Tobin Bell

Born: 1942-08-07

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.


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Saw X

as John Kramer
Released: 2023-09-27

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for...

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as Parole Officer
Released: 1990-09-12

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by...

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Manhattan

as Man on Street (uncredited)
Released: 1979-04-25

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is...

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Jigsaw

as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2017-10-25

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a...

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Malice

as Earl Leemus
Released: 1993-09-29

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants,...

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as The Nordic Man
Released: 1993-06-30

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is...

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Tootsie

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1982-12-17

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy...

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as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2004-10-01

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to...

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The Road to El Dorado

as Zaragoza (voice)
Released: 2000-03-31

After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold,"...

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Saw 3D

as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2010-10-22

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to...

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as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2005-10-28

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a...

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as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2006-10-26

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the...

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Don't See
as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2007-10-25

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg...

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Saw VI

as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2009-10-22

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to...

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Saw V

as John Kramer / Jigsaw
Released: 2008-10-23

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent...

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Sophie's Choice

as Reporter
Released: 1982-12-08

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he...

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In the Line of Fire

as Mendoza
Released: 1993-07-08

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President...

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The Quick and the Dead

as Dog Kelly
Released: 1995-02-09

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over...

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12 Feet Deep

as McGradey
Released: 2017-06-20

Two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must...

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Boogeyman 2

as Dr. Mitchell Allen
Released: 2007-10-20

A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental...

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The Verdict

as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
Released: 1982-12-08

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a...

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Mississippi Burning

as Agent Stokes
Released: 1988-12-08

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach...

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The Babysitter's Seduction

as Frank O'Keefe
Released: 1996-01-22

The mother of the family for which Michelle baby-sits dies unexpectedly. Michelle is asked to...

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Let Us In

as Mr. Munch
Released: 2021-07-02

A 12 year old girl is determined to uncover who or what is behind the rash of disappearances...

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Boiling Point

as Roth
Released: 1993-04-16

Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young...

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Boogeyman 3

as Dr. Mitchell Allen (voice)
Released: 2008-10-17

When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a...

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The Way We Weren't

as Jerry
Released: 2019-02-12

Charlotte and Brandon meet online just after their previous relationships have imploded; in an...

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Decoys 2: Alien Seduction

as Professor Erwin Buckton
Released: 2007-03-06

Sam, a college student in a small Northwestern town, reluctantly joins his roommates in a...

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Finders Keepers

as Dr. Freeman
Released: 2014-10-18

A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn't play with undead things.

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Belzebuth

as Padre Vasilio Canetti
Released: 2019-01-11

While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico...

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Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman

as Lewis Fell
Released: 2021-09-20

Based on Aileen Wuornos’s early life, this is the true story of America’s most notorious female...

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An Innocent Man

as Zeke
Released: 1989-10-06

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an...

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Phantom Halo

as Smashmouth
Released: 2014-10-24

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they...

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Black Mask 2: City of Masks

as Moloch
Released: 2002-12-24

The Black Mask must stop a group intent on setting off a DNA bomb that could cause mutations to...

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1981-09-11

Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to...

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The Sandman

as Valentine
Released: 2017-10-14

A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.

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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

as The Stranger
Released: 2007-09-04

Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself,...

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The Call

as Edward Cranston
Released: 2020-10-23

In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a...

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Brown's Requiem

as Stan the Man
Released: 1998-11-01

Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a...

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Loose Cannons

as Gerber
Released: 1990-02-09

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known...

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Dark House

as Seth
Released: 2014-03-14

A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of...

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Overnight Delivery

as John Dwayne Beezly
Released: 1998-04-07

A man suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful, so he sends her a letter, but then finds out...

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Ruby

as Ferrie
Released: 1992-03-27

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how...

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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

as Lukasz Slava
Released: 1998-10-10

A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and...

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Saw XI

as John Kramer
Released: 2025-09-25

Eleventh installment in the 'Saw' franchise. Plot TBA.

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The 4th Floor

as The Locksmith
Released: 1999-07-31

A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.

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Rainbow Time

as Peter
Released: 2016-03-14

Todd grew up under the strange shadow of his older mentally challenged brother Shonzi. As kids,...

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Clown Motel

as Mr. Wilson
Released: 2023-12-07

When Alma returns home to help her family get their Native American heritage recognized, all she...

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Dead Man's Revenge

as Bullock
Released: 1994-04-15

Bitter and vengeful fugitive Luck Hatcher, dignified former slave turned bounty hunter Jessup...

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Buried Alive

as Lester
Released: 2007-02-07

A college prank at an abandoned house accidentally awakens a frightening spirit.

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Manson Family Vacation

as Blackbird
Released: 2015-10-06

The story of two brothers: one who’s devoted to his family, the other who’s obsessed with the...

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Deep Red

as Warren Rickman
Released: 1994-03-12

After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the...

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Gates of Darkness

as Monsignor Canell
Released: 2019-10-01

A teen endures a terrifying exorcism in the hopes of unlocking shocking secrets about the church...

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Wolf Mountain

as Dr Avery
Released: 2022-09-20

Aj and his brother revisit the spot where their parents were killed. But legend has it there is...

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Perfect Witness

as Dillon
Released: 1989-10-28

An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob...

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Unabomber: The True Story

as Theodore Kaczynski
Released: 1996-09-11

The real story behind the hunt for Theodore J. Kaczynski, later known as the Unabomber, a...

