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