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.
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. 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.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1985
| Revolution
|
| Deleted role
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| 1986
| Aliens
| Private Mark Drake
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1987
| The Fourth Protocol
| Russian Decoder
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|-
| Weeds
| Dave
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1989
| A Sinful Life
| Teresa
|
|-
| Survival Quest
| Jake
|
|-
| Lethal Weapon 2
| Hans
|
|-
| Prancer
| Herb Drier
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| Impulse
| Man in Bar
|
|-
| RoboCop 2
| Stef
|
|-
| 1993
| Body of Evidence
| Detective Reese
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| Scanner Cop
| Lieutenant Harry Brown
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|-
| The Shawshank Redemption
| Bogs Diamond
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|-
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
| Donnie Hansen
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|-
| The Set-Up
| Ray Harris
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| Eraser
| J. Scar
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|-
| Daylight
| Chief Dennis Wilson
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 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
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2002
| Cathedral
| Robert
|
|-
| Scorcher
| Special Agent Kellaway
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|-
| Highway
| Burt Miranda
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Chasing Ghosts
| Frank Anderson
|
|-
| Miracle at Sage Creek
| Captain Johnson
|
|-
| 2006
| The Departed
| Timothy Delahunt
|
|-
| 2007
| Protecting the King
| Frank
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| Asylum
| The Doctor
|
|-
| Saw V
| FBI Special Agent Dan Erickson
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| Not Forgotten
| Agent Wilson
|
|-
| Saw VI
| FBI Special Agent Dan Erickson
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| Wiseguy
| Renaldo Sykes
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| Tour of Duty
| PV2 Innes
| Episode: "Burn Baby, Burn"
|-
| 1989
| Matlock
| Keith Morrisey
| Episode: "The Blues Singer"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 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"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 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
|-
| rowspan="4" | 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"
|-
| rowspan="6" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997–1998
| Brooklyn South
| Detective Lou Conroy
| 3 episodes
|-
| Zorro
| Additional Voices
| 26 episodes
|-
| rowspan="5" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Spider-Man
| Norman Osborn
|
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