Mark Rolston (born December 7, 1956) is an American actor, known for his various roles in numerous, well-known films such as Aliens, Lethal Weapon 2, The Shawshank Redemption, The Departed and the Saw franchise.
He played Special Agent Dan Erickson in Saw V and Saw VI.
Career
Mark Rolston was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Evelyn Beverly and Thomas George Rolston, who was a computer programmer. Throughout his career, he played PFC M. Drake in Aliens, Hans in Lethal Weapon 2, Stef in RoboCop 2, Bogs Diamond in The Shawshank Redemption, J. Scar in Eraser, Chief Dennis Wilson in Daylight, Wayne Bryce in Hard Rain and Special Agent Warren Russ in Rush Hour.
Rolston acted in Martin Scorsese's The Departed in 2006 and the television horror film Backwoods. Many of Rolston's screen roles are villains due to his trademark icy stare. He also co-starred in 2008's Saw V and 2009's Saw VI. In 1994, he portrayed convicted killer Karl Mueller in the Babylon 5 episode The Quality of Mercy, as well as Richard Odin, leader of a vegetarian cult in an episode of The X-Files titled Red Museum. He was also originally considered to voice the supervillain Firefly in Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. However, the character was deemed unsuitable for the series and ultimately dropped.
Rolston would later voice Firefly in the revamp, The New Batman Adventures, as well as Justice League. In 2004, Rolston guest-starred in two episodes of the critically acclaimed TV series 24. He also appeared in a minor role in The CW series Supernatural in the fourth season as the demon Alastair.
He had a voice-acting role in the video games Blade Runner in 1997, Turok in 2008 and Halo 4 in 2012. He also appeared in Criminal Minds in the episode Blood Hungry as Sheriff Don Hall, who asks for the BAU's help in finding out who's behind a series of violent murders. He voiced Deathstroke in Batman: Arkham Origins, where he replaced Ron Perlman, who was absent at the time.
Later, he landed a recurring role as Lex Luthor in the animated series Young Justice. His Shawshank Redemption co-star Clancy Brown also played Luthor for various animated TV shows over the course of his career.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Lost Secret | George |
| Aliens | Private Drake | |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Russian Decoder |
| Weeds | Dave | |
| 1988 | Martini Ranch: Reach | |
| Steal the Sky | Colonel Bukharine | |
| Survival Quest | Jake | |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Vic Hatton |
| A Sinful Life | Teresa | |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Hans | |
| The Lady Forgets | ||
| Prancer | Herb Drier | |
| 1990 | Impulse | Man in Bar |
| RoboCop 2 | Stef | |
| Heat Wave | Officer Zekanis | |
| Hammer, Slammer, & Slade | ||
| 1992 | The Comrades of Summer | Voronov |
| Angel Street | ||
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Detective Reese |
| Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | O'Keefe | |
| The Conviction of Kitty Dodds | Charlie Dodds | |
| 1994 | Scanner Cop | Lieutenant Harry Brown |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Bogs Diamond | |
| 1995 | Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Donnie Hansen |
| The Set Up | Ray Harris | |
| 1996 | Eraser | J. Scar |
| Humanoids from the Deep | Bill Taylor | |
| Daylight | Chief Dennis Wilson | |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Ricky Brickle |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Wayne Bryce |
| Letters from a Killer | O'Dell | |
| I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Hot Dog Vendor | |
| Rush Hour | Agent Russ | |
| 1999 | A Table for One | Tom Bernard |
| 2000 | The '70s | Nixon Campaign Saboteur / Recruiter |
| 2002 | Highway | Burt Miranda |
| Scorcher | Special Agent Kellaway | |
| Cathedral | Robert | |
| 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Frank Anderson |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Captain Johnson | |
| 2006 | The Departed | Delahunt |
| 2007 | You've Got a Friend | Dennis Billings |
| Protecting the King | Frank | |
| 2008 | Backwoods | Ricks |
| Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Paul Miller | |
| Asylum | The Doctor | |
| Saw V | Dan Erickson | |
| 2009 | Anatomy of Hope | Manus Casey |
| Not Forgotten | Agent Wilson | |
| Saw VI | Dan Erickson | |
| 2012 | Abeo Pharisee | Special Agent Dano |
| Vanished | Keaton | |
| 2013 | Crosshairs | Brill |
| April Apocalypse | Fred | |
| 2014 | The Studio Club | William T. Bradbury |
| 2015 | Whitney | Clive Davis |
| Ex-Free | Edward | |
| Earthfall | Kilian | |
| Relentless Justice | Mangine | |
| Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Additional Voices | |
| 2016 | Alien Hunter | Dale |
| Tell Me How I Die | Dr. Layton | |
| 2017 | His Lover | Leonard Moissant |
