---
name: "Mark Rolston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-rolston"
fi1m_id: "mark-rolston"
imdb_id: "nm0001679"
tmdb_id: 6576
wikidata_id: "Q693301"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 December 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T01:28:27.282342+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mark Rolston

## Identity

Mark Rolston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-rolston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-rolston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001679
- **TMDB ID:** 6576
- **Wikidata ID:** Q693301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rolston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6576

Actor. Born 7 December 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 December 1956, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Active:** 1986–2006
- **Also known as:** Mark Ralston, Μαρκ Ρόλστον, مارک رولستون
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (3), 1990s 67 (6), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 7, Thriller 7, Crime 5, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,410m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rolston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6576

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Rush Hour*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md) (70), [*Eraser*](https://film.one/film/eraser.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*Aliens*](https://film.one/film/aliens.md) (91)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Shawshank Redemption*](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Mark Rolston

> Mark Rolston makes a cold stare useful: his villains and officers need little introduction. We rate his directness in supporting parts, while wishing more of those parts asked him to do something beyond threaten or enforce.

Mark Rolston’s cold stare makes a supporting character’s presence felt quickly. It suits the villains and officers he is so often asked to play, giving an encounter some tension before much has been explained. We value that directness: he can make a small part matter without asking us to find the man sympathetic. The risk is that we recognise the threat so readily that the character has little left to show us.

His film debut was as Private Drake in James Cameron’s *Aliens* (1986), a useful setting for an actor who registers quickly within a group. It remains a film we recommend strongly, though some of its marines are little more than types. Sigourney Weaver gives the military spectacle its human centre; Rolston has the narrower job of making one of those soldiers count. Supporting work in *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989) continued a career in which he would repeatedly be part of the company rather than its leading attraction.

In Frank Darabont’s *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), that menace has a more troubling use. As prison-gang leader Bogs Diamond, Rolston supplies a reason to fear the men inside, even in a drama inclined to make prison life too tidy. We were frightened by Bogs because the threat from this fellow inmate feels credible, not merely announced. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman earn the film’s warmth, and Rolston helps stop us forgetting what sort of place their friendship has to survive.

The later work keeps him in supporting parts, including Agent Russ in *Rush Hour* (1998) and Delahunt in Martin Scorsese’s *The Departed* (2006). As FBI agent Dan Erickson in *Saw V* (2008), he is again working with the authority-figure casting that recurs across his films and television. His voice work includes Lex Luthor in *Young Justice*, so the stare is hardly his only resource. That consistency is useful, although it leaves us wishing for parts that depend less on immediate menace and give him more to do. We would begin with *Aliens* and *The Shawshank Redemption*, with fair warning that the latter offers little opportunity to enjoy his company.

## Biography

Mark Rolston is an American actor. He was born on 7 December 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland. He trained at Drama Centre London and made his film debut as Private Drake in *Aliens* (1986).

Rolston is known for supporting roles including Bogs Diamond in *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Delahunt in *The Departed* (2006), and Agent Russ in *Rush Hour* (1998). He has also appeared in the *Saw* film series and on television as Alastair in *Supernatural* and as the voice of Lex Luthor in *Young Justice* (2010–22).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *The Departed* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Delahunt — [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Fi1m 61, as Wayne Bryce — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Fi1m 70, as Agent Russ — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Chief Dennis Wilson — [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Eraser* (1996), Fi1m 58, as J. Scar — [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, as Karl Mueller — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Bogs Diamond — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Hans — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Fi1m 57, as Russian Decoder — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, as Private Drake — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)

