Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell American actor
Biography by Tracie Cooper
Though he can be spotted in a variety of made-for-TV movies, sitcoms, and prime-time dramas (Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, and The Sopranos are among his many television credits), New York native Tobin Bell is known best for his role as Jigsaw, a serial killer with a penchant for torturing his victims -- physically and psychologically -- in the gruesome Saw film series. The performance was good enough to secure a nomination for "Best Villain" two years in a row at the MTV Movie Awards, and won Bell the coveted "Best Butcher" award at the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. In addition to his roles as fictional villains, the actor played the real-life bad guy, Unabomber John Kaczynski, in the made-for-TV movie Unabomber: The True Story (1996).
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| Full name at birth | Joseph Tobin
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| Claim to fame | Saw
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| Date of birth | 7 August 1942
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| Place of birth | Queens, New York, New York USA
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| Height | 6' 1½" (187 cm)
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| Net worth | $16,000,000 USD
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- He had a small role in Goodfellas (1990), with Joe Pesci. Pesci later played David Ferrie in JFK (1991), the same role Bell played in Ruby (1992).
- Often plays a villainous character.
- His favorite Saw traps are the Jaw Splitter from the first film and the Syringe Pit from the second.
- Has never been, and to this day is not, a fan of horror films, despite playing his menacing character Jigsaw in the "Saw" trilogy.
- Donated two vials of his own blood to be mixed with red ink for 1000 posters to help promote Saw III (2006). All proceeds went to the American Red Cross.
Tobin Bell is known for his role in the film Jigsaw (2017) as Jigsaw / John Kramer.
He is also known for his role in the film The Call (2020) as Edward Cranston.
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