is hidden. Once there, he realizes that Jigsaw trapped his son Daniel Matthews (Erik Knudsen) with three women and four men in a shelter, and they are inhaling a lethal nerve gas. If they do not use an antidote within two hours, they will die. Eric follows with increasing desperation the death of each member of the group in monitors, while trying to convince Jigsaw to release his son. (imdb)
The Quick and the Dead
Lady avenger returns to western town owned by a ruthless gunslinger hosting an elimination tournament. (imdb)
Malice
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor. (imdb)
In the Line of Fire
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
The 4th Floor
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor. (imdb)
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
The Black Mask must stop a group intent on setting off a DNA bomb that could cause mutations to the human race. (imdb)
Saw III
With his new apprentice Amanda (Smith), Jigsaw, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police, has once again eluded capture and vanished. While two city detectives scramble to locate him, they are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard. (Lionsgate)
Saw IV
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive at the depleted police precinct to help veteran Detective Hoffman sift through Jigsaw's latest grizzly game of victims, as well as piece together the puzzle. But then SWAT Commander Rigg, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw, is suddenly abducted... (Lionsgate)
Boiling Point
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. (imdb)
Decoys: The Second Seduction
Sam, a college student in a small Northwestern town, reluctantly joins his roommates in a contest to see who can hook up with the most gorgeous co-eds by the end of the semester. But when men slowly start disappearing around town, he and his friends learn that when it comes to beautiful women, it's what's inside that really matters. (imdb)
Saw V
Hoffman goes on the hunt in order to protect the secret that he is the newest person to carry on Jigsaw's legacy.
Buried Alive
Buried Alive (2007) - TV Movie
A college prank at an abandoned house accidentally awakens a frightening spirit. (imdb)
Boogeyman 2
The script centers on a young woman with a long-term phobia of the bogeyman, who voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fears. However, much to her horror, she discovers that some things are terrifying on purpose, and confronting her demons was not the best course of action. (imdb)
Deep Red
Deep Red (1994) - TV Movie
After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the astonishing results attract the attention of the illustrious scientist Dr. Newmeyer. Disillusioned security expert Joe Keyes must team up with his estranged wife to protect the girl and her mother from the obsessed scientist who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. (imdb)
Unabomber: The True Story
This real-life drama follows a determined postal inspector as he doggedly tracks down the notorious unabomber who terrorized the mail system during the mid-1990s. It also centers on the accused terrorist's brother, who played a key role in the investigation. (AllMovie)
Saw VI
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. (imdb)
The Babysitter\
The mother of the family for which Michelle baby-sits dies unexpectedly. Michelle is asked to take over looking after the children and is gradually "seduced" by the father. When suspicions arise that the mother had been murdered (and had been having an affair), Michelle unknowingly becomes enveloped in a web of lies until she herself is suspected. (imdb)
Dead Man\
An evil rail baron kills the family of a homesteader and frames him.
Saw: The Final Chapter
Insane, intense cruelty is the calling card of the Jigsaw killer (Tobin Bell), whose twisted spirit and terrifying human traps -- recalled in flashbacks following his death in Saw III -- inspire another installment of the hugely successful gore franchise. Led by fellow survivor Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery), Jigsaw's past victims band together to support each other. Cary Elwes reprises his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon.
One Hot Summer Night
When a wealthy businessman is murdered by a hired assassin, suspicion falls on the victim's abused wife and her lover. (imdb)
New Eden
New Eden (1994) - TV Movie
Prisoners are dumped on a sand planet dubbed Earth 21-523 where most are immediately killed by the sand people and the remainder struggle for existence. That is until a new prisoner arrives with ideas of providing irrigation of the desert. But he still must first fight the nomadic sand people. (imdb)
A Family Matter
Originally titled Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride, this 2-part TV movie stars supermodel Carol Alt as Nancy, the ward of Mafia don Frank Latella (Eli Wallach). Part One gets off to an explosive start when Nancy witnesses her father's murder. Raised by Latella, our heroine lives for the day that she can avenge her dad's death. Little does she know that her own fiancé (Eric Roberts) was the man who pulled the trigger. (allrovi.com)
Best of the Best: Without Warning
A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. (imdb)
False Identity
When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost brother of the town's leading citizen. (imdb)
Finders Keepers
A divorced mother is thrown into turmoil when her young daughter becomes obsessed with an evil doll left behind by the previous occupants of their new home. (imdb)
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI. (imdb)
Revelations
Revelations (2005) - TV Mini-Series
Harvard professor Dr. Richard Massey is an astrophysicist who's certain that all worldly events can be explained by science. He is challenged by Sister Josepha Montafiore, a devout nun who leads him on a quest through a world of true believers, heretics and Satanists. Drawn together by personal tragedy, they are swept into a deepening mystery when they discover evidence that the world, as predicted by The Book of Revelations, has reached The End of Days. (amazon.comela)
Phantom Halo
Brothers Samuel and Beckett Emerson are barely scraping by. Their father, Warren, continues to gamble and drink away any money they bring home. With all the havoc that is constantly going on in their lives, the family members each find solace in his own way, through Shakespeare, comic books and impossible love affairs. Beckett seizes the opportunity to make some easy money by counterfeiting in hopes of repaying his father's debts. (imdb)
Manson Family Vacation
Two brothers tour Charles Manson murder sites. One is a devoted family man. One is devoted to The Family. (imdb)
Rainbow Time
A developmentally delayed 40 year old man named Shonzi is sent to live with his brother Todd. But when Shonzi develops a crush on Todd's new girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal Todd's past ... (imdb)
Serial Killer
Serial Killer (1995) - Direct-to-Video
As a member of FBI Psychological Profile Unit, Selby Younger tracks Morrano, vicious and intelligent serial killer. Before getting caught, Morrano attacks her leaving serious psychological wounds. Two years later, Morrano escapes and Selby, now working on a desk job, must face her personal traumas again. (imdb)
Jigsaw
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer. (imdb)
The Deep End
Inspired by true events, two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night. (imdb)
The Sandman
A little girl with formidable powers imagines into existence the Sandman, a terrible monster from her nightmares that brings harm to anyone who wants to hurt her. (imdb)
Belzebuth
After losing his family in an extremely tragic way, Detective Ritter must investigate a massacre at a school perpetrated by a student. What seemed like a pretty clear case becomes much more dense when a priest of the Vatican appears with another point of view. (imdb)
The Call
In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident brings them to the couple's door.
Creepshow
The Way We Weren\
Two people meet just after their previous relationships have imploded, so in an effort to make themselves more appealing, they exaggerate, fib and outright lie, and after they move in together all the deception unravels. (imdb)
A Father\
On the run and bleeding, a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been looking for each other... but they may have been brought together for a reason.
Let Us In
A 12-year-old girl is ostracized in her small town for something she never did. When there's a rash of missing teenagers, she, along with her 9-year-old best friend, step in to figure out what's going on. Based on the urban legend "Black Eyed Children."
Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman
Based on Aileen Wuornos's early life, America's most notorious female serial killer. In 1976, a young Aileen arrives in Florida searching for a new life that will help her escape her tragic past, marries a wealthy Yacht Club president, and has the chance to start again as part of Florida's high society. But, tormented by inner demons, she surrenders to her murderous impulses and wreaks havoc in the peaceful seaside community of Deland, Florida.
The Sopranos
The Sopranos (1999) - TV Series
Perfect Witness
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target. (imdb)
Saw X
Set between the events of Saw I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer. (imdb)