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s features a large cast of characters created primarily by directors and screenwriters

James Wan James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and comic book writer. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw'' and ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjurin ...

Leigh Whannell Leigh Whannell (; is an Australian screenwriter, actor, film producer, and film director. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including ''Saw'' (2004), ''Dead Silence'' (2007), ''Insidious'' (2010), and '' Insid ...

Darren Lynn Bousman Darren Lynn Bousman (; born January 11, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in horror films. He has directed four of the ''Saw'' films: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', and '' Spiral''. He also direct ...

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Marcus Dunstan Marcus Dunstan is an American screenwriter and director who, along with Patrick Melton, wrote screenplay for the film ''Feast'', which was the winner of Season Three of the filmmaking competition reality TV series ''Project Greenlight''. Dunstan ...

. The films focus primarily on the character of John Kramer (

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), the "Jigsaw Killer", who seeks out those he considers to be wasting their lives and subjects them to torturous and lethal traps, referred to as "tests" and "games", in an attempt to make them appreciate being alive. The franchise consists of nine films: ''

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'' (2004), ''

Saw II ''Saw II'' is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman. It is the sequel to 2004's ''Saw'' and the second installment in the ''Saw'' film series. The film stars Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Gl ...

'' (2005), ''

Saw III ''Saw III'' is a 2006 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a screenplay by Leigh Whannell and a story by Whannell and James Wan. It is the third installment in the ''Saw'' film series and sequel to 2005's ''Saw II''. The film stars T ...

'' (2006), ''

Saw IV ''Saw IV'' is a 2007 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and a story by Melton, Dunstan, and Thomas Fenton. It is the fourth installment in the ''Saw'' film series and sequel to 2 ...

'' (2007), ''

Saw V ''Saw V'' is a 2008 horror film directed by David Hackl, in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the fifth installment in the ''Saw'' film series and sequel to 2007's ''Saw IV''. The film stars Tob ...

'' (2008), ''

Saw VI ''Saw VI'' is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sequel to 2008's ''Saw V'' and sixth installment in the ''Saw'' film series. The fil ...

'' (2009), ''

Saw 3D ''Saw 3D'' (also known as ''Saw: The Final Chapter'') is a 2010 American 3D horror film directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sequel to 2009's ''Saw VI'' and seventh installment in the ''Saw'' f ...

'' (2010), ''

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''Saw''

Adam Stanheight

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'', '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Adam Stanheight is a freelance photographer who was hired by the discharged detective David Tapp to follow Dr. Lawrence Gordon, whom Tapp suspected of being the Jigsaw Killer. Adam is kidnapped by Jigsaw's apprentice Amanda Young and placed in a game alongside Dr. Gordon, which takes place in a large dilapidated industrial bathroom. Adam was targeted by Jigsaw because his work involved spying on others on a regular basis, whereas Dr. Gordon was targeted because he had been cold and uncaring towards others, and also because he cheated on his wife. Each of them are chained to pipes on opposite sides of the room, with a presumed dead body (holding a tape recorder and a revolver) in the middle, and are given specific instructions on what they need to do in order to survive. Dr. Gordon has to kill Adam by six o'clock, while Adam simply has to escape. Adam discovers a bag containing two hacksaws, which they unsuccessfully use to escape from their chains; Dr. Gordon deduces that the saws are actually intended for their feet. Later on, after Dr. Gordon saws off his foot, desperate to save his family, he shoots Adam with the revolver that the apparently dead man in the room was holding, but Adam survives the gunshot. After six o'clock passes, the men are confronted by Zep Hindle, an orderly from Dr. Gordon's hospital. Adam bludgeons Zep to death with a toilet tank lid, believing he is responsible for their abduction, and Dr. Gordon crawls away to get help. He promises to return to Adam. While searching Zep's body for a key, Adam finds a tape recorder that reveals that Zep was a victim in the game, and was only following instructions from Jigsaw in order to obtain an antidote for a slow-acting poison in his bloodstream. As the tape ends, the body gets up and the real Jigsaw reveals himself. When Adam tries to shoot him, he is incapacitated with an electric shock and Jigsaw seals the bathroom door, leaving Adam to die. In ''Saw II'', Adam is revealed to have died some time after the events of the first film, as his corpse is shown. While the main assumption was that Adam simply died of thirst, he is later shown to have been killed out of guilt by Amanda in a flashback in ''Saw III'' shortly after the end of the first film, by suffocating him with a plastic bag. Adam's decomposing corpse is seen in ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', and ''Saw 3D''. In ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', Adam is mentioned in Tapp's files and audio tapes as having been hired by one of Tapp's colleagues to prove his wife was having an affair, implying this was why Tapp hired him. According to the producers of ''Saw'', Adam's last name was Faulkner, but the FBI documents in ''Saw V'' gave his last name as Stanheight. In the original script for ''Saw'', Adam's last name was Radford.

Alison and Diana Gordon

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Makenzie Vega Makenzie Jade Vega Norfolk (born February 10, 1994), known professionally as Makenzie Vega, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Florrick on ''The Good Wife'' and as the 11-year-old counterpart of Nancy Callahan in ''Sin Ci ...

* Appear in: ''Saw'', ''Saw II'' (Alison mentioned only) * Status: Alive Alison and Diana Gordon are the wife and daughter of Dr. Lawrence Gordon. They are held

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by Zep Hindle as a part of Lawrence's test; one of Jigsaw's reasons for testing Lawrence was because Lawrence had cheated on his wife. Lawrence is ordered to kill Adam, who is chained up in the bathroom along with him, or Alison and Diana will be killed. When Lawrence fails to do so, Zep attempts to kill both Alison and Diana, but they are rescued by Detective David Tapp. The DVD commentary for ''Saw 3D'' reveals Alison divorced Lawrence because of his unstable mindset.

Allison Kerry

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* Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''

'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Allison Kerry is one of the first detectives assigned to the Jigsaw case, and one of the most knowledgeable of how he works. She first appears in ''Saw'', working alongside Detectives David Tapp and Steven Sing. In ''Saw II'', she works with Detective Eric Matthews and Officer Daniel Rigg in order to try to save Eric's son Daniel. In ''Saw III'', after Eric disappears and is presumed dead, Kerry becomes wracked with guilt. She and Detective Mark Hoffman are called to the scene of an inescapable trap, and Kerry is the first to suspect that someone else was responsible, as the trap didn't follow Jigsaw's M.O. She is later captured and placed in her own trap, but even though she follows the rules, the trap (which was built and rigged by Amanda Young) tears her

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apart, killing her. Her corpse is later discovered by Officer Rigg and the FBI. It is revealed in ''Saw IV'' that Kerry's first name is Allison, as seen on a file observed by Officer Rigg. In ''Saw V'', a police memorial service is held honoring those who died in their effort to close the Jigsaw case; Kerry is among the officers honored.

Amanda Young

* Portrayed by

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(game) * Appears in: '' Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'', '' Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' In ''Saw'', Amanda Young is introduced as a heroin addict, and the first person to survive one of Jigsaw's "games" (notably, the only known survivor at the time of ''Saw''), who ultimately believes that John helped her. She was placed in a "reverse bear trap" that was hooked into her jaws and was set to wrench her jaws apart with great force once the timer reached zero. She was forced to kill and disembowel a man to obtain a key to unlock the device. It is revealed in ''Saw II'' that after her test John recruited her as his apprentice, and Amanda was intended to carry out John's legacy. In ''Saw III'', however, it is revealed that Amanda has become disillusioned with his

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and starts designing inescapable traps, believing that the trap victims are incapable of change. Unwilling to let a murderer continue his legacy, John designs a test in which Amanda must prove that she has what it takes to carry on with it, but she ultimately fails when she shoots Lynn Denlon, and Lynn's husband Jeff Denlon retaliates by shooting Amanda. Amanda's corpse is seen in ''Saw IV'' and ''Saw V'', and she appears in flashbacks in ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', and ''Saw 3D''. In ''Saw VI'' it is revealed that Mark Hoffman blackmailed Amanda into killing Lynn, using the knowledge that she had a role in Jill Tuck's miscarriage.

Billy

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* Appears in: ''

'' (short), ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'', ''

'', ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Some confiscated/Most destroyed Billy is a ventriloquist puppet created by John Kramer to communicate with his victims. Billy usually appears on a TV screen when talking to victims, but sometimes appears in person, often riding a tricycle. Billy gives the victims instructions on how to escape their traps before the time expires. Billy has also appeared in every adaption of ''Saw'', becoming an icon of the series. It is revealed in ''Saw IV'' that Billy was based on an earlier puppet originally created for John and Jill Tuck's unborn son Gideon, and that John's unresolved anger after Jill suffered a miscarriage after a drug addict slammed a door into her led to John using a more sinister version of the puppet to communicate with his test subjects.

Carla Song

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(film) * Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Carla Song is a medical student at St. Eustice Hospital, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon's mistress; Lawrence's affair with her is one of the reasons why he was targeted by Jigsaw. She plays a larger role in the video game ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' where she is targeted by Jigsaw for stealing vital pharmaceuticals and selling them on the street for profit. She is found by Michael Tapp with her arms secured to the ceiling of an elevator shaft and her legs secured to the roof of an elevator. Michael is tasked with completing a test in order to release her safely; if he fails, the elevator will lower, and tear Carla in half. It is revealed that she is part of a criminal conspiracy alongside Henry Jacobs, Joseph Poltzer, and Sarah Blalok; Carla being responsible for procuring more specialist items from her clinic. Even though she and Michael work together, she is soon left with Henry, who slashes her to death with a pair of scissors.

David Tapp

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(film) and Earl Alexander (game) * Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', ''Dead by Daylight: The Saw Chapter'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw: The Video Game'' David Tapp is a detective assigned to investigate the earlier Jigsaw crimes. Evidence leads him to suspect that Dr. Lawrence Gordon is the Jigsaw Killer. Tapp and his partner Steven Sing later find Jigsaw's warehouse, but before they can apprehend him, he activates a trap, which threatens the life of Jeff Ridenhour. Sing rushes to help the victim while Tapp attempts to arrest Jigsaw, but Jigsaw slashes Tapp's throat with a concealed blade and flees. When Sing pursues Jigsaw, he is killed by a shotgun booby trap for which Tapp blames himself. Tapp is subsequently discharged from the force, but continues to obsess over finding Jigsaw. Tapp monitors the Gordons' residence, still convinced that Lawrence is Jigsaw, and rushes over after hearing gunshots. There he finds Alison and Diana Gordon being held captive by Zep Hindle. Zep flees and is pursued by Tapp; the chase leads to an underground room where Tapp is shot after a brief struggle and left for dead. In ''Saw: The Video Game'', it is shown that Tapp was nursed back to health by Jigsaw and placed in a series of traps in an asylum, forced to overcome tests and other victims sent to kill him. In the game's "Freedom" ending, Tapp manages to escape from the asylum, but is unable to overcome his obsession with Jigsaw and ultimately commits suicide some time afterwards. ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' shows newspapers reporting Tapp's suicide. In ''Saw V'', a police memorial service is held honoring those who died in their effort to close the Jigsaw case; Tapp is among the officers honored.

Donnie Greco

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Oren Koules Oren Koules (born January 31, 1961) is an American entrepreneur and film producer. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the ''Saw'' film series as well as the CBS television series ''Two and a Half Men''. Koules is also ...

* Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw VI'', ''Saw: The Video Game'' (mentioned only), ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw'' Donnie Greco first appears in ''Saw''. He is Amanda Young's drug dealer and cellmate. As a part of Amanda's game, he is heavily tranquilized (injected with an

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) and unable to move or feel anything (Jigsaw claims, in his instructions to Amanda, that Donnie is dead). The key to unlock her trap is placed in his stomach, and to get it, Amanda has to stab him to death and cut him open. Donnie is seen again in a flashback in ''Saw III'' in which Jigsaw is shown preparing the trap. He appears again in a flashback in ''Saw IV'' exiting Jill's health clinic with Paul Leahy.

Jeff Ridenhour

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Dex Manley Dexter Manley is an American commercial and video game voice actor. He has worked on 300 commercials and 25 video games. He worked extensively for Nintendo, providing voice for many ''Mario'' and ''Donkey Kong'' games; and for Microsoft, Boeing ...

