Mark Rolston
Highest Rated: 97% Aliens (1986)
Lowest Rated: 0% In the Absence of Good Men (2017)
Birthday: Dec 07, 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.
Photos
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 40% | Blood Craft | Sheriff Waters (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | Glass Jaw | Frank Maloney (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 0% | 31% | In the Absence of Good Men | Dion O'Banion (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Tell Me How I Die | Dr. Layton (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 47% | 38% | 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 | No Score Yet | Crosshairs | Brill (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | April Apocalypse | Fred (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 39% | 55% | Saw VI | Erickson (Character) | $27.7M | 2009 |
| 15% | 17% | Not Forgotten | Agent Wilson (Character) | $53.7K | 2009 |
| 13% | 52% | Saw V | Erickson (Character) | $56.7M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Asylum | The Doctor (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Backwoods | Ricks (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 | 36% | Chasing Ghosts | Frank Anderson (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Miracle at Sage Creek | Captain Johnson (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 3% | Scorcher | Special Agent Kellaway (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cathedral | Robert (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 20% | 52% | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | MaseReyes (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | A Table for One | Tom Bernard (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 61% | 78% | Rush Hour | Warren Russ (Character) | $141.2M | 1998 |
| 30% | 34% | Hard Rain | Wayne Bryce (Character) | $19.9M | 1998 |
| 20% | 22% | Humanoids From the Deep | Bill Taylor (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 27% | 37% | Daylight | Chief Dennis Wilson (Character) | $32.9M | 1996 |
| 38% | 39% | Eraser | J. Scar (Character) | $101.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | The Set Up | Ray Harris (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 91% | 98% | The Shawshank Redemption | Bogs Diamond (Character) | $27.3M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Scanner Cop | Lieutenant Harry Brown (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | O'Keefe (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Comrades of Summer | Voronov (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 8% | 23% | Body of Evidence | Detective Reese (Character) | $13.7M | 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 |
| 82% | 77% | Lethal Weapon 2 | Hans (Character) | $144.9M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Survival Quest | Jake (Character) | $29.5K | 1989 |
| 97% | 94% | Aliens | Private M. Drake (Character) | $77.6M | 1986 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 73% | Hawaii Five-0 | Colonel O'Donnell (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| 95% | 93% | Young Justice | Lex Luthor (Guest Voice) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | SEAL Team | David Alper (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| 81% | 91% | TURN: Washington's Spies | Judge Edward Shippen (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
| 9% | 73% | Rosewood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 61% | 79% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 82% | 86% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Navy NCIS | George Westcott (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 61% | 92% | Franklin & Bash | Hon. Clarence Rydberg (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 68% | 66% | Touch | Ed (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 76% | 68% | Body of Proof | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 74% | 73% | The Defenders | Johnny Greene (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Lie to Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 82% | 81% | The Closer | Father Jack (Guest Star) | 2009 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | The Mentalist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 93% | 83% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 80% | 57% | Reaper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 52% | No Score Yet | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | CSI: New York | Inspector Bill Markoni (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 57% | 78% | Star Trek: Enterprise | Kuroda Lor-ehn (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
| 87% | 84% | 24 | Bruce Foxton (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 90% | 96% | The Shield | Gordie Liman (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 84% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Leon Broadus (Guest Star) | 2002 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 85% | 88% | Alias | Seth Lambert (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 65% | 93% | Dark Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 75% | 85% | The X-Files | Bud LaPierre (Guest Star) | 2000 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998-1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 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 | Wallace | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
| 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% | 85% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Babylon 5 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 89% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Walter Pierce (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (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 |
QUOTES FROM Mark Rolston CHARACTERS
Andy Dufresne says: All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crowbar.
Bogs Diamond says: Where do you get this shit?
Andy Dufresne says: I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?
Pvt. Drake says: Right on, Vaz
Bogs Diamond says: Now I'm gonna open my fly, and you're gonna swallow what I give you to swallow. And after you swallow mine you're gonna swallow Rooster's cause you done broke his nose, and I think he oughta have something to show for it.
Andy Dufresne says: Anything you put in my mouth you're gonna lose.
Bogs Diamond says: Naw you don't understand. You do that and I'll put all eight inches of this steel in your ear.
Andy Dufresne says: All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victim's jaws open with a crowbar.
Bogs Diamond says: Where do you get this shit?
Andy Dufresne says: I read it. You now how to read? You ignorant fuck.
Pvt. Drake says: Have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Pvt. Drake says: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Pvt. Hudson says: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Pvt. Vasquez says: No, have you?
Pvt. Vasquez says: No. Have you?
Delahunt says: I gave you the wrong adress, but you went to the right one.
Delahunt says: I gave you the wrong adress, but you showed up at the right one.