Tobin Bell

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Tobin Bell (born Joseph Henry Tobin Jr.; August 7, 1942) is an American actor.

In the eight films of the Saw franchise, he is best known for his portrayal of John Kramer / Jigsaw.

He started his first major acting role in Mississippi Burning (1988) and went on to act in made-for-television films and guest stars in television shows through the 1990s. Bell, a life member of the Actors Studio, also voiced his Jigsaw character in two video games based on the film series Saw and its sequel Saw II: Flesh & Blood.

Bell's portrayal of Jigsaw has earned him five award nominations and two awards. Bell appeared in many films before his breakthrough with Saw, including The Verdict (1982), Tootsie (1989), False Identity (1990), Ruby (1992), Aristotic (1993), The Goodfellas (1993), Brown's Requiem (1993), and a voice actor in The Road to El Dorado (1990).

Early life

Bell was born in Queens, New York, and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Eileen Bell Tobin, the son of Eileen Williams, was an actor who worked at the Quincy Repertory Company. Joseph H. Tobin, a man of Irish descent, created and established the radio station WJDA in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1947, and ran for mayor of Gloversville, New York. Julia Gandon Bell, Bell's maternal grandmother, was born in Cork, Ireland. Bell has one sister and one brother. Bell studied liberal arts and journalism in college, with the intention of becoming a writer and entering the broadcasting industry. He also has an interest in environmental issues, as well as working for the New York Botanical Garden. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy's seminar at Boston University inspired him to begin acting.

Bell later joined the Actors Studio, where he worked with Lee Strasberg and Ellen Burstyn, and later joined Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse. He appeared in over 30 films, including Woody Allen (Manhattan) and Martin Scorsese's, as well as on Broadway. Bell said that other actors at the Actors Studio think doing stand-in and background work was "stupid or degrading," but he never felt that way.

Personal life

Bell has two sons. Elizabeth Bell's wife, Bell's, filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage in January 2018. He coaches a Little League Baseball team and flag football when not playing. Hiking and playing guitar are two of his other interests.

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Career

Bell had a brief uncredited scene in Tootsie, a Sydney Pollack film, in which he was playing a waiter at the Russian Tea Room. "You know, when you're talking about Tootsie, it's the tip of the iceberg," he said in Movieline, because those other twenty-nine films I did weren't even on IMDb. In the trial, he spent two weeks on The Verdict (1982) as a courtroom reporter. He recalled it as a "great opportunity" to watch Sidney Lumet and Paul Newman while also learning the art of acting. He has a journal of various questions and motivations for his character, beginning with the initial reading of the script to the final shot of a film. "I write all kinds of stream-of-consciousness stuff that help me."

Bell's first speaking appearance in the last few moments of Sophie's Choice, starring Meryl Steed. Bell said in the mid-1980s, "I was doing off-Broadway plays three nights a week, working on my craft." "You know, Tobin, you've been doing this for a while," a producer at the Actors Studio said. "I believe you should go to Hollywood and play bad guys." Bell moved to Los Angeles to appear in Alan Parker's "Mexico Burning (1988), as a "tough, street smart FBI agent." In another Pollack film, The Firm (1993), Bell starred an assassin called "The Nordic Man." In the same year, he appeared in In the Line of Fire, where he tries to trick an undercover Clint Eastwood into proving his loyalty by murdering his partner, played by Dylan McDermott. He went on to appear in "The Old Man" on the sitcom Seinfeld episode, portraying a record store owner. He appeared in two episodes of NYPD Blue as various characters.

Bell played a hospital administrator in the second episode of ER's first season and then on to appear in another medical drama Chicago Hope, playing a terminally ill prisoner on death row. In the made-for-television film Unabomber: The True Story, he portrayed the "Unabomber" in the same year. In 1997, a Bell guest appeared in an episode of La Femme Nikita and Nash Bridges. He appeared in an episode of Stargate SG-1 and a two-part episode of Walker, Texas Ranger, in the following year. During the second season of 24, Peter Kingsley appeared as the villain Peter Kingsley.

In the horror film Saw, Bell was cast as John Kramer / Jigsaw, an engineer-turned-serial killer who needs to teach others the value of life by twisted "games." Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw III (2006), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2008), Saw VII (2009), Spiral (2021), and Spiral (1921). In the Saw video game (2009) and its sequel, Saw II: Flesh & Blood (2010), he played the Jigsaw character, in which he also provided his likeness. Even though Bell spent three weeks on a floor and had few lines, his role was pivotal in the first film. Bell, a comedian from "Best Villain" in 2006 and 2007, received MTV Movie Awards nominations in 2006 and 2007 for his role as "Jigsaw," was named "Best Butcher" in the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and was named "Best Villain in a Film Series" at the 2010 Chiller-Eyegore Awards. Although he regards his service in Saw to be a "wonor," he hopes to have the opportunity to be cast against type soon. Bell was confirmed to reprise his Jigsaw appearance in Saw X in October 2022, just in time for a new release date on October 27, 2023.

Bell, the long-lost father of John Black, appeared on the soap opera Days of Our Lives in 2016. In an uncredited role, he appeared on Doctor Alchemy and the nefarious speed god and main antagonist Savitar on the third season of The Flash.

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