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Also known as Joseph Henry Tobin, Jr., Joseph Henry Tobin

American actor (born 1942)

OverviewAI-generated

Tobin Bell is a male American artist born on August 7, 1942. He has been active in his field since 1979. His musical work is associated with the genres of r&b, rock and indie, and soul. Bell has two children.

According to available records, he has five works listed in Crossref data, while Open Library lists zero works under his name. On Last.fm, he has 512 listeners and a total playcount of 4,227. He maintains an official website and has 48,339 social media followers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Born
Joseph Henry Tobin Jr. , ( 1942-08-07 ) August 7, 1942 (age 83) , New York City , U.S.
Other name
Joseph Tobin
Education
Boston University , Montclair State University
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1979–present
Known for
Saw franchise

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Queens
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Tobin Bell At For The Love Of Horror 2019 (cropped 3).jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Tobin Bell
date of birth
1942-08-07
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Tobin Bell
name in native language
Joseph Tobin
start of work period
1979-00-00
social media followers
36300
writing language
English language
pseudonym
Tobin Bell
birth name
Joseph Henry Tobin Jr.
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Encyclopedic overview

Tobin Bell (born Joseph Henry Tobin Jr.; August 7, 1942) is an American actor. Appearing in over 100 titles during a five-decade career, he is most recognized for his role as John Kramer / Jigsaw in the Saw franchise.

Bell 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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tobin Bell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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