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Gender:
Male
Date of Birth:
08-07-1942
Age:
81
Place of birth:
United States (US)

Family Members

Mother:
Eileen Julia Bell Tobin
Father:
Joseph H. Tobin
Spouse(s):
Elizabeth Warren (Divorced)
Children:
Cooper Bell, Justin Bell
Awards:
Event:
Fangoria Chainsaw awards
Award Title:
Horror Hall of Fame
Year:
2010
Event:
Fangoria Chainsaw awards
Award Title:
Best Villan
Year:
2006
Event:
Eyegore Awards
Award Title:
Best Villian in a film series
Year:
2009
Event:
CineRockom International Film Festival
Award Title:
Best Actor in a short film
Year:
2015

Tobin Bell

Biography

Tobin Bell born Joseph Henry Tobin Jr is an American actor. 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 franchise.


He started his acting career in the late 1970s and early 1980s doing stand-ins and background work on feature films. He had his first feature film role in Mississippi Burning (1988). Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bell appeared in supporting roles in a number of films and television shows, including The Firm (1993), Unabomber: The True Story (1996), Walker, Texas Ranger (1998), The Sopranos (2001) and 24 (2003).


His breakout role came in 2004 when he was cast as the serial killer Jigsaw in Saw (2004). The film was a box office success and Bell went on to portray the character in eight out of the nine sequels: Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010), Jigsaw (2017) and Saw X (2023). The series has become one of the highest-grossing horror franchises of all time and earned Bell recognition as a horror icon.

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