Mark Rolston | |
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 Rolston in 2023 | |
| Born | December 7, 1956 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Parent(s) | Evelyn Beverly Thomas George Rolston |
Mark Rolston (born December 7, 1956) is an American character actor, known for his supporting roles in such films as Aliens , Lethal Weapon 2 , Prancer, The Shawshank Redemption , Rush Hour , The Departed , and the Saw film series, as well as Gordie Liman in The Shield (2003).
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Rolston played PFC M. Drake in Aliens (1986), Hans in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Herb in Prancer (1989), Stef in RoboCop 2 (1990), Bogs Diamond in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), J. Scar in Eraser (1996), Chief Dennis Wilson in Daylight (1996), Wayne Bryce in Hard Rain (1998), and Special Agent Warren Russ in Rush Hour (1998).
Rolston acted in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award winning 2006 film The Departed and the television horror film Backwoods . Many of Rolston's screen roles are villains due to his well-known 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". In 2004, Rolston would guest star in two episodes of the critically acclaimed 24 . He appeared in a minor role in The CW series Supernatural during the fourth season as the demon Alastair. He also appeared as Sheriff Hall in the Criminal Minds episode, "Blood Hungry".
Rolston has also voiced several Marvel and DC characters, voicing Firefly in The New Batman Adventures and Justice League (he was originally considered to voice the supervillain in Batman: The Animated Series in 1992, although the character was deemed unsuitable for the series and ultimately dropped). He voiced Lex Luthor in the animated series Young Justice, Deathstroke in Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight, as well as Norman Osborn in the Spider-Man Insomniac Games.
Rolston was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Evelyn Beverly (née Sturm) and Thomas George Rolston, who was a computer programmer. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Aliens | Private Mark Drake | |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Russian Decoder | |
| Weeds | Dave | ||
| 1989 | A Sinful Life | Teresa | |
| Survival Quest | Jake | ||
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Hans | ||
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Vic Hatton | ||
| Prancer | Herb Drier | ||
| 1990 | Impulse | Man in Bar | |
| RoboCop 2 | Stef | ||
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Detective Reese | |
| 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 | |
| Daylight | Chief Dennis Wilson | ||
| 1998 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Hot Dog Vendor | |
| Hard Rain | Wayne Bryce | ||
| Letters from a Killer | O'Dell | ||
| Rush Hour | Agent Warren Russ | ||
| 1999 | A Table for One | Tom Bernard | |
| 2002 | Cathedral | Robert | |
| Scorcher | Special Agent Kellaway | ||
| Highway | Burt Miranda | ||
| 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Frank Anderson | |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Captain Johnson | ||
| 2006 | The Departed | Timothy Delahunt | |
| 2007 | Protecting the King | Frank | |
| 2008 | Asylum | The Doctor | |
| Saw V | Dan Erickson | ||
| 2009 | Not Forgotten | Agent Wilson | |
| Saw VI | Dan Erickson | ||
| 2012 | That Guy...Who Was In That Thing | Himself | Documentary |
| 2016 | Tell Me How I Die | Dr. Layton | |
| 2019 | Midway | Ernest King | |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Himself | Documentary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | X-Bomber | John Lee | Voice, UK dub |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Princeton Student | Miniseries |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Bodine | Episode: "Displaced Person" |
| 1986 | Sledge Hammer! | Officer Braddock | Episode: "Magnum Farce" |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Renaldo Sykes | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Tour of Duty | PV2 Innes | Episode: "Burn Baby, Burn" | |
| 1989 | Matlock | Keith Morrisey | Episode: "The Blues Singer" |
| 1990 | The Young Riders | Richard | Episode: "Hard Time" |
| Tales from the Crypt | Dr. Zachary Cling | Episode: "Lower Berth" | |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Mark | Episode: "The Undercover Nun Mystery" | |
| Jake and the Fatman | Jerry Malik | Episode: "Night and Day" | |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Kevin Reilly | Episode: "Baby for Sale" |
| 1992–95 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Terence Boyle, Finn Dawley, Liam Gillen | 4 episodes |
| 1993 | Raven | Peter Lyons | Episode: "Poisoned Harvest" |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Walter Pierce | Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" |
| Babylon 5 | Karl Mueller | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| Diagnosis: Murder | Vinnie Bartell | Episode: "You Can Call Me Johnson" | |
| 1994, 2000 | The X-Files | Richard Odin, Bud LaPierre | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | ER | Officer Thomas | Episode: "The Birthday Party" |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Gregor | Episode: "Lucky Leon" | |
| Courthouse | Philip Carter | Episode: "Mitigating Circumstances" | |
| Strange Luck | Bagman, Merch | Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff" | |
| 1996 | Sisters | Col. Hastings | Episode: "Leap Before You Look" |
| Profit | Ivan Karpov | Episode: "Sykes" | |
| JAG | Lieutenant Commander Mark Lowery | Episode: "Recovery" | |
