Early life

Bell was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he lived until age 13. His family then moved to Denver, Colorado. Bell attended boarding school at St. Paul's, Concord, New Hampshire, but was expelled. He then went to the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, where he became interested in acting after performing as Elwood Dowd in the play Harvey.

Bell was discouraged by others, however, who told him he was not a good enough actor, and did not act again for over 20 years. He attended the University of Colorado, majoring in sociology, and served three years in the Army. He eventually became a consultant, teaching business executives to improve their speaking skills.

He is married to Milena Canonero, a renowned Oscar-winning costume designer.

In the early 1980s, British director/producer Alan Parker offered Bell a small role in a movie at the suggestion of American producer Fred Roos.

Career

Bell's movie debut was in the role as Ronsky in Alan Parker's drama Birdy (1984). After Birdy, he played Gerry Jones in the Fred Roos comedy Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985). His first major role was as the cruel Coach Schneider in the slasher/horror A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). Bell played Mr. Lachance, Gordie's grieving father, in the adventure/drama Stand by Me (1986); the ruthless hitman, Webster, in the comedy Twins (1988) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito; and George, who has mutant Martian resistance leader, Kuato, attached to his stomach, in director Paul Verhoeven's blockbuster science fiction/adventure Total Recall (1990) starring Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin.

He made his TV acting debut in the series The Oldest Rookie in 1987, playing Det. Gordon Lane. Bell starred as Ford Plasko in the short-lived series G vs E. His many guest appearances include Hill Street Blues, Wiseguy, Tales from the Crypt, The X-Files, Millennium, Deadwood and House. He has also appeared in a TV commercial for IBM.

Other movie roles include Lips' Cop in the action/crime thriller Dick Tracy (1990) opposite Warren Beatty; the title role of a frightening homeless man terrorizing Bill Paxton's character in the comedy/thriller The Vagrant (1992) opposite Paxton and Michael Ironside; General Owen in the science fiction/adventure Starship Troopers (1997); the warden, Marshall Krutch, in the award-winning biopic Capote (2005) opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman; John Leshing in the family/mystery Nancy Drew (2007) opposite Emma Roberts; and Principal Rocker in the comedy Hamlet 2 (2008). Bell also played the voice acting role as Mr. Sesehund in the animated feature Heidi 4 Paws (2008).

He and Michael Ironside starred in three movies: Total Recall, The Vagrant, and Starship Troopers. Marshall Bell is now voicing Jack Taggart in the animated short The Xtacles.

Bell stars in the upcoming comedy The Rock 'n Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher.

Over the last 3 years, Bell has played the role of United States' founding father Alexander Hamilton in several television commercials for Citizen Bank

Marshall Bell and his wife, Milena, live in West Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role
1984	Birdy	Ronsky
1985	Seven Minutes in Heaven	Gerry Jones
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge	Coach Schneider
1986	Stand by Me	Mr. Lachance
1986	Manhunter	Atlanta policeman (uncredited)
1987	Cherry 2000	Bill
1988	Johnny Be Good	Chief Elkans
1988	Wildfire	Lewis
1988	Twins	Webster, the hitman
1990	Total Recall	George/Kuato
1990	Dick Tracy	Lip's Cop
1990	Air America	Q.V.
1992	The Vagrant	the vagrant
1992	Diggstown	Warden Bates
1992	Innocent Blood	March
1993	Undercover Blues	Sykes
1994	The Chase	Ari Josephson
1994	Airheads	Carl Mace
1994	Natural Born Killers	Deputy #1
1994	The Puppet Masters	General Morgan
1995	Payback	Tom "Gully" Gullerman
1995	Operation Dumbo Drop	Colonel Pederson
1997	Starship Troopers	General Owen
1999	Virus	J.W. Woods, Jr.
2000	Sand	Gus
2002	Serving Sara	Warren Cebron
2003	Identity	District Attorney
2004	Dandelion	Uncle Bobby
2005	Capote	Warden Marshall Krutch
2006	Rescue Dawn	Admiral Berrington
2006	The Final Season	Harvey Makepeace
2007	Nancy Drew	John Leshing
2008	Hamlet 2	Principal Rocker
2011	Puncture	Jeffrey Dancort
2011	The Rum Diary	Donovan
2013	The Bling Ring	Police Officer

[ Source: Wikipedia ]