Mark Rolston (born December 7, 1956) is an American actor. He made his film debut as PFC. Drake in Aliens (1986), and is known for his supporting roles in films like Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Rush Hour (1998), The Departed (2006), and the Saw film series (2008–2009). On television, he played Gordie Liman on The Shield (2003), Edward Shippen IV on Turn: Washington's Spies (2015–2016), the voice of Lex Luthor on Young Justice (2010–2022), and Lt. Don Thorne on Bosch (2018–2021) and Bosch: Legacy (2022–2025).
Early life and education Rolston was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1956, raised by a single father. He began studying acting and ballet as a child at the Washington Theatre Club in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, where he was classmates with actor Daniel Stern. He studied acting at the Richmond American University London and Drama Centre London in England. Anton Rodgers was a mentor.
Career Rolston's early career was in the theatre in the United Kingdom. He made his stage debut at the age of 19, in the West End play Are Now Or Have You Ever Been in 1976, about the House Un-American Activities Committee. He then starred in Miss Julie at the Edinburgh International Festival, Sam Shepard's Action at the London Festival Fringe, and Bus Stop at The Mill at Sonning. He played the title role in a US national touring production of Richard II for the National Shakespeare Company.
In 1984, he was cast in a minor role in the Al Pacino film Revolution. His role was cut from the final film, but he leveraged it into his audition for Aliens, and was cast as PFC Drake, his film debut.
Rolston played 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.
Personal life Rolston was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Evelyn Beverly (née Sturm) and Thomas George Rolston, who was a computer programmer.Mark Rolston biography, filmreference.com; accessed February 27, 2017. He has been married twice, first to Sally Hughes, between 1981 and 1987. Then to Georgina O’Farrill, starting in 1994. He has five children between both marriages. , IMDb.com; accessed March 20, 2006.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Revolution Deleted role 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 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 FBI Special Agent Dan Erickson 2009 Not Forgotten Agent Wilson Saw VI FBI Special Agent Dan Erickson 2012 That Guy...Who Was In That Thing Himself Documentary 2016 Tell Me How I Die Dr. Layton 2017 Gangster Land Dean O'Banion 2019 Midway Admiral Ernest J. King 2022 In Search of Tomorrow Himself Documentary
Television 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" 1992–1995 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 A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 1997–1998 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 1998–1999 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" 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 2003–2004 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" 2006–2007 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 2007–2009 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" 2010–2011 The Defenders Johnny Greene 2 episodes 2010–2013, 2019 Young Justice Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent, Highfather, Hro Talak, Antinoos, Sumaan Harjavti Voice, 9 episodes 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" 2015–2016 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" 2018–2021 Bosch Lt. Thorne 9 episodes 2022 Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Senator Dagonet Voice, episode: "Justice" 2023 Ahsoka Captain Hayle Episode: "Part One: Master and Apprentice"
Video games 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 2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Private Mark Drake Injustice: Gods Among Us Lex Luthor Batman: Arkham Origins Deathstroke Young Justice: Legacy Lex Luthor, Blockbuster 2014 Skylanders: Trap Team Additional Voices 2015 Infinite Crisis Starro Battlefield Hardline Neil Roark Also motion capture Batman: Arkham Knight Deathstroke 2016 Fallout 4: Nuka-World Porter Gage Let It Die Jackal Y 2018 Spider-Man Norman Osborn Lego DC Super-Villains Deathstroke 2020 Spider-Man: Miles Morales Norman Osborn2023Spider-Man 2 2023 Star Trek: Resurgence Portal 63 2024 Batman: Arkham Shadow Jim Gordon
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