Mark Rolston | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 94% Aliens (1986)

Lowest Rated: 8% Body of Evidence (1992)

Birthday: Dec 7, 1956

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mark Rolston's most iconic role came as Bogs Diamond, predatory prison rapist and leader of the bull-fruit gang "The Sisters" in Frank Darabont's 1994 classic, "The Shawshank Redemption"; it is a role of steely, disturbing menace that has typified the actor's career. Born in Baltimore, he went to England to study acting at Drama Centre London, where he trained for five years. He returned triumphantly to the United States with the National Shakespeare Company as the lead in Shakespeare's "Richard II." A few minor appearances on television shows over the next few years led to a small part as Private Drake in the 1986 James Cameron film, "Aliens." Rolston's icy, piercing eyes made him a natural for bad-guy roles; he had turns in the sequels to "Lethal Weapon" and "Robocop." A role in the Nick Nolte prison drama "Weeds" was the precursor to his standout performance in "Shawshank," and he began a long string of intense portrayals from either side of the ethical fence on both film and television, alternating between sociopaths and law enforcement officers. He has been embraced by a new generation of fans with turns as FBI Agent Dan Erickson in the fifth and sixth installments of the "Saw" horror franchise.

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Highest rated movies

94% 94% Aliens Watchlist 91% 94% The Departed Watchlist 89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption Watchlist 82% 78% Lethal Weapon 2 Watchlist 62% 79% Rush Hour Watchlist 47% 39% Whitney Watchlist 43% 40% Eraser Watchlist 39% 50% Saw VI Watchlist 34% 34% Hard Rain Watchlist 29% 29% Gangster Land Watchlist

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Mark Rolston ALIENS, FROM LEFT: BILL PAXTON, PAUL REISER, TREVOR STEEDMAN, CYNTHIA SCOTT, JENETTE GOLDSTEIN, MICHAEL BIEHN, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, MARK ROLSTON, RICCO ROSS, DANIEL KASH, LANCE HENRIKSON, WILLIAM HOPE, COLETTE HILLER, AL MATTHEWS, 1986, TM & COPYRIGHT © 20TH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALIENS, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Tip Tipping, Cynthia Scott, Jenette Goldstein, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Daniel Kash, Lance Henrikson, William Hope, Colette Hiller, Al Matthews, 1986, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox F ALIENS, Mark Rolston, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, 1986, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. ALIENS, Mark Rolston, 1986, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. SAW VI, Mark Rolston, 2009. ph: Steve Wilkie/©Lions Gate ALIENS, Jenette Goldstein, Mark Rolston, Sigourney Weaver, 1986, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. GANGSTER LAND, (AKA IN THE ABSENCE OF GOOD MEN), MARK ROLSTON, 2017. © CINEDIGM View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aliens Expanded Self - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captors Donovan Phost (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 50% Blood Craft Sheriff Waters (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 94% Glass Jaw Frank Maloney (Character) - 2018
29% 29% Gangster Land Dion O'Banion (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 30% Tell Me How I Die Dr. Layton (Character) - 2016
47% 39% Whitney Clive Davis (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Relentless Justice Mangine (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 0% Earthfall Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 32% April Apocalypse Fred (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crosshairs Brill (Character) - 2013
39% 50% Saw VI Erickson (Character) $27.7M 2009
15% 17% Not Forgotten Agent Wilson (Character) $53.7K 2009
No Score Yet 18% Backwoods Ricks (Character) - 2008
13% 52% Saw V Erickson (Character) $56.7M 2008
No Score Yet 14% Asylum The Doctor (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 50% You've Got a Friend Dennis Billings (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 35% Protecting the King Frank (Character) - 2007
91% 94% The Departed Delahunt (Character) $132.4M 2006
No Score Yet 24% Miracle at Sage Creek Captain Johnson (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 36% Chasing Ghosts Frank Anderson (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 3% Scorcher Special Agent Kellaway (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cathedral Robert (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 28% A Table for One Tom Bernard (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 56% The Crow: Stairway to Heaven MaseReyes (Character) - 1999
62% 79% Rush Hour Warren Russ (Character) $141.2M 1998
34% 34% Hard Rain Wayne Bryce (Character) $19.9M 1998
26% 37% Daylight Chief Dennis Wilson (Character) $32.9M 1996
43% 40% Eraser J. Scar (Character) $101.3M 1996
No Score Yet 18% Humanoids From the Deep Bill Taylor (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 15% The Set Up Ray Harris (Character) - 1995
89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption Bogs Diamond (Character) $27.3M 1994
No Score Yet 80% Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story O'Keefe (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 26% Scanner Cop Lieutenant Harry Brown (Character) - 1993
8% 23% Body of Evidence Detective Reese (Character) $13.7M 1992
No Score Yet 71% The Comrades of Summer Voronov (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady Forgets Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Sinful Life Teresa (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 44% Survival Quest Jake (Character) $29.5K 1989
82% 78% Lethal Weapon 2 Hans (Character) $144.9M 1989
94% 94% Aliens Private M. Drake (Character) $77.6M 1986

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Colonel O'Donnell (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet 72% Young Justice Lex Luthor (Guest Voice) 2019
No Score Yet 85% SEAL Team David Alper (Guest Star) 2018
81% 92% TURN: Washington's Spies Judge Edward Shippen (Guest Star) 2015-2016
9% 76% Rosewood Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
61% 78% Scorpion Agent Cooke (Guest Star) 2016
82% 87% Castle Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 84% NCIS George Westcott (Guest Star) 2012
61% 84% Hon. Clarence Rydberg (Guest Star) 2012
68% 66% Touch Ed (Guest Star) 2012
76% 61% Body of Proof Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
74% 67% The Defenders Johnny Greene (Guest Star) 2010-2011
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Ed Komisky (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
83% 84% The Closer Father Jack (Guest Star) 2007 2009
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Det. Dale Blakely (Guest Star) 2008
93% 73% Supernatural Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2006-2007
80% 65% Reaper Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Inspector Bill Markoni (Guest Star) 2005
56% 79% Star Trek: Enterprise Kuroda Lor-ehn (Guest Star) 2003-2004
87% 87% 24 Bruce Foxton (Guest Star) 2004
90% 96% The Shield Gordie Liman (Guest Star) 2003
83% 95% NYPD Blue Leon Broadus (Guest Star) 1996 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
86% 88% Alias Seth Lambert (Guest Star) 2001
65% 83% Dark Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
74% 86% The X-Files Bud LaPierre (Guest Star) 1994 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Unknown (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Profiler Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 83% From the Earth to the Moon Gus Grissom (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brooklyn South Unknown (Guest Star) 1997-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moloney Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
94% No Score Yet Profit Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
86% 88% Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 92% Babylon 5 Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Lt. Walter Pierce (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Finn Dawley (Guest Star) 1992-1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tour of Duty PV2 Innes (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Renaldo Sykes (Guest Star) 1987
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