(game) * Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Jeff Ridenhour first appears in ''Saw'' as a victim of one of Jigsaw's experimental traps. He is bound to a chair with two drills aimed at his neck. Jigsaw activates the trap, and the drills slowly move towards Jeff's neck. Jigsaw tells Detective Steven Sing that the key to free him is on a ring with dozens of others. Without enough time to try all the keys, Sing shoots the drills to stop them.http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L0XMTV1G First Draft Jeff later appears in ''Saw: The Video Game''. He is shown to have become suicidal due to trauma. As such, Jigsaw kidnaps Jeff once again and places him in a trap that would impale him with spikes. Detective Tapp manages to free him, but an injured Jeff runs away and leaves Tapp behind. During the events of ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', it is revealed that two days after Jeff escaped from the asylum, he committed suicide.

John Kramer

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(film/game) and George Williams (animated comic) * Appears in: ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'', ''Jigsaw'', ''

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of his son caused by Cecil Adams and Amanda Young, John became distraught and later learned he had an aggressive inoperable

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. He attempted

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but ultimately survived, finding a new appreciation for life. Using his wealth and skill, John began testing others' will to live by placing them in deadly traps, which he referred to as "games" or "tests", hoping to give those who survived a new appreciation for their lives. He frequently communicated with his test subjects using a ventriloquist puppet that he created based on an earlier puppet that he had intended to give to his unborn son. He would cut the shape of a puzzle piece from the remains of those who failed, to represent they were missing "the survival instinct", leading to him being nicknamed "The Jigsaw Killer", or simply "Jigsaw", by the media. Although John dies after his throat is slashed by Jeff Denlon in ''Saw III'', he appears in flashbacks throughout the series.

Lawrence Gordon

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Stan Kirsch Stanley Benjamin Kirsch, Jr. (July 15, 1968 – January 11, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and acting coach. Biography Kirsch was born in New York City, New York. He began acting as a young child. His first acting job was ...

(animated comic) * Appears in: ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'' (mentioned only), ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only), ''Saw 3D'', ''Saw: The Video Game'' (mentioned only), ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Alive Lawrence Gordon is a physician who diagnosed John Kramer's terminal cancer and was initially a suspect in the Jigsaw murder case (after a penlight found at the scene of one of Jigsaw's games was linked to him). John targets Lawrence for being cold and uncaring to others, and for cheating on his wife with Carla Song, a medical student. Lawrence is abducted and placed in a trap where he is chained up in a dilapidated bathroom alongside Adam Stanheight. He is told that he must kill Adam before six o'clock; if he does not do so, his wife Alison and daughter Diana will be killed and he will be left to die in the bathroom. He fails to kill Adam, but saws off his own foot using a hacksaw that Adam found to free himself from his shackle, and crawls away to get help, promising Adam he will bring someone back (although Adam is subsequently revealed to be dead in ''Saw II''). Lawrence's fate is unknown until ''Saw 3D'', when it is revealed that Lawrence survived his test by using a hot steam pipe to

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his ankle stump, before passing out shortly afterwards. John found Lawrence in the corridor and congratulated him for surviving. He then helped Lawrence recover, and gave him a prosthetic foot. John recruited Lawrence as an apprentice afterwards, and Lawrence used his medical skills to prepare a variety of traps for John, such as putting the key in Michael Marks' eye in the Venus flytrap (''Saw II''), as well as sewing Art Blank's mouth and Trevor's eyes shut for the mausoleum trap (''Saw IV''). He also selected Lynn Denlon as John's surgeon (''Saw III'') and wrote an anonymous message to Detective Mark Hoffman (''Saw V'') stating "I know who you are". Following John's death, his ex-wife Jill Tuck delivered a package to Lawrence that had been left to her in John's will; it contained a videotape with instructions from John to watch over Jill and act immediately if anything was to happen to her. When Hoffman kills Jill and attempts to flee the city, he is ambushed by three people in pig masks, one of whom is revealed to be Lawrence. After chaining Hoffman by the ankle to the pipes in the bathroom, Lawrence picks up the hacksaw he had used to sever his own foot and throws it into the corridor. He then turns off the lights and leaves, telling Hoffman "Game over", before closing the door and leaving Hoffman to die in the bathroom, with no means of escape.

Mark Wilson

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* Appears in: ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw'' Mark Wilson,''Full Disclosure Report: Piecing Together Jigsaw'' a 30-year-old software analyst, is one of Jigsaw's earliest victims, targeted because he feigned illness to excuse himself from his responsibilities. Mark is stripped naked and informed that he has a slow-acting poison in his body, the antidote to which is locked in a safe in the room. Mark has to walk over a floor covered in broken glass and use a candle to read the safe combination written on the wall, wary that his flesh is smeared with a highly flammable jelly-like substance. Mark eventually fumbles with the candle, burning himself alive, and his charred corpse is later found by police. It is shown in ''Saw V'' that his surname is Wilson, as indicated by a document observed by Agent Peter Strahm.

Paul Leahy

* Portrayed by Mike Butters * Appears in: ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw'' Paul Leahy is one of John's earliest victims, chosen because he attempted suicide by cutting his wrists despite having a good life with a wife and kids. Paul is placed in a large cage lined with a maze of

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and is given two hours to crawl his way to freedom; ironically if Paul wants to live, he will be forced to cut himself again, but if he wants to die, all he has to do is wait. Paul attempts to escape, but bleeds to death before reaching the exit; Jigsaw subsequently cuts the shape of a puzzle piece from his remains. Paul is later seen in ''Saw IV'' leaving Jill's drug clinic. In ''Saw V'', Paul is shown being kidnapped by both John and Mark Hoffman for his test in ''Saw''.

Steven Sing

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* Appears in: ''Saw'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw: The Video Game'' (mentioned only), ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw'' Steven Sing is one of the first detectives assigned to the Jigsaw case. He and his partner, David Tapp, use clues from a video tape to find Jigsaw's warehouse. There, they find Jeff Ridenhour in a trap with drills aimed at his neck. Jigsaw arrives shortly after and activates the device when the officers expose themselves, forcing them to choose between arresting him or saving Jeff. Sing shoots the drills and pursues Jigsaw through the warehouse, after Jigsaw slashes Tapp's throat with a hidden wrist blade. While pursuing him, Sing accidentally activates a tripwire that triggers four overhead shotguns to discharge, killing him. Tapp blames himself for Sing's death, which ultimately causes him to obsess over capturing Jigsaw. In ''Saw V'', a police memorial service is held honoring those who died in their effort to close the Jigsaw case; Sing is among the officers honored. It is shown in the video game that Sing has a wife named Melissa and a son named Franklin. Melissa encounters Tapp during the game and blames him for the death of her husband. Sing is also frequently mentioned in tapes and documents.

Zep Hindle

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(film) and Jeff Shuter (animated comic) * Appears in: ''Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw'', ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw 3D'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw'' Zep Hindle is an

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who works at St. Eustice Hospital, where John Kramer is being treated for his cancer. He forms a bond with John while he is being treated, but John considers him to have "issues of his own". Saw: Rebirth Zep is forced to monitor Adam Stanheight and Dr. Lawrence Gordon's game, in order to obtain the antidote for the slow-acting poison in his blood stream. He is instructed to hold Alison and Diana Gordon captive and kill both them and Lawrence if the latter fails to kill Adam by six o'clock. Lawrence fails, but Alison and Diana manage to escape when Detective David Tapp arrives and chases Zep to an underground sewage system. After shooting Tapp, Zep proceeds to the site of Adam and Lawrence's test. Zep prepares to kill Lawrence since he shot Adam after the deadline, but Adam, having survived the gunshot, knocks Zep to the floor and bludgeons him to death with a toilet tank cover, believing him to be their captor. Throughout the film the audience is led to believe Zep is Jigsaw; it is not revealed until after his death that Zep is a victim of Jigsaw's game rather than Jigsaw himself; only at the very end of the film is Jigsaw's true identity revealed. On the DVD commentary for ''Saw'', Leigh Whannell and James Wan stated that Zep enjoyed the sense of power he is given over others that he did not have before. Zep's decomposing corpse is later shown, along with that of Adam (who had been suffocated by Amanda Young in a mercy killing shortly after the events of the first film), in ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', and ''Saw 3D''.

''Saw II''

Addison Corday

* Portrayed by

Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier (, ; born June 23, 1976) is a Canadian film and television actress. Vaugier has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on '' CSI: NY'', Mia on ''Two and a Half Men'', Dr. Helen Bryce on '' Smallville'', F ...

* Appears in: ''

'', ''

Spiral In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point. Helices Two major definitions of "spiral" in the American Heritage Dictionary are:Erik Knudsen Erik Knudsen (born March 25, 1988) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Daniel Matthews in '' Saw II'', Alec Sadler in '' Continuum'' and Dale Turner in the CBS series ''Jericho''. Life and career Knudsen was born on March 25, 1988 ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''

'' * Status: Alive Daniel Matthews is the son of Detective Eric Matthews. After a falling out with his father, Daniel goes missing but is revealed to have been captured and placed in the nerve gas house, with seven people who had served prison terms after being framed by Eric. As the game progresses, Daniel's lineage is discovered and he is abandoned by the other victims. Amanda Young returns after discovering Jonas Singer's body, and they attempt to flee from Xavier Chavez. The chase leads to the bathroom from ''Saw'', and Daniel slices Xavier's throat with a hacksaw, killing him. After these events, Amanda (revealed to be John Kramer's apprentice) takes an unconscious Daniel to John's lair where he is locked in a safe for Eric's test; the safe opens after a two-hour timer expires, and he is found by a SWAT team, with a mask that provided him with oxygen while in the safe. Daniel appears in a flashback in ''Saw V'', lying unconscious on the floor, while John and Mark Hoffman prepare the nerve gas house. In ''Saw 3D'' he appears in another flashback, this time with Amanda in the bathroom at the end of ''Saw II''.

Daniel Rigg

* Portrayed by

Lyriq Bent Lyriq Bent (born January 3, 1979) is a Jamaican-Canadian actor. He is known for his roles in the ''Saw'' films, the television series ''Rookie Blue'', and '' The Book of Negroes''. Bent portrays Jamie Overstreet in the Netflix series ''She's Go ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Daniel Rigg is a

SWAT In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

commander that first appears in ''Saw II'', assisting Detectives Eric Matthews and Allison Kerry in apprehending Jigsaw. In ''Saw IV'', Rigg is put through four trials in which he is forced to understand Jigsaw's

modus operandi A ''modus operandi'' (often shortened to M.O.) is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode (or manner) of op ...

. He suffers a gunshot wound to the stomach in his final test, and it is revealed in ''Saw V'' that he died of blood loss. In ''Saw V'', a police memorial service is held honoring those who died in their effort to close the Jigsaw case; Rigg is among the officers honored.

Eric Matthews

* Portrayed by

Donnie Wahlberg Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside music, he has had roles in the ''Saw ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Eric Matthews is a police detective who leads a SWAT team to John Kramer's lair in ''Saw II''. It is also implied he had an affair with Detective Allison Kerry, which led to his divorce. When the police raid the lair, John reveals that he has captured Eric's son, but promises that Eric will be able to find him in a "safe and secure state" after talking with Jigsaw for two hours. Eric has been chosen for the game due to his history of police brutality and planting evidence to convict people of crimes they did not commit. Eric soon loses patience and assaults John, forcing him to take him to the nerve gas house. When he enters the bathroom from ''Saw'', Amanda Young incapacitates him, chains him to a pipe, and leaves him to die. In ''Saw III'', Eric escapes the bathroom by breaking his foot and ankle. He pursues and beats Amanda before she gains the upper hand and leaves him for dead. He is later dragged to a cell by a hooded figure, given a brace for his shattered foot, and imprisoned until the time comes for Daniel Rigg's tests in ''Saw IV''. Rigg fails his final test, triggering two large ice blocks to swing down from the ceiling and crush Eric's head. In ''Saw V'', a police memorial service is held honoring those who died in their effort to close the Jigsaw case; Eric is among the officers honored.

