Marshall Bell
In 1984, character actor Marshall Bell made his film debut at the relatively late age of 42 -- in the Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage-starring war drama, "Birdy" -- and he worked as if making up for lost time ever since. The following year, Bell appeared as Coach Schneider, a key character in the second installment of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" horror film franchise, and then in 1986, he played Wil Wheaton's father, Mr. Lachance, in Rob Reiner's classic coming of age adventure drama, "Stand By Me." He began picking up recurring TV roles in 1987, including a part on the short-lived cop drama "The Oldest Rookie" and appearances in two drastically disparate Arnold Schwarzenegger films: the 1988 Ivan Reitman comedy, "Twins," with Danny DeVito, followed by Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi action movie, "Total Recall." By then, Bell was firmly cemented onto casting directors' radars. Through the second half of the '90s, Bell was offered a string of military officer or cop-type parts that climaxed in 1997, when he re-united with Verhoeven, playing General Owen in the sci-fi epic "Starship Troopers," which was adapted from the novel by Robert A. Heinlein. Since then, Bell's roles have shown more range -- from a role as an admiral in 2006's "Rescue Dawn," Werner Herzog's biographical drama about the escape of a war prisoner in, to a role as Principal Rocker in the comedy flop "Hamlet 2," from 2008. Bell is married to multiple Oscar-winning costume designer Milena Canonero.
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Marshall Bell
Filmography
Movies
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75% |
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Blackout | Hammond (Character) | - | 2023 |
18% |
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Love Is Love Is Love | John (Character) | - | 2020 |
38% |
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Mainstream | Marty (Character) | $35.5K | 2020 |
41% |
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The Last Word | Mr. Daniels (Character) | $1.8M | 2017 |
0% |
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Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? | Dwayne (Character) | $39.4K | 2016 |
33% |
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The Congressman | Sherm Hawkins (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Thirty Nine | Lawyer (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Waffle Street | Miles Drake III (Character) | - | 2015 |
27% |
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90 Minutes in Heaven | Dr. Greider (Character) | $4.8M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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A Bit of Bad Luck | Mr. Creech (Character) | - | 2014 |
71% |
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Home, James | Larry (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vertical | Walter Stewart (Character) | - | 2013 |
70% |
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Somebody Up There Likes Me | Lyla's Father (Character) | $83.8K | 2012 |
51% |
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The Rum Diary | Donovan (Character) | $13.1M | 2011 |
52% |
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Puncture | Jeffrey Dancort (Character) | $67.1K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher | Uncle Virgil (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heidi 4 Paws | Mr. Sesehund (Voice) | - | 2009 |
62% |
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Hamlet 2 | Principal Rocker (Character) | $4.9M | 2008 |
25% |
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Sex and Death 101 | Victor Rose III (Character) | $23.6K | 2007 |
26% |
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The Final Season | Harvey Makepeace (Character) | $1.2M | 2007 |
67% |
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Little Chenier | Tuck Dupuis (Character) | $87.9K | 2006 |
89% |
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Capote | Warden Marshall Krutch (Character) | $28.7M | 2005 |
62% |
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Dandelion | Uncle Bobby (Character) | - | 2004 |
57% |
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Northfork | Mr. Stalling (Character) | $1.4M | 2003 |
63% |
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Identity | District Attorney (Character) | $51.5M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Comic Book Villains | Gun Store Order (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Sand | Gus (Character) | - | 2000 |
27% |
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A Slipping-Down Life | Mr. Casey (Character) | $95.4K | 1999 |
17% |
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Mercy | Gil Reynolds (Character) | - | 1999 |
12% |
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Virus | J.W. Woods Jr. (Character) | $14.0M | 1999 |
20% |
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Black and White | Toast (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Denver, P.D. | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
29% |
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The End of Violence | Sheriff Call (Character) | $283.0K | 1997 |
72% |
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Starship Troopers | General Owen (Character) | $54.7M | 1997 |
33% |
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The Brave | Larry (Character) | - | 1997 |
37% |
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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Lt. Atwater (Character) | $232.2K | 1995 |
26% |
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Operation Dumbo Drop | Col. Pederson (Character) | $24.7M | 1995 |
43% |
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The Chase | Ari Josephson (Character) | $8.0M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Payback | Tom "Gully" Gullerman (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Vagrant | The Vagrant (Character) | - | 1992 |
82% |
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Total Recall |
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$117.8M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wildfire | Lewis (Character) | - | 1988 |
38% |
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Cherry 2000 | Bill (Character) | - | 1988 |
81% |
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Frank the Press Agent (Character) | $19.2M | 1988 |
42% |
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Twins | Webster (Character) | $107.4M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Seven Minutes in Heaven | Gerry Jones (Character) | - | 1986 |
42% |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | Coach Schneider (Character) | $29.9M | 1985 |
84% |
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Birdy | Ronsky (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Newsroom | Ross Fernholm (Guest Star) | 2012 |
90% | 97% | Southland | Police Chief (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Stargate Atlantis | Terrence Kramer (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear Itself | Carlos' Uncle Bob (Character) | 2008 |
90% | 96% | House | Warden (Guest Star) | 2005 |
20% | No Score Yet | Hawaii | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
92% | 95% | Deadwood | Magistrate Claggett (Guest Star) | 2004 |
25% | No Score Yet | MDs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Peter Hutchins Sr. (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
83% | No Score Yet | Good vs. Evil | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Sliders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
19% | No Score Yet | Vengeance Unlimited | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Millennium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Colonel Calvin Henderson (Guest Star) | 1993 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1989 1993 |
17% | No Score Yet | Hull High | Mr. Fancher (Character) | 1990-1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Warren Pike (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | Sgt. Ralph Carlton (Guest Star) | 1988 |