Mark Rolston is a renowned character actor, who has appeared in some of the most esteemed motion pictures ever produced, including The Shawshank Redemption, Aliens, Robocop, Lethal Weapon 2, The Departed and the Saw series.
Rolston was already an experienced actor when he made his big breakthrough by playing PFC M. Drake in Aliens (1986). According to Rolston, his friendship with Bill Paxton helped land him the role.
The massive success of that movie opened doors for Rolston, and in the years that followed the release of Alien, he went on to appear as Hans in Lethal Weapon 2 (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).
A particular career highlight for Rolston was when he had the opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese, in his 2006 film The Departed. Over the years, Rolston has become cast regularly as a villain, co-starring in 2008’s Saw V and 2009’s Saw VI, along with portraying convicted killer “Karl Mueller” in the Babylon 5 episode “The Quality of Mercy”.
In recent years, Rolston has moved into voice acting, and has racked up impressive credits in video games. Rolston had voice acting roles in the video games Blade Runner and Turok and Halo 4. He voiced Deathstroke in Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013 and in Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015.
Rolston is a versatile and highly esteemed actor, with literally decades of experience.