Gus Colyard

* Portrayed by

Tony Nappo Antonio Nappo is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Four Brothers'', '' Saw II'', ''Land of the Dead'', '' Bad Blood'', and '' Born to be Blue''. He also is the voice of Jimmy Falcone (McDougal) in ''Fugget About It''. Biograp ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' Gus Colyard, a businessman, is a victim of the nerve gas house. He and Xavier Chavez attempt to use a key on a booby-trapped door, and Gus is shot through the eye while peering through the peephole. Like the other victims, Gus was in the house because he was framed for crimes he did not commit by Detective Eric Matthews. Gus later appears in a flashback in ''Saw IV'', in which he quarrels with Cecil Adams in Jill Tuck's health clinic. In a flashback in ''Saw V'', Gus is seen lying unconscious while John Kramer and Mark Hoffman set up the nerve gas house. It is shown in ''Saw V'' that his surname is Colyard, as indicated by a document observed by Agent Peter Strahm. According to the ''Saw II'' website, Gus is 38 years old.

Jonas Singer

* Portrayed by

Glenn Plummer Glenn E. Plummer (born August 18, 1961) is an American film and television actor best known as Timmy Rawlins in '' ER'' (1994-2007), and Vic Trammel in ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008-2009). Biography Plummer was born in Richmond, California. Career ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' Jonas Singer appears in ''Saw II'' as a victim of the nerve gas house. Like the other captives, Jonas had previously been framed and jailed by Detective Eric Matthews, and it is implied that he is gang affiliated. Jonas attempts to work with the others to find an antidote, and is eventually killed by Xavier Chavez with a spiked baseball bat. It is shown in ''Saw V'' that his family name is Singer, as indicated by a document observed by Agent Peter Strahm. Jonas briefly appears in ''Saw V'', in which he is seen lying unconscious on the floor, while John Kramer and Mark Hoffman set up the nerve gas house. According to the ''Saw II'' website, Jonas is written to be 41 years old.

Laura Hunter

* Portrayed by

Beverley Mitchell Beverley Ann Mitchell is an American actress and country music singer. She portrayed Lucy Camden on the television series '' 7th Heaven''. Early life After graduating from Chaminade College Preparatory School in 1999, Mitchell enrolled at Loy ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' Laura Hunter appears in ''Saw II'' as a prisoner of the nerve gas house alongside seven other victims, all but one of whom were framed for crimes they did not commit by Detective Eric Matthews. A flashback reveals that Obi Tate had kidnapped her for Jigsaw. Laura works with the others to find an antidote, but succumbs to the

nerve agent Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that ...

shortly after discovering that another victim, Daniel, is Eric's son. Laura briefly appears in ''Saw V'' lying unconscious, while John Kramer and Mark Hoffman set up the nerve gas house. It is shown in ''Saw V'' that her surname is Hunter, as indicated by a document observed by Agent Peter Strahm. According to the ''Saw II'' website, Laura is written to be 24 years old.

Michael Marks

* Portrayed by

Noam Jenkins Noam Jenkins is a Canadian actor, voice actor, and television director. He is best known for his portrayal as Aiden Pearce in the 2014 video game ''Watch Dogs'', and Detective Jerry Barber on Global's ''Rookie Blue ''Rookie Blue'' is a Canad ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' In ''Saw II'', Michael Marks is a police informant working for Detective Eric Matthews. He awakes with a spike-filled mask (called a "Venus flytrap" by Jigsaw) locked around his neck. A videotape and a set of x-ray slides reveal that the key has been surgically implanted behind his right eye, and in order to retrieve it he must remove his eye with a scalpel. He cannot bring himself to do it, and when the timer expires the mask closes, killing him. Michael is seen again in a flashback in ''Saw IV'', in the waiting room of Jill Tuck's clinic. It is shown in ''Saw V'' that his surname is Marks, as indicated by a document observed by Agent Peter Strahm. Michael makes an appearance in ''Saw 3D'', where it is revealed in a flashback sequence that Dr. Lawrence Gordon surgically placed the key behind his eye for the purposes of his test in ''Saw II''.

Obi Tate

* Portrayed by Timothy Burd (film) and Marc Carr (game) * Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw 3D'', ''Spiral'', '' Saw: The Video Game'', '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' Obi Tate is an arsonist, and a victim of the nerve gas house. He remains isolated from the rest of the group until they come across a trap intended for him. A tape recorder reveals that Obi aided Jigsaw in kidnapping the other victims, and Obi is instructed to retrieve two antidote syringes from a furnace, keeping one for himself and giving the other away. When he attempts to retrieve the syringes, he inadvertently triggers a trap that seals and ignites the furnace, burning him alive. A clue given on Obi's tape indicates that he can save himself by closing a valve with a picture of a devil next to it, but will burn himself in the process. In a flashback in ''Saw V'', his unconscious body is shown being dragged into the nerve gas house by Mark Hoffman. Obi appears in ''Saw: The Video Game'' where he is rescued from another furnace by David Tapp. In ''Saw: The Video Game'' it is revealed that Obi desires to be tested by Jigsaw repeatedly, thinking of it as a "gift".

Peter Baker

* Portrayed by Kelly Jones * Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'' * Status: Alive In ''Saw II'', SWAT member Pete Barker is with the SWAT team during the raid on Wilson Steel. He has his shins broken by a trap staircase and is then carried away by other SWAT officers. After the raid on Wilson Steel, Pete recovers from his injuries and returns in ''Saw III'' at the scene of a Jigsaw trap. Pete is then seen in ''Saw IV'', at the scene of Alison Kerry's death.

Xavier Chavez

* Portrayed by

Franky G Franky G (born Frank Gonzales; October 30, 1965) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Xavier in ''Saw II'' and Wrench in the 2003 remake of ''The Italian Job'' as well as other various roles suc ...

* Appears in: ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II'' Xavier Chavez is a drug dealer and a victim of the nerve gas house. Like the other victims, Xavier had served time in prison after being framed by Detective Eric Matthews. Xavier is instructed to search for antidote syringes hidden around the house. The group finds a test intended for him, in which a key is hidden in a pit of hypodermic syringes, but he throws Amanda Young into the pit instead. He fails to unlock a door containing the antidote in time, and frustrated by their lack of success, abandons the others. Recalling hints left by Jigsaw on a tape recorder, Xavier realizes that each victim has a number written on the back of their neck that, when combined, will open a safe containing the antidote. Xavier begins hunting down the other victims to collect their numbers before realizing that one of the victims, Daniel, is Eric's son. He corners Daniel and Amanda in the bathroom from ''Saw'', but Daniel slashes Xavier's throat with a hacksaw, killing him. Xavier's corpse appears in ''Saw III'' and ''Saw 3D''. In ''Saw V'', he is seen lying unconscious while John Kramer and Mark Hoffman set up the nerve gas house. According to the ''Saw II'' website, Xavier is written to be 40 years old.

''Saw III''

Corbett Denlon

* Portrayed by

Niamh Wilson Niamh Wilson (; born March 9, 1997) is a Canadian film and television actress from Oakville, Ontario, known for her role as Corbett in ''Saw III'', reprised in ''Saw V''; the Canadian horror film '' The Marsh'' (2006); and the title role in the ...

* Appears in: ''

'', ''

'' * Status: Alive Corbett Denlon is the neglected daughter of Jeff and Lynn Denlon. She is kidnapped and hidden in Jigsaw's warehouse, given a limited air supply. Jeff learns of her kidnapping upon killing Jigsaw, revealing that to get Corbett back he would have to play another game. However, that game never materializes since he is shot dead by Agent Peter Strahm in ''Saw IV'', shortly after learning about Corbett's kidnapping. During ''Saw IV'', Mark Hoffman is seen holding one of Corbett's stuffed animals when he talks to Agent Lindsey Perez. Corbett has a brief appearance in ''Saw V'' where she is seen with the stuffed animal being carried out of the warehouse and given to a police officer by Hoffman. After the end credits on the Director's Cut DVD of ''Saw VI'', Amanda Young is seen talking to Corbett through the door of the room she's captive in, urging her not to trust Hoffman when he saves her.

Danica Scott

* Portrayed by Debra McCabe * Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Danica Scott was the only witness to the collision that left Jeff Denlon's son Dylan dead. Instead of staying to testify, Danica fled the scene, and is later kidnapped as part of Jeff's tests. She is stripped

nude Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. The loss of body hair was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominin ancestors. Adaptations related to h ...

and suspended by her wrists in a freezer room. Once Jeff enters, two metal poles start spraying Danica with water at random intervals. She manages to convince Jeff to help her, but she freezes solid before he can retrieve the key from behind frozen metal bars.

Dylan Denlon

* Portrayed by Stefan Georgiou * Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Dylan Denlon is Jeff and Lynn Denlon's deceased son. He was killed when he was knocked off of his bicycle by a drunk driver, Timothy Young. Since Timothy received a very light sentence for causing Dylan's death, Jeff became vengeful, which is why he is tested in ''Saw III''. Jeff is even forced to destroy all of Dylan's possessions (which he had kept in Dylan's room) in order to obtain a key for one of the traps. Jeff ultimately forgives Timothy (who is revealed in a flashback to have been genuinely remorseful) for causing the death of his son, having previously forgiven Danica Scott, a witness who fled the scene and later did not come forward, as well as Judge Halden, who had sentenced Timothy.

Judge Halden

* Portrayed by Barry Flatman * Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Halden is a judge who presided over the case of Timothy Young, the drunk driver who killed Jeff Denlon's son Dylan. Halden is captured and positioned as part of Jeff's test of forgiveness to see if Jeff could overcome his anger at Halden for sentencing Timothy to only six months in prison. He is chained at the neck to the bottom of a large vat that is slowly filled with liquified pig corpses. The key to free him is in an incinerator filled with Dylan's belongings. Halden pleads with Jeff, urging him not to become a killer, and eventually, after revealing to Jeff that he has a son of his own, Jeff, after trying and failing to open the door of the incinerator, reluctantly burns the items to retrieve the key, and frees Halden in time. Later, while confronting Timothy, Halden once again pleads with Jeff to do something; at one point, the judge attempts to stop the machine to which Timothy is strapped (which Jigsaw calls "the Rack") using brute force. Jeff eventually forgives Timothy, and tries to help him, but when retrieving the key, he accidentally triggers a shotgun that discharges into Halden's face, killing him instantly.

Jeff Denlon

* Portrayed by

Angus Macfadyen Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in ''Braveheart'' and ''Robert the Bruce'', Komodo in ''Warriors of Virtue'', Vice-Counsel Dupont in '' Equilibrium'', Jeff Denlon in the '' ...

* Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''

'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Jeff Denlon is one of John Kramer's victims in ''Saw III''. Jeff was consumed by vengeance after the death of his son, Dylan, who was knocked off his bike and killed by a drunk driver, Timothy Young. Three years after his son's death, Jeff is kidnapped and subjected to a series of encounters with those he held accountable for the incident: Danica Scott (a witness who fled the scene and later did not come forward to testify), Judge Halden (the judge who passed a very lenient sentence on Timothy) and ultimately Timothy himself (who is revealed in a flashback to have been genuinely remorseful for killing Dylan). Jeff is faced with the choice of saving them or allowing them to die in their traps; Judge Halden pleads with Jeff not to become a killer himself. In Jeff's final test, he confronts Jigsaw himself to prove he has learned how to forgive. Jeff tells John he forgives him before slicing his throat with a circular saw. Upon killing John, Jeff inadvertently triggers a device that kills his wife Lynn. Just before he dies, John plays a tape revealing that Jeff failed his final test, and must play another game to save his daughter Corbett. In ''Saw IV'', Jeff is killed by Agent Peter Strahm, who appears while he tries to rescue Eric Matthews.

Jill Tuck

* Portrayed by

Betsy Russell Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell (born September 6, 1963) is an American actress who is best known for her roles in ''Private School'' (1983), ''Tomboy'' (1985), and as Jill Tuck, one of the primary characters of the ''Saw'' film series from 2006 to ...