## Complete filmography (134)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Boris Is Dead* (2026), as Officer Birnie
- *Pug* (2025), Actor
- *Ahsoka* (2023), series, as Captain Hayle
- *Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi* (2022), series, as Senator Dagonet (voice)
- *The Rookie: Feds* (2022), series, as Foster Mills
- *Bosch: Legacy* (2022), series, as Lt. Don Thorne
- *Captors* (2020), Actor
- *Upload* (2020), series, as Finder
- *Blood Craft* (2019), as Sheriff Waters
- *Midway* (2019), as Ernest King
- *Glass Jaw* (2018), as Frank Maloney
- *Gangster Land* (2017), as Dion O'Banion
- *His Lover* (2017), as Leonard Moissant
- *Tell Me How I Die* (2016), as Dr. Layton
- *Bilal: A New Breed of Hero* (2016), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Alien Hunter* (2016), as Dale
- *Rosewood* (2015), series, as Harvey
- *Earthfall* (2015), as Kilian
- *I Really Hate My Ex* (2015), as Edward, Camping World Salesman
- *Whitney* (2015), as Clive Davis
- *Bosch* (2015), series, as Don Thorne
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Agent Cooke
- *Relentless Justice* (2014), as Mangine
- *April Apocalypse* (2013), as Fred
- *Crosshairs* (2013), as Brill
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Ed
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Hon. Clarence Rydberg
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, as Detective Charlie Meeks
- *Young Justice* (2010), series, as Lex Luthor (voice), L-3 (voice), Lex Luthor / Jonathan Kent (voice), Lex Luthor / Sumaan Harjavti (voice), Lex Luthor / Hro Talak (voice), Lex Luthor / Highfather / Antinoös (voice)
- *The Defenders* (2010), series, as Johnny Greene
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Colonel O'Donnell — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Saw VI* (2009), as Erickson
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Marine Sergeant Jerrold 'Pallet' Mulhearn
- *Not Forgotten* (2009), as Agent Wilson
- *Backwoods* (2009), as Ricks
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Kurt Van Zant — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Ed Komisky
- *Saw V* (2008), as Dan Erickson
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Dale Blakely — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Asylum* (2008), as The Doctor
- *Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder* (2008), as Paul Miller
- *Reaper* (2007), series, as Arthur Ferrey
- *Protecting the King* (2007), as Frank
- *You've Got a Friend* (2007), as Dennis Billings
- *The Departed* (2006), as Delahunt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)
- *Shark* (2006), series, as Cade Berlinger — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/shark.md)
- *Miracle at Sage Creek* (2005), as Captain Johnson
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Sheriff Hall — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Alastair — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Father Jack
- *Chasing Ghosts* (2005), as Frank Anderson
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Bill Markoni
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Ari Gordon
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as George Westcott — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Scorcher* (2002), as Special Agent Kellaway
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Glen Cole
- *For the People* (2002), series, as Mr. Cassidy
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Hysterical Parishioner #3
- *Highway* (2002), as Burt Miranda
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Gordie Liman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Justice League* (2001), series, as Firefly (voice)
- *24* (2001), series, as Bruce Foxton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Seth Lambert — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, as Kuroda Lor-ehn, Captain Magh
- *Casper's Haunted Christmas* (2000), Production Executive
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Contractor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Sheriff
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, as Herman Colberg
- *Wicked Ways* (1999), as Tom Bernard
- *Aftershock: Earthquake in New York* (1999), series, as Bruce Summerlin
- *Harsh Realm* (1999), series, Actor
- *Angel* (1999), series, as Boone
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Mark O'Neill
- *Batman Beyond* (1999), series, as Carl (voice)
- *The Crow: Stairway to Heaven* (1998), series, Actor
- *Rush Hour* (1998), as Agent Russ — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *Letters from a Killer* (1998), as O'Dell
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as Gus Grissom
- *Hard Rain* (1998), as Wayne Bryce — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Brooklyn South* (1997), series, as Lou Conroy
- *The Legend of Calamity Jane* (1997), series, as Bill Doolin (voice)
- *The New Batman Adventures* (1997), series, as Firefly / Don (voice), Firefly / Garfield Lynns (voice)
- *George Wallace* (1997), as Ricky Brickle
- *George Wallace* (1997), series, as Ricky Brickle
- *Daylight* (1996), as Chief Dennis Wilson — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Profiler* (1996), series, as Donald Lucas
- *Humanoids from the Deep* (1996), as Bill Taylor
- *Eraser* (1996), as J. Scar — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Mark Lowrey
- *The Set Up* (1995), Actor
- *Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back* (1995), as Donnie Hansen
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), as Bogs Diamond — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Delroy Gibbons
