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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• Skin Wars — Self - Guest Judge
• 2009Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil — Self
• 2007Making of Saw III — Self
• 2005Hacking Away at 'Saw' — Self