* Appears in: '' Saw: Rebirth'', ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'', ''

'' (mentioned only), '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Jill Tuck, the ex-wife of John Kramer, appears briefly in ''Saw III'' as part of a memory that John recalls while he is undergoing brain surgery. She is interrogated by FBI agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez in ''Saw IV'', revealing Jigsaw's backstory. In ''Saw V'', after John's death, Jill visits his lawyer to hear his will, during which she is bequeathed a box containing his last intended test subjects, including one test that Jill must carry out herself. Submitting to John's final wishes, in ''Saw VI'' Jill places Mark Hoffman in a seemingly inescapable trap, intending to kill him. After Hoffman escapes the trap, in ''Saw 3D'' Jill flees to his precinct station and asks for help from Detective Matt Gibson in Internal Affairs, offering to incriminate Hoffman in exchange for immunity and protection. While Jill is in protective custody, Hoffman infiltrates the station and kills her with the reverse bear trap. Her death is subsequently avenged by Dr. Lawrence Gordon, who was instructed in a tape left for him by John to watch over Jill and to act immediately on John's behalf if anything happened to her. Jill is briefly mentioned in ''Jigsaw'', when it is revealed that the main game is taking place at a pig farm that had been owned by her family, until it had to close due to an outbreak of

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Lynn Denlon

* Portrayed by

Bahar Soomekh Bahar Soomekh ( fa, بهار سومخ, born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-American actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Crash'' and the ''Saw'' franchise. Early life Bahar was born in Tehran, Iran, to a devout Persian-Jewish family. ...

* Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Lynn Denlon is an ER doctor who is kidnapped in ''Saw III'' by Amanda Young and tasked with keeping John Kramer alive until another victim completes his test. Amanda locks a collar around Lynn's neck; if John dies or she moves too far out of range, the collar will fire five shotgun shells at her head. Lynn looks after John and performs an improvised

brain surgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

to relieve pressure on his brain, while her husband Jeff Denlon faces a series of tests. Amanda refuses to free Lynn after Jeff completes his test, jealous of the attention John showed her and not believing she had learned anything. Amanda, unaware that Lynn is married to Jeff, shoots her. Jeff enters the room after Lynn is shot and retaliates by shooting Amanda; he then slashes John's throat with a circular saw, unwittingly activating Lynn's collar; she is killed instantly by the exploding shotgun shells after John dies from his injury. Her corpse is seen in ''Saw IV'' and ''Saw V''. It is revealed in ''Saw VI'' that Mark Hoffman blackmailed Amanda into killing Lynn. In ''Saw 3D'', it is revealed that it was Dr. Lawrence Gordon who suggested that she perform John's surgery.

Mark Hoffman

* Portrayed by

Costas Mandylor Costas Mandylor (born Konstantinos Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Kenny in ''Picket Fences'' and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the ''Saw'' films. Early life Mandylor was born i ...

* Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'', '' Saw: The Video Game'' (mentioned only), ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Unknown (likely deceased) * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' (possibly) Mark Hoffman is briefly introduced in ''Saw III'' as a detective investigating the scene of Troy's inescapable trap. In ''Saw IV'', he is placed in a trap as a part of Officer Daniel Rigg's test. However, he is later revealed to be John Kramer's accomplice after he frees himself and leaves Rigg to die. ''Saw V'' reveals that Hoffman's sister was murdered by her abusive boyfriend Seth Baxter, and that after Seth was released early from prison, Hoffman took revenge by placing him in an inescapable trap made to look like one of John's; Seth was killed despite doing as he was instructed. John found out about the trap and blackmailed Hoffman into working for him, but Hoffman eventually became a willing apprentice and aided him in nearly every subsequent trap. When Agent Peter Strahm closes in on him, Hoffman kills and frames him. In ''Saw VI'', he kills two FBI agents and a technician who threaten to expose his secret. Jill Tuck attempts to kill him with an updated reverse bear trap, as per John's request, although he manages to escape wounded. In ''Saw 3D'', he sneaks into the police station, kills everyone standing between him and Jill, then kills her with the original reverse bear trap John had used on Amanda Young. After killing Jill, Hoffman destroys his warehouse and attempts to leave town. However, before he can leave, he is abducted by Dr. Lawrence Gordon and left to die in the bathroom from ''Saw'', thus avenging Jill's murder. According to producers

and

Mark Burg Mark Burg is an American film producer, manager and actor. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the ''Saw'' film series as well as the CBS television series ''Two and a Half Men''. Biography Burg graduated from the Roy ...

, Hoffman is named after late ''Saw'' producer

Gregg Hoffman Gregg Hoffman (June 11, 1963 – December 4, 2005), born in Phoenix, Arizona, was a film producer responsible for developing ''Saw'' and ''Saw II''. He studied communications, law and economics at American University in Washington, D.C. Hoffma ...

, who died shortly after the announcement of ''Saw III''.

Timothy Young

* Portrayed by

Mpho Koaho Mpho Koaho () is a Canadian actor. He portrayed List of Falling Skies characters#Anthony, Anthony on the TNT (American TV network), TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' (2011–2015) and was also a series regular on the Teletoon action ...

* Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Timothy Young is a medical student who knocked Jeff Denlon's son, Dylan, off of his bicycle and killed him while driving drunk three years prior to the events of ''Saw III''. Timothy was sentenced to only six months in prison, and was released long before the events of the film, fueling Jeff's thirst for vengeance. A flashback reveals that Timothy was genuinely remorseful for causing Dylan's death. In ''Saw III'', Timothy is kidnapped and placed in a device called "The Rack", which begins to rotate, twisting and breaking each of his limbs one-by-one. Jeff, despite Judge Halden (who had sentenced Timothy for causing Dylan's death) pleading with him to do something (and even trying to stop the device using brute force), is initially content with watching Timothy die, but ultimately forgives him and decides to help him. However, Jeff is too late and the device twists Timothy's head, fatally breaking his neck before Jeff can unlock the device. Judge Halden is also killed in the course of Jeff's failed attempt to save Timothy, after Jeff accidentally discharges a loaded shotgun into Halden's face while retrieving a key that has been tied to the trigger. Timothy appears in a flashback in ''Saw VI'', lying unconscious before being placed in The Rack by Hoffman, who is reprimanded by Jigsaw for not treating Timothy as a fellow human being. According to Jigsaw, Timothy was 27 years old when he died.

Troy

* Portrayed by J. Larose * Appears in: ''Saw III'', ''Saw IV'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw III'' Troy is one of Amanda Young's first victims, chosen because of his long prison record for unnamed crimes despite having a privileged upbringing. Troy is imprisoned in a classroom, where he is tasked with tearing eleven chains from his flesh before a bomb detonates, but he is unable to remove the final chain in his

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in time. It is later revealed that Troy's only exit from the trap had been welded shut, leaving him no means of escape even if he had removed all the chains. Troy is later seen in a flashback in ''Saw IV'', in the waiting room of Jill Tuck's clinic.

''Saw IV''

Adam Heffner

* Portrayed by James Van Patten * Appears in: ''

'', ''

'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Dr. Adam Heffner is the

medical examiner The medical examiner is an appointed official in some American jurisdictions who is trained in pathology that investigates deaths that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictio ...

who performs John Kramer's

autopsy An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any di ...

in the beginning of ''Saw IV''. He appears briefly in ''Saw VI'', where he tells Detective Mark Hoffman and Agents Lindsey Perez and Dan Erickson that he performed the autopsies on all of Jigsaw's victims, and that a different knife was used to cut the jigsaw piece from the remains of Seth Baxter and later Eddie. In ''Saw 3D'', he is murdered by Hoffman, who hides in a body bag in order to gain access to the morgue.

Art Blank

* Portrayed by

Justin Louis Louis Ferreira (born Luís Ferreira; born 20 February 1966) is a Canadian actor. Ferreira is known for his roles in ''Stargate Universe'' as Colonel Everett Young, serial killer Ray Prager in the first season of '' Durham County'', FBI Assistant ...

* Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''

'', ''Saw 3D'', '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Art Blank is a lawyer who was involved in a housing development project with John Kramer and Jill Tuck, before John's transformation into the Jigsaw Killer. Art is targeted by John for successfully defending guilty people, including Brenda (a pimp), Ivan Landsness (a rapist), and Rex (an abusive husband). Art first appears in a trap that pits him against another victim, Trevor. Both are chained at the neck to a winch and Art's mouth is sewn shut, as are Trevor's eyes, rendering communication impossible. Trevor panics and attempts to kill Art, and Art is forced to kill Trevor in order to retrieve the key attached to his collar, tearing his mouth open in the process. Art later has a hand in setting up the tests for Daniel Rigg. He is tasked with keeping Eric Matthews and Mark Hoffman alive throughout the 90 minutes of Rigg's tests, wearing a device strapped to his back with a set of pincers poised to cut through his spine. Once the timer runs out, he is to press a button that will free him and both captives. However, Rigg crashes through the door with one second to spare, causing Eric's death, and then shoots Art in the head after mistaking the tape recorder in his hand for a gun. Art is seen in archival footage in ''Saw V'', and is seen in a photograph with John outside the Gideon Meatpacking Plant in the police station's evidence room in ''Saw 3D''.

Brenda

* Portrayed by Sarain Boylan * Appears in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Brenda is a pimp who appears in ''Saw IV'' as a victim in Daniel Rigg's game. Art Blank had acted as her lawyer in previous criminal trials and got her acquitted. Brenda is placed in a machine designed to tear her scalp from her head and Rigg is instructed to simply walk away from her as she is not worth saving. After he dials the lock combination written on the gears to release her, she attacks him with a knife that had been hidden in the room. Rigg subdues her by throwing her into a mirror, and by the time the police arrive at the scene she has already died from blood loss. She had been told by Jigsaw that Rigg was there to arrest her and the only way to prevent Rigg from sending her to prison for her crimes was to kill him.

Cecil Adams

* Portrayed by Billy Otis * Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' (mentioned only), ''Saw VI'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Cecil Adams is a drug addict who played a large role in John Kramer's transformation into the Jigsaw Killer. As Jill Tuck was closing down her drug rehabilitation clinic for the night, he begged her to let him back in; once inside, he robbed the facility and shoved a door into her stomach while fleeing, inadvertently causing her to have a

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. John later abducts Cecil and places him in the first Jigsaw trap: a chair with razor blade restraints, from which he can only escape by pushing his face through a set of knives. The chair collapses and Cecil charges at John, who steps aside, allowing Cecil to fall into a tangle of razor wire, killing him. In ''Saw VI'', it is shown that Cecil robbed Jill's clinic at Amanda Young's request.

Crime Scene Photographer

* Portrayed by Joanne Boland * Appears in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' The crime scene photographer discovers a bullet at the scene of Allison Kerry's trap, clamped between Kerry's corpse and the trap. Later, at the elementary school trap, a crime scene technician inadvertently triggers a device that fires a steel spike into the crime scene photographer's head, killing her.

Detective Fisk

* Portrayed by Mike Realba * Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'' * Status: Alive Fisk is a detective who first appears in ''Saw IV'' working with Agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez. In ''Saw IV'', he discovers Daniel Rigg's fingerprints at the scene of Allison Kerry's death on a bullet casing lodged between her body and the trap. In ''Saw V'', he is present at the Gideon Meatpacking Plant when the FBI rescues Mark Hoffman and Corbett Denlon. Fisk is also seen in flashbacks with Hoffman at the scene of Seth Baxter's death and is later told by Hoffman to keep him in the loop about the Jigsaw murders.

Ivan Landsness

* Portrayed by

Marty Adams Marty Adams is a Canadian television and film actor/writer and comedian. He began a football program at McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main Mc ...

* Appears in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Ivan Landsness appears in ''Saw IV'' as the clerk of the Alexander Motel. Suspected of multiple vicious rapes but freed repeatedly due to the efforts of his lawyer Art Blank, Ivan is part of Daniel Rigg's second test. Following instructions, Rigg forces him into an adjoining motel room, where they are both confronted with video and photographic evidence of Ivan's exploits. Enraged, Rigg forces Ivan into a prearranged trap, and supplies him with the tools to escape: two buttons that will drive blades into his eyes. Ivan only blinds one eye before the 60-second timer runs out, and the trap rips off three of his limbs and throws his body across the room.