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07 Spaceys

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-01

Canada's only sci-fi and fantasy television awards show. SPACE's annual celebration of genre...

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Power Play

as Clemens
Released: 2002-02-01

An investigative reporter links the deaths of three people to a high profile corporation, while...

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Game of Power

as Pete Delaney
Released: 2025-02-02

Newspaper journalist Louis Ranaldi finds himself questioning the circumstances involving the...

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ReBroken

as Von
Released: 2023-03-07

After a father is given recordings from a mysterious stranger, he starts to receive...

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False Identity

as Marshall Errickson
Released: 1990-06-08

When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find...

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Ice Cream in the Cupboard

as Pop
Released: 2019-08-14

After being physically attacked by his loving wife Carmen, a series of unsettling incidents lead...

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Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

as uncredited
Released: 1992-05-18

Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing...

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Ghostkiller

as Special Agent Lee Tarkington / 1862 Herbert Tarkington
Released:

Accused murderer Kyle Ghostkiller, heir to a mystical medicine bundle, escapes the FBI and time...

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Serial Killer

as William Lucian Morrano
Released: 1995-10-05

As a member of FBI Psychological Profile Unit, Selby Younger tracks Morrano, vicious and...

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Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

as Self
Released: 2015-10-14

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who...

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Cheyenne

as Marshall Toynbee
Released: 1996-10-15

After she's caught sleeping with the ranch hand, Cheyenne (Bobbie Phillips) shoots her...

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A Father's Legacy

as Billy Ford
Released: 2021-06-17

On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin...

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Svengali

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1983-03-09

An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she...

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Altered Reality

as Cooper Mason
Released: 2024-02-16

Oliver's life transforms with an alien-marked miracle drug, riches, family woes, and a vanished...

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New Eden

as Ares
Released: 1994-11-28

Prisoners are dumped on a sand planet dubbed Earth 21-523 where most are immediately killed by...

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Full Disclosure Report

as Jigsaw
Released: 2005-10-31

A faux documentary set in the world of 'Saw' that sees reporters investigate the mysterious case...

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Sleep No More

as Smashmouth
Released: 2022-11-11

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they...

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One Hot Summer Night

as Vincent "Coupe" De Ville
Released: 1998-03-12

When a wealthy businessman is murdered by a hired assassin, suspicion falls on the victim's...

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Good Neighbor

as Geoffrey Martin
Released: 2001-01-01

A young woman suspects the new neighbor is a serial killer.

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I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw

as Self
Released: 2018-01-23

This feature-length documentary on the eighth installment of the Saw franchise delves into some...

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My Pretty Pony

as George Banning
Released: 2017-12-31

The story follows an elderly man on his deathbed who gives his young grandson a pocket watch and...

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The Cello

as Vincent
Released: 2023-09-14

An aspiring cellist learns the cost of his brand-new cello is a lot more insidious than he first...

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Devil Music

as uncredited
Released: 2019-07-30

"61: Highway to Hell" tells the story of Richter Scale, a talentless LA based rock band...

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Unbelief

as Frank
Released: 2015-04-11

Two men meet in a park. It's Christmas Eve. Kane is an assassin, on his way to do a job that...

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Hacking Away at Saw

as Self
Released: 2005-10-18

Cary Elwes (Dr Gordon), writer/actor Leigh Whannell, director James Wan, Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) and...

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Stargate SG-1

as Omoc
First aired: 1997-07-27

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the...

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The West Wing

as Colonel Whitcomb
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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The X-Files

as Ashman / Darryl Weaver
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Charmed

as Orin
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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The Flash

as Doctor Alchemy (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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The Flash

as Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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The Flash

as Doctor Alchemy / Savitar (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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The Flash

as Savitar (voice)
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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24

as Peter Kingsley
First aired: 2001-11-06

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each...

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NYPD Blue

as Jerry
First aired: 1993-09-21

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the...

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NYPD Blue

as Donald selness
First aired: 1993-09-21

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Karl Storm
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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The Pretender

as Mr. White
First aired: 1996-09-19

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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MacGyver

as Leland
First aired: 2016-09-23

20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for...

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Criminal Minds

as Malachi Lee
First aired: 2005-09-22

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...

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Once and Again

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-21

The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.

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Seinfeld

as Ron
First aired: 1989-07-05

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in...

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Eli Roth's History of Horror

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-10-14

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

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The Sopranos

as Major Zwingli
First aired: 1999-01-10

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Equalizer

as Deputy Secretary
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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The Equalizer

as Weber / Cronin
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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ER

as Hospital Administrator
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Creepshow

as Chief Connors
First aired: 2019-09-26

A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.

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Alien Nation

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-18

Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...

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Murder One

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-20

Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law...

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The Kill Point

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-07-22

A small group of military veterans sets out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go...

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Harsh Realm

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-10-08

Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality...

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Nasty Boys

as Finley
First aired: 1989-09-21

The Nasty Boys is a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of...

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The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-03-31

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC...

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Alias

as Karl Dreyer
First aired: 2001-09-30

Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government,...

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Broken Badges

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-11-24

Broken Badges is an American-Canadian police drama

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Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride

as Barman
First aired: 1991-05-20

A girl's father is accidentally murdered during a botched mob hit. The don feels guilty and...

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