Tobin Bell
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| Tobin Bell | |
| Birthplace | Queens, New York |
| Date of birth | August 7, 1942 |
| Role on 24 | Peter Kingsley |
Tobin Bell played the role of Peter Kingsley during Season 2 of 24.
[edit] Biography
He is an American film and television actor who was born in Queens and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He made his film debut with a small role on the Dustin Hoffman film Tootsie. He continued with small roles on films like Mississipi Burning and Innocent Man. In the 90s, his career kickstarted and he appeared in films like False Identity (with Todd Jeffries), Goodfellas, Love, Lies and Murder (with Nestor Serrano), Ruby (with Jeffrey Nordling), Boiling Point (with Dennis Hopper), The Firm (with Dean Norris), In The Line of Fire (with Ryan Cutrona), Malice, Dead Man's Revenge (with Ping Wu), The Quick and the Dead, and The Road to El Dorado.
Bell often plays the role of a villain and serial killer; he was cast 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 with a God complex in the 2004 film Saw, and its four sequels. The first film also featured Ned Bellamy, and the fifth installment featured Carlo Rota and Mark Rolston. Bell is attached to two more sequels in the film series.
Aside from appearing in made-for-TV movies, Bell has guest starred in popular series such as "Alias".
[edit] Selected filmography
- Saw V (2008)
- Saw IV (2007)
- Saw III (2006)
- Saw II (2005)
- Power Play (2004)
- Saw (2004)
- Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)
- The Sopranos - "Army of One" (2001)
- X-Files - "Brand X" (2000)
- Best of the Best: Without Warning (1998)
- Brown's Requiem (1998)
- Stargate SG-1 - "Enigma" (1998)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995)
- Serial Killer (1995)
- Malice (1993)
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