Lamanna

* Portrayed by Simon Reynolds * Appears in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Alive Lamanna is part of the SWAT team in ''Saw IV'' that discovers Kerry's corpse, and then follows the trail of Rigg's game first to his apartment, then a motel, and finally a school.

Lindsey Perez

* Portrayed by

Athena Karkanis Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. She is noted for her role as Grace Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series ''Manifest''. Life and career Karkanis was born in Alberta and r ...

* Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Lindsey Perez is an FBI agent assigned to the Jigsaw case along with her partner, Agent Peter Strahm. Informed by Detective Allison Kerry that two officers might be in danger, she and Strahm investigate the disappearances of Daniel Rigg and Mark Hoffman. As they follow the trail of Rigg's tests, it becomes apparent that they themselves are being targeted by Jigsaw. Perez barely escapes death when Strahm pulls her out of the firing path of a harpoon (which in turn hit a crime scene photographer). Minutes later, they enter a room where they are confronted with a Billy doll and a tape meant for Perez. As she leans in to hear the tape, the Billy doll's face explodes sending shrapnel into her face and neck. In ''Saw V'', it is implied that Perez died from her injuries; her last words to Strahm were "Detective Hoffman", leading to Strahm's initial suspicion regarding Hoffman. Perez is revealed to be alive in ''Saw VI'', with prominent facial scars, and is back on the Jigsaw case. Dismissive of Strahm being Jigsaw's accomplice, she and Agent Dan Erickson investigate abnormalities in each crime scene that implicates Strahm, including a distorted tape made by Hoffman. As soon as the tape is unscrambled Hoffman fatally stabs her. When Hoffman demands to know who else is aware of his secret, she says "everyone" before dying. After killing Perez, Hoffman sets fire to her body and everything else in the audio lab to destroy the evidence.

Morgan and Rex

* Portrayed by Janet Land and

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* Appear in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Morgan alive; Rex deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' (Rex only) Morgan and Rex are a married couple. Officer Daniel Rigg suspected Rex of abusing his wife and their daughter Jane but was unable to arrest him as Morgan and Jane refused to testify against him. In frustration, Rigg punched Rex, prompting his lawyer Art Blank to threaten him with a lawsuit. Detective Mark Hoffman interceded, claiming Rigg was acting in self-defense and the matter was dropped. Rex and Morgan are later put into a Jigsaw test as part of Rigg's game. The pair are locked back to back in a harness, their bodies impaled with several long spikes. A tape left for Morgan informs her that she can free herself by removing the spikes but will kill Rex in the process. When Rigg finds the pair, Rex is dead and Morgan is unconscious, having removed all but one spike. He gives her the key to the harness and tells her she will have to save herself, then sets off a fire alarm to alert the authorities to her location. When found by Agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez, Morgan says that Rigg has saved her.

Peter Strahm

* Portrayed by

Scott Patterson Scott Gordon Patterson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in ''Gilmore Girls'' and as Special Agent Peter Strahm in the ''Saw'' films. He also starred as Michael Buchanan in the ...

* Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Peter Strahm is an FBI agent assigned to the Jigsaw case. He and his partner, Agent Lindsey Perez, arrive at the scene of Allison Kerry's death shortly after the police find her body. He is the first to theorize that Jigsaw may have had more than one accomplice. He interrogates Jill Tuck gaining information on Jigsaw's background, while pursuing Daniel Rigg. His investigation leads him to the Gideon Meatpacking Plant, where he discovers the corpses of Jigsaw, Amanda Young, and Lynn Denlon, in the makeshift sickroom. Strahm kills Jeff Denlon in self-defense before Mark Hoffman locks him in. Early in ''Saw V'', Strahm finds a hidden exit, but is captured and placed in a trap (a glass cube around his head that fills with water) meant to kill him. He survives by removing a pen from his shirt pocket and using the plastic tube to perform a makeshift

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on himself. Subsequently, his boss, Agent Dan Erickson, removes him from the case. Strahm conducts his own investigation, now suspicious of Hoffman. He is eventually crushed to death in a trap room when he fails to follow Hoffman's instructions, and Hoffman plants his cell phone at a crime scene to frame him as Jigsaw's second accomplice. In ''Saw VI'', Hoffman emerges from the casket below the trap and uses Strahm's severed hand to place his fingerprints at additional crime scenes. As soon as Agents Perez and Erickson unravel the deception, Hoffman murders them and again leaves Strahm's fingerprints at the scene before setting it on fire.

Tracy Rigg

* Portrayed by Ingrid Hart * Appears in: ''Saw IV'' * Status: Alive Tracy Rigg, the wife of Daniel Rigg, is often home alone because he spends so much time at his job. He arrives home just as she is about to leave for a few days and stay with her mother; she tries to persuade him to come with her, but he declines. Before leaving, she tells him that he cannot save everyone.

Trevor

* Portrayed by Kevin Rushton * Appears in: ''Saw IV'', ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw IV'' Trevor appears in ''Saw IV'' as a victim placed in a trap with Art Blank. Both are chained at the neck to a winch; the key is attached to Trevor's collar, however, Trevor's eyes are sewn shut, as well as Art's mouth, rendering communication impossible. In a panic, Trevor blindly stabs Art in the leg with a hook, and Art kills him to retrieve the key. In ''Saw 3D'', it is revealed that Dr. Lawrence Gordon had sewn Trevor's eyes shut.

''Saw V''

Angelina Acomb

* Portrayed by

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* Appears in: ''

'', ''

'' (mentioned only), ''

'', '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Angelina Acomb, the younger sister of Detective Mark Hoffman, was murdered by her boyfriend Seth Baxter. He received a life sentence, but was released from prison on a technicality after only five years. Hoffman gets revenge on Seth by kidnapping him and placing him in an inescapable trap that is made to resemble a Jigsaw trap. Seth is sliced in two with a pendulum blade, despite following the instructions that he is given. John Kramer, who disapproves of killing his victims outright, learns of the trap and uses this knowledge to coerce Hoffman into becoming his apprentice.

Ashley Kazon

* Portrayed by Laura Gordon * Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Ashley Kazon is one of the five victims placed in the main game in ''Saw V''. In the first room, the victims have collars locked around their necks connected to cables that will pull them back toward a set of blades positioned to decapitate them. The keys to the collars are at the other end of the room, and they have 60 seconds to free themselves before the collars retract. All but Ashley free themselves in time. She is a former fire inspector who lost her job after writing a report to cover up an

arson Arson is the crime of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property. Although the act of arson typically involves buildings, the term can also refer to the intentional burning of other things, such as motor vehicles, wat ...

fire in which eight people died.

Brit Stevenson

* Portrayed by

Julie Benz Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972) l is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Darla on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel'' (1997–2004), and as Rita Bennett on '' Dexter'' (2006–2010), for which she won the 2006 Satellite Awar ...

* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only) * Status: Alive Brit Stevenson is the vice president of a real estate company, and is placed in a series of four traps along with four other people. The five victims believe that one person will have to die in each room in order for the others to move ahead; Brit fatally stabs Luba Gibbs through the neck with an electrical screwdriver in the third room. However, in the final room, she realizes that the group could have worked together so that everyone would have survived. She and Mallick Scott, the only other person to reach this point, also learn that the members of the group are connected through a building fire that killed eight people, which Brit had orchestrated. Brit and Mallick are forced to saw their arms in order to obtain enough blood to open the exit door. As she crawls from the room, Agent Dan Erickson finds her and calls for medical assistance.

Charles Salomon

* Portrayed by

Carlo Rota Carlo Dante Rota (born 17 April 1961) is a British-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the Fox series '' 24''. He also co-starred as Emilio Solano in ''Jane the Virg ...

* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Charles Salomon, a journalist, is a victim in the main game of ''Saw V'' alongside four other people. He is shown to be intelligent and to possess knowledge about the other victims and their mutual involvement in an arson scam. He attacks Mallick Scott in the second room, to obtain a key to a bomb shelter, but is attacked by Luba Gibbs with a metal bar and left to die as the other three victims move to safety from the explosive devices in the room. Charles realizes too late that the bomb shelters are large enough to fit more than one person, and dies when the bombs detonate. Charles had been writing a report about the arson of a building that burned down, but buried the story.

Dan Erickson

* Portrayed by

Mark Rolston Mark Rolston (born December 7, 1956) is an American character actor, known for his supporting roles in popular films such as ''Aliens'', ''Lethal Weapon 2'', ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''The Departed'' and the ''Saw'' film series, as well as G ...

* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Dan Erickson''Saw V'' end credits is an FBI agent in charge of the Jigsaw case, with Agents Peter Strahm and Lindsey Perez working under him. He relieves Strahm of duty following his narrow escape from a Jigsaw trap, and becomes increasingly wary of him as Strahm becomes obsessed with Jigsaw. When Erickson is informed by Detective Mark Hoffman that Strahm believes there to be another Jigsaw accomplice, he places a trace on Strahm's mobile phone to find him. He finds the phone (planted by Hoffman) at the scene of a Jigsaw game, and puts out an all-points bulletin for Strahm's arrest. In ''Saw VI'', Erickson and Perez, whose death was faked for her protection, resume the investigation and probe Strahm's apparent link to John Kramer. As they uncover evidence that indicates Strahm was framed, their suspicion of Hoffman grows. Once their audio lab technician removes the distortion from the Seth Baxter tape, revealing Hoffman as John's accomplice, he slashes Erickson's jugular vein and stabs Perez to death. Erickson is still alive as Hoffman pours gasoline over him and sets the lab on fire to destroy the evidence.

Luba Gibbs

* Portrayed by

Meagan Good Meagan Monique Good is an American actress. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Cousin Skeeter'' (1998–2001). Good received further ...

* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Luba Gibbs, a city planner, is a victim in the main game of ''Saw V'', alongside four other people. After surviving the first room, Luba assaults Charles Salomon after he attacks Mallick Scott, leaving Charles to die when explosive devices in the second room detonate. In the third room, Brit Stevenson fatally stabs Luba in the neck, stating that she does not trust her, and she and Mallick use the corpse as an electrical conductor to open the door to the final room. It is revealed that Luba played a role in an arson scam that killed eight people, an event that links all the victims of the game. She had accepted bribes from a sports team owned by her father, Richard Gibbs, to allow a stadium to be built on the site of a building Mallick burned down.

Mallick Scott

* Portrayed by

Greg Bryk Gregory Michael Bryk (born 19 August 1972) is a Canadian film and television actor. He has appeared in numerous films and television series and is best known for his reoccurring roles in ''ReGenesis'' (2004–2008), '' XIII: The Series'' (201 ...

* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'' (mentioned only), ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Alive Mallick Scott, an arsonist and heroin addict, is one of the five victims in the main game in ''Saw V''. Suspicious of the other victims, Mallick manages to survive the first trap, and is saved by Luba Gibbs in the second test at the expense of Charles Salomon's life, but Luba turns on him in the third trap. Mallick is rescued by Brit Stevenson who murders Luba, and the pair use Luba's body to close the circuits and open the door to the final room. In the final test, Mallick begins to understand his connection to the other victims that is through an incident, orchestrated by Brit, in which he burned down a supposedly abandoned building, killing eight people and leaving him guilt-ridden. Mallick and Brit, realizing that the victims were meant to work together to win, are forced to provide 10 pints of blood to open the exit door. Mallick passes out from blood loss as Brit crawls out of the room, and both he and Brit are taken to safety by Agent Dan Erickson. In ''Saw 3D'', Mallick appears in Bobby Dagen's support group, wearing a cast on his injured arm.