| In the Absence of Good Men | Dion O'Banion |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ekkusu bonbâ | Lee |
| 1984 | Master of the Game | Attendant |
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Princeton Student | |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Bodine |
| 1986 | Sledge Hammer! | Officer Braddock |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Renaldo Sykes |
| Tour of Duty | PV2 Innes | |
| 1989 | Matlock | Keith Morrissey |
| 1990 | The Young Riders | Richard |
| Tales from the Crypt | Dr. Zachary Cling | |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Mark | |
| Jake and the Fatman | Jerry Malik | |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Kevin Reilly |
| 1992-1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Terence Boyle / Liam Gillen / Finn Dawley |
| 1993 | Raven | Peter Lyons |
| 1994-2000 | The X Files | Bud LaPierre / Richard Odin |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Walter Pierce |
| Babylon 5 | Karl Mueller | |
| Diagnosis Murder | Vinnie Bartell | |
| 1995 | ER | Officer Thomas |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Gregor | |
| Courthouse | Philip Carter | |
| Strange Luck | Bagman / Merch | |
| 1996-2002 | NYPD Blue | Carl Bowen / Leon Broadus |
| 1996 | Sisters | Col. Hastings |
| Profit | Ivan Karpov | |
| JAG | Lieutenant Commander Mark Lowrey | |
| The Lazarus Man | Rescue, The | |
| Moloney | Joe Ballantine | |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Jake Prentice | |
| 1997-1998 | Brooklyn South | Detective Lou Conroy |
| Zorro | ||
| 1997 | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Bill Doolin |
| 1998-1999 | Profiler | Donald Lucas |
| 1998 | Nash Bridges | Louis Jackson |
| Men in Black: The Series | ||
| From the Earth to the Moon | Gus Grissom | |
| The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | MaseReyes | |
| The New Batman Adventures | Firefly / Garfield Lynns / Don the Mutant | |
| 1999 | Harsh Realm | Bounty Hunter |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Bruce Summerlin, Co. 51 | |
| Godzilla: The Series | Captain Moore | |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Carl |
| 2001 | Angel | Boone |
| Max Steel | ||
| Dark Angel | Herman Colberg | |
| Dead Last | Sheriff Wayne | |
| Alias | Seth Lambert | |
| Touched by an Angel | Delroy Gibbons | |
| 2002 | For the People | Mr. Cassidy |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Contractor | |
| 2003-2004 | Enterprise | Captain Magh / Kuroda Lor-ehn |
| 2003 | The Shield | Gordie Liman |
| The Dead Zone | Hysterical Parishioner #3 | |
| Hunter | INS Agent James Reader | |
| Justice League | Firefly / Garfield Lynns | |
| 2004 | 24 | Bruce Foxton |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Inspector Bill Markoni |
| Criminal Minds | Sheriff Hall | |
| 2006-2007 | CSI: Miami | FBI Agent Glen Cole |
| 2007-2009 | The Closer | Father Jack |
| 2007 | Shark | Cade Berlinger |
| Reaper | Arthur Ferrey | |
| Cold Case | Ari Gordon | |
| 2008 | Supernatural | Alastair |
| The Mentalist | Det. Dale Blakely | |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sheriff |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Marine Sergeant Jerrold 'Pallet' Mulhearn | |
| Lie to Me | Ed Komisky | |
| 2010-2011 | The Defenders | Johnny Greene |
| 2010-2013 | Young Justice | Lex Luthor / Jonathan Kent / L-3 |
| 2012 | Body of Proof | Detective Charlie Meeks |
| Breakout Kings | Chief Inspector Craig Renner | |
| Touch | Ed | |
| Franklin & Bash | Hon. Clarence Rydberg | |
| NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | George Westcott | |
| 2015-2016 | TURN | Judge Edward Shippen |
| 2015 | Castle | Kurt Van Zant |
| 2016 | Scorpion | Agent Cooke |
| Rosewood | Harvey | |
| Roots | Jewett | |
| 2017-2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Kolivan / General Herreh |
| 2017 | Rebel | IA Investigator #1 |
| Star Trek Continues | Admiral McGuinness | |
| Snowfall | Max | |
| 2018 | SEAL Team | David Alper |
| Bosch | Lt. Thorne |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Blade Runner | Clovis / Transient |
| 2000 | Nox | Warlord Horrendous / Guard 1 / Townsman 3 |
| 2008 | Turok | Cole |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Lord Darvianak Vollney / Denerim Captain of the Guard / Dwarven Hired Goon |
| 2012 | Halo 4 | Andrew Del Rio |
| 2013 | Aliens: Colonial Marines | Pvt. Mark Drake |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | Lex Luthor | |
| Batman: Arkham Origins | Deathstroke / Slade Wilson | |
| Young Justice: Legacy | Lex Luthor / Blockbuster / Sportsmaster Minion | |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | |
| 2015 | Battlefield Hardline | Neil Roark |
| Infinite Crisis | Starro | |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Deathstroke / Slade Wilson | |
| 2016 | Let It Die | Jackal Y |
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