- *ER* (1994), series, as Officer Thomas — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Scanner Cop* (1994), as Lieutenant Harry Brown
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Karl Mueller — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *The Conviction of Kitty Dodds* (1993), as Charlie Dodds
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Vinnie Bartell
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Gregor
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Richard Odin, Bud LaPierre — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story* (1993), as O'Keefe
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Jake Prentice
- *Body of Evidence* (1993), as Detective Reese
- *Angel Street* (1992), series, as Mr. Donally
- *The Comrades of Summer* (1992), as Voronov
- *Nickel & Dime* (1992), as IRS Agent Simpson "Herman" gray suit
- *Dark Justice* (1991), series, Actor
- *Hammer, Slammer, & Slade* (1990), Actor
- *Heat Wave* (1990), as Officer Zekanis
- *RoboCop 2* (1990), as Stef
- *Impulse* (1990), as Man in Bar
- *Prancer* (1989), as Herb Drier
- *The Lady Forgets* (1989), as Gunman
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), as Hans — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *A Sinful Life* (1989), as Teresa Tremaine
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Dr. Zachary Cling
- *Survival Quest* (1989), as Jake
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson* (1989), as Vic Hatton
- *Father Dowling Mysteries* (1989), series, as Mark
- *Steal the Sky* (1988), as Colonel Bukharine
- *Martini Ranch: Reach* (1988), Actor
- *Weeds* (1987), as Dave
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Lt. Walter Pierce — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Actor
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, as Innes
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), as Russian Decoder — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, as Officer Braddock
- *Aliens* (1986), as Private Drake — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Keith Morrissey
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Sgt. Terence Boyle, Finn Dawley, Liam Gillen
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Bodine
- *Garrison 7: The Fallen*, as Gage Rainer
- *Complex, Texas*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mark Rolston](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-1a1b9fe789a7.jpg) Mark Rolston — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mark_Rolston_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg/1280px-Mark_Rolston_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Henn, Carl Toop, Mark Rolston, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Ricco Ross, Jenette Goldstein, Cynthia Scott, & Matt Winston at the 53rd Saturn Awards (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-004153caee59.jpg) Carrie Henn, Carl Toop, Mark Rolston, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Ricco Ross, Jenette Goldstein, Cynthia Scott, & Matt Winston at the 53rd Saturn Awards (2026) — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Aliens_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01.jpg/1280px-Aliens_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Henn, Carl Toop, Mark Rolston, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Ricco Ross, Jenette Goldstein, Cynthia Scott, & Matt Winston at the 53rd Saturn Awards (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-8ec3c03318d1.jpg) Carrie Henn, Carl Toop, Mark Rolston, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Ricco Ross, Jenette Goldstein, Cynthia Scott, & Matt Winston at the 53rd Saturn Awards (2026) — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Aliens_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-02.jpg/1280px-Aliens_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Georgina O'Farrill & Mark Rolston at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-42dbecec17e3.jpg) Georgina O'Farrill & Mark Rolston at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026 — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Georgina_O%27Farrill_%26_Mark_Rolston_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg/1280px-Georgina_O%27Farrill_%26_Mark_Rolston_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mark Rolston](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-810ca55b61e1.jpg) Mark Rolston — Image via TMDB
- ![Actor Mark Rolston answers questions during a Gold Pass Exclusive Actors panel on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1 2023. Marine Corps Community Services Okin](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-edd4ba8b0364.jpg) Actor Mark Rolston answers questions during a Gold Pass Exclusive Actors panel on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1 2023. Marine Corps Community Services Okin — Cpl. Jessica Massi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mark_Rolston_Comic_Con_2023.jpg/1280px-Mark_Rolston_Comic_Con_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Mark Rolston answers questions during a Gold Pass Exclusive Actors panel on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1 2023. Marine Corps Community Services Okin](https://film.one/media/person/83728/gallery-0586534d909e.jpg) Actor Mark Rolston answers questions during a Gold Pass Exclusive Actors panel on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1 2023. Marine Corps Community Services Okin — Cpl. Jessica Massi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mark_Rolston_Comic_Con_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mark_Rolston_Comic_Con_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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