| The Lazarus Man | The Rescue | Episode: "The Rescue" | |
| Moloney | Joe Ballantine | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Jake Prentice | Episode: "A Silent Cry" | |
| 1997 | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Bill Doolin | Voice, 13 episodes [2] |
| 1997–98 | Brooklyn South | Detective Lou Conroy | 3 episodes |
| Zorro | Additional Voices | 26 episodes | |
| 1998 | Nash Bridges | Louis Jackson | Episode: "Crossfire" |
| Men in Black: The Series | Additional Voices | Episode: "The Elle of My Dreams Syndrome" | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Gus Grissom | Miniseries | |
| The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | MaseReyes | Episode: "Souled Out" | |
| The New Batman Adventures | Garfield Lynns / Firefly | Voice, 2 episodes [2] | |
| 1998–99 | Profiler | Donald Lucas | 7 episodes |
| 1999 | Harsh Realm | Bounty Hunter | Episode: "Leviathan" |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Bruce Summerlin | Miniseries | |
| Godzilla: The Series | Captain Moore | Voice, episode: "End of the Line" | |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Carl | Voice, episode: "The Eggbaby" [2] |
| 2001 | Angel | Boone | Episode: "Blood Money" |
| Max Steel | Additional Voices | 2 episodes | |
| Dark Angel | Herman Colberg | Episode: "Haven" | |
| Dead Last | Sheriff Wayne | Episode: "Teen Spirit" | |
| Alias | Seth Lambert | Episode: "Parity" | |
| Touched by an Angel | Delroy Gibbons | Episode: "Famous Last Words" | |
| NYPD Blue | Leon Broadus, Carl Bowen | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | For the People | Mr. Cassidy | Episode: "Come Blow Your Whistle" |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Contractor | Episode: "The Corpse-Sniffing Dog" | |
| 2003 | The Shield | Gordie Liman | 5 episodes |
| The Dead Zone | Hysterical Parishioner #3 | Episode: "Zion" | |
| Justice League | Garfield Lynns / Firefly | Voice, episode: "Only a Dream" Pt. 1 [2] | |
| 2003–04 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Kuroda Lor-ehn, Captain Magh | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | 24 | Bruce Foxton | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Inspector Bill Markoni | Episode: "The Dove Commission" |
| Criminal Minds | Sheriff Hall | Episode: "Blood Hungry" | |
| 2006–07 | CSI: Miami | FBI Agent Glen Cole | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Shark | Cade Berlinger | Episode: "The Wrath of Khan" |
| Reaper | Arthur Ferrey | Episode: "Charged" | |
| Cold Case | Ari Gordon | 4 episodes | |
| 2007–09 | The Closer | Father Jack | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Supernatural | Alastair | 2 episodes |
| The Mentalist | Det. Dale Blakely | Episode: "The Thin Red Line" | |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sheriff | Episode: "One to Go" |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Marine Sergeant Jerrold "Pallet" Mulhearn | Episode: "Keepin' It Real" | |
| Lie to Me | Ed Kominsky | Episode: "Secret Santa" | |
| 2010–11 | The Defenders | Johnny Greene | 2 episodes |
| 2010–13, 2019 | Young Justice | Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent, Highfather, Hro Talak, Antinoos, Sumaan Harjavti | Voice, 9 episodes [2] |
| 2012 | Body of Proof | Detective Charlie Meeks | Episode: "Shades of Blue" |
| Breakout Kings | Chief Inspector Craig Renner | Episode: "An Unjust Death" | |
| Touch | Ed | Episode: "Tessellations" | |
| Franklin & Bash | Hon. Clarence Rydberg | Episode: "Last Dance" | |
| NCIS | George Westcott | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Castle | Kurt Van Zant | Episode: "Dead from New York" |
| 2015–16 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Judge Edward Shippen | 7 episodes |
| 2016 | Scorpion | Agent Cooke | 2 episodes |
| Rosewood | Harvey | Episode: "Badges & Bombshells" | |
| Roots | Jewett | Miniseries | |
| 2017 | Rebel | IA Investigator #1 | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Voltron: Legendary Defender | Kolivan, General Herreh | Voice, 8 episodes | |
| Snowfall | Max | 1 episode | |
| 2018 | SEAL Team | David Alper | Episode: "Credible Threat" |
| 2018–21 | Bosch | Lt. Thorne | 9 episodes |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Senator Dagonet | Voice, episode: "Justice" [2] |
| 2023 | Ahsoka | Captain Hayle | Episode: "Part One: Master and Apprentice" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Blade Runner | Clovis | |
| 2000 | Nox | Warlord Horrendous, others | |
| 2008 | Turok | Captain Cole | |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Lord Darvianak Vollney, others | |
| 2012 | Halo 4 | Captain Andrew Del Rio | [2] |
| 2013 | Aliens: Colonial Marines | Private Mark Drake | [2] |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | Lex Luthor | ||
| Batman: Arkham Origins | Deathstroke | ||
| Young Justice: Legacy | Lex Luthor, Blockbuster | [2] | |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | Additional Voices | |
| 2015 | Infinite Crisis | Starro | |
| Battlefield Hardline | Neil Roark | Also motion capture [2] | |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Deathstroke | ||
| 2016 | Fallout 4: Nuka-World | Porter Gage | |
| Let It Die | Jackal Y | [3] | |
| 2018 | Spider-Man | Norman Osborn | [2] |
| Lego DC Super-Villains | Deathstroke | [2] | |
| 2020 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Norman Osborn | [2] |
| 2023 | Spider-Man 2 | ||
| 2023 | Star Trek: Resurgence | Portal 63 | |
| 2024 | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Jim Gordon | [4] |
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