Pamela Jenkins

* Portrayed by Samantha Lemole * Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' (mentioned only), '' Saw: The Video Game'' (mentioned only) * Status: Alive Pamela Jenkins is a reporter following the Jigsaw killings who first appears in ''Saw V'', attending a press conference being held by Detective Mark Hoffman. In ''Saw VI'', she begins pursuing Jill Tuck for information about Jigsaw, presenting her with a letter found at an earlier Jigsaw crime scene, later revealed to be that given by Hoffman to Amanda Young. Pamela is kidnapped and placed in a cell opposite Tara and Brent Abbott's, with a message telling her that she is there as punishment for sensationalizing Jigsaw's story and twisting his message for her own gain, and will be forced to "experience the meaning of sacrifice" and "see the consequence for those who unjustly hurt others". At the end of William Easton's game, he is confronted by Pamela, who is revealed to be his sister, and Tara and Brent are revealed to be the family of a man whose medical insurance had been denied by William, in part leading to his death. Brent activates a device that kills William as Pamela watches. Pamela also appears in ''Saw: The Video Game'', providing information to another journalist, Oswald McGillicutty, who plans to write a book and not credit Pamela. Knowing this, Pamela steals all his notes, preventing him from writing the book, in order to write a book of her own. Despite her relationship to William Easton, the game and films show her last name as Jenkins.

Seth Baxter

* Portrayed by

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* Appears in: ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw V'' Seth Baxter is the boyfriend and murderer of Mark Hoffman's younger sister Angelina Acomb. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, but was released on a technicality after serving only five years behind bars. Hoffman, enraged by the death of his only family member, kidnaps Seth and puts him in a trap that mimics Jigsaw's methods, but is rigged to be inescapable. Hoffman produces a video tape depicting Billy (the puppet used by Jigsaw to communicate with test subjects) and distorts his voice to make it sound like that of Jigsaw. Seth, who had fatally strangled Angelina, is told that he must put his hands into two presses and push buttons to crush them in order to avoid being killed by a swinging pendulum blade that gradually swings closer and closer to his body. Even though he does so, the pendulum continues to descend and ultimately bisects him as Hoffman watches through a peephole. Jigsaw, who disapproves of outright killing his victims, later abducts Hoffman and blackmails him into becoming his apprentice. In Saw VI, detectives reopen the investigation into Seth's death after Dr. Adam Heffner reveals that the blade used to cut a puzzle piece from the remains of a recent victim of a Jigsaw trap was the same one used to cut a puzzle piece from Seth's remains. Agents Erickson and Perez, with assistance from a technician, subsequently analyse Seth's tape and discover Hoffman's voice, although all are immediately murdered by Hoffman.

''Saw VI''

Addy and Allen

* Portrayed by Janelle Hutchison and Shawn Ahmed * Appear in: ''

'', ''

'' (Addy; Allen mentioned only) * Status: Addy alive; Allen deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' (Allen only) Addy and Allen, William Easton's secretary and file clerk, are victims forced to take part in his second game at the abandoned Rowan Zoological Institute.The zoo's name is mentioned at the beginning of ''Saw 3D'' on a TV while Hoffman is stitching up his face. They are standing on retractable ledges with

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nooses around their necks and their hands tied behind their backs, while William holds two chains connected to the ledges. In order to move on, he has to drop one chain and let that person die. He is presented with information that Addy is a diabetic and in poor health but has a family, while Allen is young and healthy, but is all alone. William is forced to choose whether to act by his company's policy or by his own morals, and the chains are gradually reeled in, making it harder for William to keep holding them; he finally chooses to save Addy, and Allen's noose cuts his throat and strangles him to death when his ledge retracts. In ''Saw 3D'', Addy is part of Bobby Dagen's support group.

Brent and Tara Abbott

* Portrayed by

Devon Bostick Devon Bostick (born November 13, 1991) is a Canadian actor. He played Rodrick Heffley in the first three '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films, starred in the Atom Egoyan-directed film ''Adoration'' (2008) and portrayed Jasper Jordan on the dystopian ...

and Shauna MacDonald * Appear in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' (Tara; Brent mentioned only) * Status: Both alive Brent and Tara Abbott are the teenage son and widow of a man named Harold Abbott whose health insurance policy was revoked by William Easton on a technicality, resulting in his eventual death. They are captured and placed in one of two cages at the abandoned Rowan Zoological Institute at the end of William's series of tests, with Pamela Jenkins in the other. Once William reaches the end, Tara and Brent are given the choice of sparing his life or ending it. Despite expressing anger for her husband's death, Tara listens to the pleas for mercy from both William and Pamela, and cannot bring herself to kill William. However, Brent cannot forgive him and triggers the device himself, causing a platform of needles to swing down into William's back and inject him with

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. Pamela, Tara, and Brent watch in horror as he is dissolved from the inside out; Brent begins to cry when he realises what he has done. In ''Saw 3D'', Tara is part of Bobby Dagen's support group.

Carousel Room Victims

* Portrayed by James Gilbert (Aaron),

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(Dave), Larissa Gomes (Emily),

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(Gena), Shawn Mathieson (Josh),

Karen Cliche Karen Cliche (; born July 22, 1976) is a Canadians, Canadian Actor, actress. She is known for her roles as a regular on the television series ''Vampire High'', ''Adventure Inc.'', ''Mutant X (TV series), Mutant X'', ''Young Blades'' and ''Flash G ...

(Shelby) * Appear in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' (Emily; Others mentioned only) * Status: Emily and Shelby alive; Others deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' (excluding Emily and Shelby) Aaron, Dave, Emily, Gena, Josh, and Shelby (collectively referred to as "The Dog Pit" by their boss, William Easton) are six of William's junior associates, who did the investigative work as a team to weed out health insurance applications and claims that can be denied. They are placed at the abandoned Rowan Zoological Institute in the last of William's four tests, and are chained to a

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facing a shotgun that's controlled by the gears of a bicycle. Just as their work resulted in of all applications being denied or prematurely terminated, William can save only of the group of six; two of them can be saved by pushing two buttons that will drive a spike through William's hand and divert the shotgun upward, while the other four will die. If he does nothing, all six will be killed. Each argues, trying to win William's favor as he struggles with his decisions. Aaron begs for William to follow the company's policy until he's shot, Emily states her two kids can't grow up without her and lives, Gena claims she is pregnant and she dies, Dave tries to bribe William and is killed, Shelby pleads for her life to take care of her sick parents and survives, while Josh attempts to appease William by claiming that Shelby is not to be trusted. William ultimately decides to save Emily and Shelby, who are respectively the second and fifth to be stopped on the carousel. Aaron (the first), Gena (the third), Dave (the fourth), and Josh (the sixth and final) are left to die in that order. In ''Saw 3D'', Emily is part of Bobby Dagen's support group.

Debbie

* Portrayed by

Caroline Cave Caroline Cave is a Canadians, Canadian film, television and stage actor, known for her roles in the films ''This Beautiful City'', ''One Week (2008 film), One Week'', ''The War Bride'', ''Six Figures (film), Six Figures'' and ''Saw VI'', and the te ...

* Appears in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Debbie is the attorney for Umbrella Health and William Easton. She is kidnapped, tied up and placed in William's third test at the abandoned Rowan Zoological Institute; a device is strapped to her chest that will shoot a spear through her head unless she reaches the end of a steel cage maze in 90 seconds. After Debbie unties herself, William has to help her by diverting jets of scalding steam away from her path and onto himself. After reaching the end of the maze, she discovers that the key to her device is sewn into William's side. She attacks him with a circular saw but is unable to retrieve the key before her time runs out and the device activates, killing her, and she falls to the bottom of the shaft.

Eddie

* Portrayed by Marty Moreau * Appears in: ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Eddie is a

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banker and a part of a game in ''Saw VI'', along with his co-worker Simone, in which they are placed in adjoining cells. He wears a head harness with screws poised at the temples, and has a knife and a meat cleaver. A balance scale is placed between his and Simone's cell, and the one who can cut off more weight in flesh in 60 seconds will live, while the other will be killed by the screws boring into his or her skull. Eddie, who is overweight, slices several chunks of flesh from his stomach, but Simone severs her left arm and tips the scale in her favor, leading to Eddie's death. When Dr. Adam Heffner carries out an autopsy on Eddie's corpse, he finds that the shape of a puzzle piece has been cut from the remains using the same blade that was used on the remains of Seth Baxter years earlier, resulting in the investigation into Seth's death being reopened.

Hank

* Portrayed by

Gerry Mendicino Gennaro "Gerry" Mendicino (born May 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor. Mendicino was born in North Bay, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Windsor Drama School in 1973. Throughout his career he has been able to play a wide range of versa ...

* Appears in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Hank is a janitor for Umbrella Health, working for William Easton. He is kidnapped and placed in the first of William's four tests, a vise-like trap that will crush either his or William's chest, leaving only one survivor. Jigsaw informs them that every breath they take will cause the vise to tighten and that Hank is a smoker, despite a history of health problems. Even though William encourages Hank to hold his breath he is unable to do so, and continues breathing heavily until the vise crushes him.

Harold Abbott

* Portrayed by

George Newbern George Young Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Charlie in the ABC show ''Scandal'' and Bryan MacKenzie in ''Father of the Bride'' (1991) and its sequels ''Father of the Bride Part II'' and '' Fath ...

* Appears in: ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Harold Abbott is the husband of Tara and father of Brent. Flashbacks throughout ''Saw VI'' reveal that his health insurance policy was revoked by William Easton due to a discrepancy found on his application, and he eventually died from heart disease. Tara and Brent are placed in a game in which they can choose to let William live or die. Brent kills William by activating a platform of needles that inject

into his body, as an act of revenge for William's role in Harold's death.

Sachi

* Portrayed by Ginger Busch * Appears in: ''Saw VI'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' Sachi is a forensic technician who is tasked with analyzing the Seth Baxter tape by Agents Dan Erickson and Lindsey Perez. She later calls the agents and Detective Mark Hoffman to see her restore the tape. When she does, revealing Hoffman as the real Jigsaw accomplice, he slashes Erickson's throat and then uses Sachi as a human shield, with Agent Perez accidentally shooting her in the back.

Security Guard

* Portrayed by Karl Campbell * Appears in: ''Saw VI'' * Status: Unknown The security guard is an African American man who works at Umbrella Health as a night security guard. The night when William Easton is kidnapped, he is shot by his boss by accident. He tries to warn William about Jigsaw, but before he can do so, William is knocked out by a man wearing a cloak and pig mask. His ultimate fate is unknown.

Simone

* Portrayed by

Tanedra Howard Tanedra Howard (born August 15, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for winning the reality show '' Scream Queens'' and playing Simone Bethson in ''Saw VI'' and ''Saw 3D''. Life and career Howard was born and raised in Inglewood, C ...

* Appears in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Alive Simone is a

banker, who is placed in a game with her co-worker Eddie. They are placed in adjoining cells. Since they have figuratively extracted "pounds of flesh" from loan recipients who they knew could never pay them back, they will literally have to do the same in order to survive. She wears a head harness with screws poised at the temples, and has a knife and a meat cleaver. A balance scale is placed between her and Eddie's cell; whichever one cuts off the most weight in flesh in sixty seconds will live, while the other will be killed by the screws boring into his or her skull. Eddie, being overweight, slices several chunks of flesh from his stomach, but Simone chops off her left arm and tips the scale in her favor. Simone survives and is later questioned by Detective Mark Hoffman and the FBI in her hospital room. She angrily lashes out at Hoffman when he asks her if she learned anything from her experience. Simone appears in ''Saw 3D'', at Bobby Dagen's support group, still bitter from her experience and wearing a prosthetic arm.

William Easton

* Portrayed by

Peter Outerbridge Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series ''Nikita'', Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ''ReGenesis'', Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in ''Orphan Black'', Bob Corbett ...

* Appears in: ''Saw VI'', ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw VI'' William Easton is an insurance executive at Umbrella Health who is tested in ''Saw VI''. He helped fund Jill Tuck's rehab clinic; later, he informed John Kramer that his company would not cover the cost of an experimental treatment for John's cancer, based on a probability formula he invented, which his company uses to reject insurance coverage for people with fatal conditions. William is placed in the abandoned Rowan Zoological Institute and given 60 minutes to complete four tests, or else the explosives strapped to his limbs will detonate. The tests force him to make decisions about who will live or die and re-examine his policy. After completing his tests William is confronted by Tara and Brent Abbott, the widow and son of a man whose coverage had been cancelled by William, and subsequently died as a result. William learns that Tara and Brent have the choice to either let him live or kill him. He, along with his captured sister Pamela Jenkins, convince Tara to let him live, but Brent activates a device that drives a bed of needles into William's back. A vat of

is pumped through the needles, dissolving his body in two and killing him. Brent quickly regrets his decision, and begins to cry upon realising what he has done. William is mentioned in ''Saw 3D'' on a newscast stating that his remains were found along with the other victims from ''Saw VI''.

