Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston is an American actor and voice actor. In the cinema, he is mostly associated with tough, threatening characters; Bogs Diamond in "The Shawshank Redemption" is his best-known role. In addition to his work in front of the camera, he is also known for his voice-overs in animated series and video games.

Education and early years

He was born on December 7, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied acting in London, at the Drama Center London. His first cinematic debut was in the movie "Revolution", shot in the mid-1980s, but these scenes were removed from the movie. The audience first saw him in James Cameron's movie "Aliens" (Aliens 2, 1986) as Private Drake, one of the marines who went to the colonial planet.

Cinema, TV series and voice-over

In 1989, he played the South African villain Hans in the movie "Lethal Weapon 2". He played Bogs Diamond, the gang leader who oppresses prisoners, in the 1994 movie "The Shawshank Redemption". He starred as Timothy Delahunt in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" (2006); He played FBI agent Dan Erickson in the films "Saw V" (2008) and "Saw VI" (2009).

On television, he has appeared in guest or recurring roles on such series as "The Shield," "Turn: Washington's Spies" and "Bosch"; He played Lieutenant Don Thorne in "Bosch." In the field of voice acting, he voiced Lex Luthor in the "Young Justice" animated series and voiced the character Norman Osborn in Insomniac Games' Spider-Man games.

Rolston is a typical example of a character actor who, in his long-running career, stands out with memorable supporting characters rather than leading roles.