''Saw 3D''

Bobby Dagen

* Portrayed by Sean Patrick Flanery * Appears in: ''

'' * Status: Unknown Bobby Dagen is the author of a self-help book based on his accounts of surviving a Jigsaw trap. In reality, however, he made the entire story up in order to find quick fame and success. A flashback shows John Kramer attending a book signing by Bobby; John implies that he is aware that Bobby is lying about having survived a Jigsaw trap, and sarcastically says "We've met", thus hinting that he is the Jigsaw killer, after removing the dust jacket from the book and declaring that he does not need the picture. Bobby is later abducted by Jigsaw's successor Mark Hoffman and put into a series of six tests at the abandoned Clear Dawn Psychiatric Hospital, along with his wife Joyce Dagen and three of his key staff members. The first test requires him to escape from a cage suspended above a series of spikes on the floor, which he achieves by releasing the cage's bottom end and swinging himself far enough to jump free. The next three tests each lead to the death of one of his staff members; in the fifth, he must pull out two of his teeth in order to obtain the combination to the door leading to Joyce. For the final test, he must undergo the ordeal that he claimed to have endured in his book: drive two meathooks through his pectoral muscles, then haul himself up to connect two extension cords and shut off the electrified wire around Joyce's platform. As he is about to plug in the cords, the hooks tear through his flesh and he drops to the floor, and he watches helplessly as a large metal capsule resembling a brazen bull slams shut around Joyce and she is incinerated within it. His ultimate fate is left unknown.

Brad, Dina, and Ryan

* Portrayed by Sebastian Pigott (Brad), Anne Lee Greene (Dina), Jon Cor (Ryan) * Appear in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Brad and Ryan alive; Dina deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' (Dina only) These three victims are placed in a storefront window at a public shopping center. Brad and Ryan are chained by the wrists to opposite ends of a worktable, while Dina is suspended above them. A movable carriage with three power saws is attached to the table. A Billy puppet enters the room on his tricycle, and states that Dina has manipulated both men's affections for her in order to coerce them into stealing for her. Since she claimed to love both men, they will have the chance to fight for her love and their survival. In order to save her, one will have to push the carriage to the other's end within 60 seconds, killing him; alternatively, they can spare each other and Dina will be killed once the timer runs out. After a brief fight in which Dina tries convincing both men to kill each other, Brad is slightly wounded. Brad and Ryan ultimately reach a truce, and Dina is bisected by the centre saw, resulting in Brad, Ryan and Billy being covered in her blood, while a large crowd watches. Brad and Ryan are later seen at Bobby Dagen's Jigsaw survivors meeting. According to the producers' commentary, Brad and Ryan are the two men in the pig masks that help Dr. Lawrence Gordon abduct Mark Hoffman.

Cale

* Portrayed by Dean Armstrong * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Cale is Bobby Dagen's best friend and co-conspirator. He is accused of "hearing no evil", after choosing to help Bobby carry out his scheme to become famous by fabricating an account of surviving a trap. At the abandoned Clear Dawn Psychiatric Hospital, Cale is blindfolded, with a noose attached to a winch, standing at one end of a hallway with no floor, only the support beams and a few loose planks. Bobby is at the other end, and the key to free Cale hangs from the ceiling between them. In 60 seconds, Bobby attempts to guide Cale across the hallway and get the key. Bobby throws the key to Cale, who misses catching it and dies when the winch lifts him off his feet.

Dan, Evan, Jake, and Kara

* Portrayed by Dru Viergever (Dan), Chester Bennington (Evan), Benjamin Clost (Jake), Gabby West (Kara) * Appear in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: All deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' These four victims, all members of a racist Neo-Nazism, neo-nazi skinhead gang led by Evan, are placed in a trap set inside a garage at an abandoned junkyard. Evan's back, arms, and legs are glued to the driver's seat of a car, with the rear end of the car supported by jacks. His girlfriend Kara is tied to the floor with barbed wire, her head directly beneath the rear wheel; Dan stands strapped to a pole behind the car, with chains attached to the bumper connected to his wrists and jaw; Jake is chained to the closed garage door in front of the car. In order to save them and himself, Evan must physically tear himself away from the seat and pull a lever protruding from the car's engine compartment within 30 seconds. He manages to free himself at the last second, but fails to reach the lever, and the car is dropped off its jacks, crushing Kara's head. As it speeds forward, Dan's arms and jaw are ripped off, and Jake is killed when the car crashes through the garage door. The car continues travelling until it crashes into a pile of wrecked cars outside, sending Evan flying through the windshield and that of another car, killing him instantly. Mark Hoffman later steals Dan's corpse in order to use it as a decoy, while hiding in its body bag in order to sneak into the police station and find Jill Tuck.

Donna Evans

* Portrayed by Christine Simpson * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Alive Donna Evans is the host of ''Daybreak'', a talk show produced at the Stage 6 Studios, who invites Bobby Dagen for an interview. During the interview, she asks Bobby about the public attention he got due to his national tour, during which he promotes his book.

Joyce Dagen

* Portrayed by Gina Holden * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Joyce Dagen is Bobby's wife, and is unaware that he lied about surviving a Jigsaw trap. She is placed in Bobby's test at the abandoned Clear Dawn Psychiatric Hospital. She wakes up with a collar connected to her neck that gradually draws her closer to the floor, as she watches Bobby's progress. He makes it in time to save her, and must re-enact the test he claimed to have survived; however, he fails to complete it, resulting in Joyce being enclosed in a brazen bull and incinerated.

Matt Gibson

* Portrayed by Chad Donella * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Matt Gibson is an Internal affairs (law enforcement), Internal Affairs detective who takes an interest in the Jigsaw case when Jill Tuck asks to speak to him personally. She offers to turn over evidence of Mark Hoffman's crimes in exchange for police protection and immunity from prosecution. When Gibson was a uniformed officer, he was attacked by a homeless man who took his gun; Hoffman ordered the man to drop the weapon, then killed him. The incident led Gibson to mistrust Hoffman from that moment on, and he and his partner Officer Rogers lead the efforts to find him. Clues left by Hoffman lead Gibson to the observation area of Bobby Dagen's tests, where he and the two officers accompanying him are killed by a remote-controlled machine gun placed in the room.

Nina

* Portrayed by Naomi Snieckus * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Nina is Bobby Dagen's publicist, who is accused of "speaking no evil" by being his greatest link to the media but never revealing the truth of Bobby being a fraud. She is brought to the abandoned Clear Dawn Psychiatric Hospital; locked in a straitjacket and surrounded by four spikes aimed at her neck, Nina has a fishing line down her throat, with a key on the hook at its end. Bobby has 60 seconds to pull the hook up from her stomach. Attached to the mechanism is a decibel meter that brings the spikes closer to Nina whenever the sound level rises above a whisper. The timer starts and Bobby repeatedly stops to quiet Nina's screams before he finally retrieves the key, but he is too late and the trap kills her.

Officer Palmer

* Portrayed by Kim Schraner * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Palmer is an Internal Affairs officer who works with Detective Matt Gibson and traces Mark Hoffman's location based on video messages he sends in. As Hoffman searches for Jill Tuck, he kills Palmer by breaking her neck, then uses her body to trick another officer into opening the door leading to the holding cell area.

Officer Rogers

* Portrayed by Laurence Anthony * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Rogers is an Internal Affairs officer who helps Detective Matt Gibson investigate Mark Hoffman. Once Gibson figures out Hoffman's location, he puts Rogers in charge of guarding Jill Tuck, who has been moved to a holding cell in the police station for her protection. After Hoffman sneaks into the station, he kills every officer standing between him and Jill; Rogers is killed when he is shot through his eye.

Sidney

* Portrayed by Oluniké Adeliyi * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Alive Sidney is a Jigsaw survivor who appears at Bobby Dagen's support group. She reveals that she had been placed in a trap with her abusive boyfriend Alex. Hanging above a series of upturned lawnmowers, Alex tried to kick her to her death to save himself but was instead struck back by her, causing him to fall into the lawnmowers and be sliced to death. She was freed after this and came to value her life more for overcoming her abuser and surviving.

Suzanne

* Portrayed by Rebecca Marshall * Appears in: ''Saw 3D'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw 3D'' Suzanne is Bobby Dagen's lawyer, who is accused of "seeing no evil" by ignoring her duty as a lawyer and turning a blind eye to Bobby's fraud. Her test occurs at the abandoned Clear Dawn Psychiatric Hospital; she is placed horizontally inside a steel frame that begins to rotate her in a standing position, where three spikes are placed to impale her through the eyes and mouth. To save her, Bobby must lift a pair of weights at shoulder height and hold them for at least 30 seconds, until the 60 second timer expires, in order to stop Suzanne's rig from approaching the spikes. However, as he does this, two rods pierce his sides. Bobby attempts to hold it, but continues to drop it. Suzanne is inches from death, and with just one second left, Bobby drops it and she is killed.

''Jigsaw''

Anna

* Portrayed by Laura Vandervoort * Appears in: ''

'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Anna is one of the five victims in the barn games. While she and her husband Matthew lived next door to John Kramer, she was enraged by her baby's constant crying. She suffocated it to death and placed the body in bed next to Matthew to make it seem as if he had rolled over onto the baby. Matthew went insane and was committed to a mental institution, where he later committed suicide. In the third trap, Anna and Mitch are locked in a grain silo, at risk of being buried alive or cut to death by the grain and sharp objects pouring in. They are saved when Ryan pulls a lever to release them, at the cost of severing his own leg. Later, in the fifth game, Anna and Ryan are chained to pipes at opposite sides of a room and given a shotgun loaded with one shell. Anna tries to shoot Ryan, but the gun explodes in her face and kills her, having been rigged to backfire.

Brad Halloran

* Portrayed by Callum Keith Rennie * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Brad Halloran is a homicide detective in the city police department. He takes the lead role in the investigation of several deaths in which jigsaw puzzle pieces have been cut from the bodies; all the victims are associated in some way with his past cases. He begins to suspect medical examiner Logan Nelson and his assistant Eleanor Bonneville of being involved, and trails them to an abandoned pig farm where the new games are being played. During a fight with Logan, both men are knocked out and placed in collars with Laser cutting, laser cutters set to kill them unless they confess their sins. After forcing Logan to go first, Halloran admits that he has taken bribes and planted evidence, allowing guilty criminals to go free and innocent people to be sent to prison in their place. After tape recording this confession and planting evidence to frame Halloran as the new Jigsaw Killer, Logan activates the collar and slices his head open, killing him.

Carly

* Portrayed by Brittany Allen * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Carly is one of the five victims in the barn games. She had stolen a purse from a woman who suffered from asthma; without her inhaler, the woman suffered a fatal asthma attack when she gave chase. For the second game, Carly is presented with three hypodermic syringes, one of which contains the antidote for a poison that has been injected into her system. Another contains saline solution, and the third holds a lethal acid. If she does nothing, she and the other three still-living victims (Anna, Mitch, and Ryan) will be lifted off their feet and strangled to death by the collars locked around their necks. Carly refuses to choose and fights Ryan. However, he overpowers her and injects all three syringes into her neck, dissolving her face and killing her. It is later revealed that the syringe containing the antidote was labelled with the value of the money that Carly stole from her asthmatic victim.

Edgar Munsen

* Portrayed by Josiah Black * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Edgar Munsen is a methamphetamine, meth addict and criminal, having been arrested twice, once for the murder of Christine Nelson, but was released by Detective Brad Halloran. Edgar is later put in a test by the new Jigsaw Killer: find and trigger a mechanism to activate a game, or die. Edgar succeeds in activating the trigger, but is shot by Logan Nelson via his sniper and hospitalized. Edgar is later abducted, and found buried in John Kramer's grave with his throat slit.

Eleanor Bonneville

* Portrayed by Hannah Emily Anderson * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Alive Eleanor Bonneville assists Logan Nelson in performing autopsies of crime victims for the police department. She has a deep fascination with the Jigsaw murders, bordering on obsession, and has built replicas of several Jigsaw traps. When she shows her work to Logan, Detective Keith Hunt follows them and takes pictures, leading Detective Brad Halloran to order their arrest. Based on analysis of trace evidence on the latest victims' bodies, Eleanor determines the location of the new game, an abandoned pig farm, and takes Logan there; Halloran follows and ambushes them, but she escapes and flags down a car.

Keith Hunt

* Portrayed by Clé Bennett * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Alive Keith Hunt is Detective Brad Halloran's partner in the homicide squad, but has been assigned there from the Internal Affairs office to keep an eye on him. Hunt follows Logan Nelson and Eleanor Bonneville to Eleanor's studio and secretly takes pictures of the Jigsaw trap replicas that she has built, leading Halloran to suspect Logan and/or Eleanor of being the perpetrator of the new games. Hunt arrests Logan on Halloran's orders, but releases him after finding evidence (planted by Logan) that implicates Halloran as the new Jigsaw Killer.

Logan Nelson

* Portrayed by Matt Passmore * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Alive Logan Nelson is the medical examiner for the city police department. He had served with the United States Army in Fallujah during the Iraq War, but was captured, interrogated, and tortured by the enemy. This experience, combined with the trauma of his wife Christine's murder, leads Detective Brad Halloran to suspect him as the new Jigsaw. When Logan and his assistant, Eleanor Bonneville, find the site of the new game, Halloran ambushes them; both Logan and Halloran are knocked out and placed in collars rigged to fire Laser cutting, laser cutters at their heads unless they confess their wrongdoing. Logan appears to die when his collar activates, but then stands up alive and well after Halloran admits to his own unethical behavior as a police officer. Logan reveals to Halloran that 10 years ago, while working at a hospital, he had inadvertently mixed up John Kramer's x-rays with those of another patient, leading to a delay in treatment for John's cancer that allowed it to become terminal. He was placed into one of John's games, in which he was wounded on a set of circular saws. Choosing to spare Logan because he had made an honest mistake, John recruited him as an apprentice; it is revealed that Logan assisted in preparing the reverse bear trap depicted in the first film. In the present, Logan sets up a new barn game using three people associated with Halloran's past cases (including Christine's murder) in order to draw him in and frame him as the new Jigsaw Killer. With Halloran's confession on tape, Logan activates Halloran's collar, which slices his head open.

Matthew

* Portrayed by Edward Ruttle * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Matthew was Anna's husband and John Kramer's neighbor. While they were kind to John and had a baby, Matthew and Anna frequently got into fights. Anna later killed the baby and made it look like Matthew had smothered it in his sleep. Matthew was driven insane with grief, and put in a mental institution where he eventually committed suicide.

Mitch

* Portrayed by Mandela Van Peebles * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Mitch is one of the five victims in the barn game. He had sold a motorcycle to John Kramer's nephew years earlier, concealing the fact that the brakes were faulty, and the nephew had died in an accident as a result. During the third game, Mitch and Anna are locked in a grain silo and at risk of being buried alive or cut to death by the grain and sharp objects pouring in. Ryan saves them by pulling a lever, which severs his lower leg. For the fourth game, Mitch is suspended upside down and slowly lowered toward a helical blade spun by the engine of that same motorcycle. In order to save himself, he must reach down through the center of the blade and pull the engine's brake handle, which he is assured actually works. Anna jams the mechanism for a few seconds, but before Mitch can reach the brake, it starts spinning again and slices him to death.

Palermo

* Portrayed by Troy Feldman * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Alive Palermo is one of the officers at the beginning of ''Jigsaw'' who assists in chasing and confronting Edgar Munsen, along with Halloran, Keith Hunt, Solomon, and other officers. When Edgar uses a trigger device, Palermo and the other officers shoot his hand off.

Ryan

* Portrayed by Paul Braunstein * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Jigsaw'' Ryan is one of the five victims in the barn game. While in high school, his drunken carousing led to a car accident in which two of his friends and the driver of the other car were killed. During the third game, he tries to leave the barn through a door marked "No Exit", but steps on a rigged patch of floor and gets his leg caught in a set of sharpened steel cables that slowly constrict, tearing into his flesh. When Anna and Mitch become trapped in a grain silo under a flood of pouring grain and sharp objects, he must pull a lever to save them and free himself; doing so causes the cables to sever his lower leg. Later, in the fifth game, Ryan and Anna are chained to pipes at opposite sides of a room and given a shotgun loaded with one shell. Anna tries to shoot Ryan, but the gun explodes in her face and kills her, having been rigged to backfire. Ryan discovers that the keys to free both of them had been inside the shotgun shell, but the gun's discharge destroyed them and left him with no way to free himself. It is revealed that he later died and his body was left in the barn to rot.

Solomon

* Portrayed by Shaquan Lewis * Appears in: ''Jigsaw'' * Status: Alive Solomon is one of the officers at the beginning of ''Jigsaw'' who assists in chasing and confronting Edgar Munsen, along with Halloran, Keith Hunt, Palermo, and other officers. When Edgar uses a trigger device, Solomon and the other officers shoot his hand off.

''Spiral''

Angie Garza

* Portrayed by Marisol Nichols * Appears in: ''

Marcus Banks

* Portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Spiral'' Marcus Banks is the former chief of police and father of Zeke Banks. As chief he devised and introduced the controversial Article 8 policing policy, which saw the force turn a blind eye to police brutality and corruption to give officers more leeway to fight crime. He also struggled balancing his role as a police officer and protecting his son from police retribution after turning in a dirty cop. Marcus is lured into a trap by William Schenk, where he is strung up like a marionette and has his blood drained. Zeke is forced to use his last bullet to shoot a target that releases his father, instead of killing Schenk. However, an incoming SWAT team triggers a tripwire that resuspends Marcus, and forces him to raise his arm towards the officers, resulting in them gunning him down.

Marv Bozwick

* Portrayed by Dan Petronijevic * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Spiral'' Marv "Boz" Bozwick is a homicide detective and friend of Detective Zeke Banks, he was one of the few officers who did not turn on Banks when he reported a fellow officer for corruption. At the start of the film, Bozwick pursues a mugger into a subway tunnel and is knocked out and placed into a trap by the Jigsaw copycat. He awakens balanced on a stool with his tongue in a vise, and a video recording of the killer accuses him of being corrupt and lying on the witness stand numerous times, resulting in false convictions. He is given the choice to either jump from the stool and sever his tongue, or remain suspended and be hit by the oncoming train. Bozwick is unable to escape in time and is killed when the train impacts him. Banks and William Schenk are the detectives first on the scene, with Banks later being led to Bozwick's severed tongue and badge. Bozwick is mentioned to be married with a young son.

Peter Dunleavy

* Portrayed by Patrick McManus * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Spiral'' Peter "Pete" Dunleavy is a former patrol officer and partner of Zeke Banks, he murdered a witness who was due to testify against a corrupt officer 15 years prior to the events of the film. Despite planting a weapon on the innocent man, Banks remained suspicious of the circumstances of the shooting, and later reported him. Dunleavy was fired from the police and imprisoned for a number of years, causing Banks to become a pariah within the department due to "ratting" on a fellow cop. After being released from prison he works in a church and lives in the basement, leading an Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program for fellow recovering alcoholics. Dunleavy is later kidnapped by the Jigsaw copycat killer and suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned factory, in front of a device that crushes glass bottles and shoots the shards forward at high speed. Banks is also kidnapped and placed in the same room, given the option to either save Dunleavy or let him die. Although Banks tries to save his former partner's life, his body is too badly cut up by the glass and he dies before being untied.

Tim O'Brien

* Portrayed by Thomas Mitchell * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Alive Tim O'Brien is a lieutenant in the South Metro Precinct homicide department and the second in command under Captain Angie Garza. He is one of many officers who mistreats Detective Zeke Banks due to him reporting his partner for corruption. O'Brien is initially assigned as lead detective in the Spiral copycat murders, but is replaced by Banks as part of official protocol. As more officers are killed he accuses Banks of being involved, resulting in the two of them almost getting physical with one another. After the death of Garza, it can be presumed he is the acting head of the homicide department in the South Metro Precinct.

William Schenk / Emmerson

* Portrayed by Max Minghella and Leonidas Castrounis (young) * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Alive Billy Emmerson is the son of Charlie Emmerson, and witnessed his father being murdered by corrupt officer Peter Dunleavy fifteen years prior to the events of the film. Dunleavy was later arrested and imprisoned as a result of Zeke Banks reporting him. Planning to exact his revenge on the organization, Billy joins the police 12 years later under the alias William Schenk, and is assigned as Banks' partner when he first makes detective. Taking inspiration from the Jigsaw Killer, he devises a series of "games" to punish corrupt officers, resulting in the deaths of Detective Marv Bozwick, Detective Fitch, Captain Angie Garza, and former officer Dunleavy. He fakes his own death, making it appear he has been captured and skinned alive by the copycat killer. Using Banks' phone, he lures former chief of police Marcus Banks into a trap, blaming him for facilitating the corruption under Article 8 that resulted in his father being murdered. He proposes a partnership with Banks, with Banks locating corrupt officers and him killing them. In order for Banks to prove his loyalty, he makes him choose between using his last bullet to either shoot him or free his father from a trap. Banks frees his father, but then fights Schenk and gains the upper hand. However, an incoming SWAT team sets off a tripwire, resulting in Marcus' death. Schenk is able to get away and his current whereabouts are unknown.

Zeke Banks

* Portrayed by Chris Rock * Appears in: ''Spiral'' * Status: Alive Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks is a detective in the South Metro Precinct homicide division assigned to investigate the "Spiral" Jigsaw copycat killings targeting police officers. He is a pariah within the department, having reported his corrupt partner Peter Dunleavy for murdering a witness years prior, resulting in him being imprisoned. As a young detective, Banks was shot by a suspect when other officers refused to provide him backup. He mentions he has a son, and is in the process of divorcing his wife Lisa. Banks is paired with rookie William Schenk to investigate the copycat murders of police officers, including his good friend Detective Marv Bozwick. He is drawn to a final trap where his former partner Dunleavy is suspended from the ceiling, and is impacted by high speed flying glass shards. Although Banks tries to save Dunleavy, he dies from his injuries before he can be freed. Leaving the room, Banks encounters Schenk, who is revealed to be the killer and faked his own death. Schenk tells Banks he is actually Billy Emmerson, the son of the witness murdered by Dunleavy 12 years prior. Knowing Banks is a good cop, he proposes they become partners, with Banks locating corrupt officers and him killing them. In order for Banks to prove his loyalty, Schenk shows him the final game. Having kidnapped Banks' father Marcus, whose policies as chief of police enabled the corruption, he is strung up and being drained of blood. Schenk makes Banks choose between using his last bullet to free his father (by shooting a metal plate that releases the wires) or shoot him. Banks frees his father, but then fights Schenk and gains the upper hand. However, a tripwire is set off by an incoming SWAT team, which forces Marcus to raise his hand (with a gun attached to the restraints) and he is subsequently shot by them. Zeke is last seen screaming at the SWAT officers shooting his father whilst Schenk escapes.

''Saw: The Video Game''

Jennings Foster

* Portrayed by Troy Lund * Appears in: '' Saw: The Video Game'', '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Alive Jennings Foster is the head of a CSI team who cooperates with David Tapp's department to solve murder cases. Unbeknownst to others, Jennings committed a hit-and-run years ago that led him to frame an innocent citizen to avoid conviction himself. For this, Jigsaw places Jennings as a victim for Tapp to save in a pendulum trap. Tapp saves him, but Jennings blames Tapp for being there and runs away. He also makes a brief appearance in ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', where he is seen assisting the investigation into Tapp's death and photographing Tapp's apartment. In one of the case files, he seems to be very grateful towards Tapp for saving his life.

Melissa Sing

* Portrayed by Kahn Doan * Appears in: ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Alive Melissa Sing is the widow of Detective Steven Sing, who is killed after falling victim to one of Jigsaw's traps in ''Saw''. Upon Sing's death, Melissa becomes a neglectful parent to her son Franklin, and blames David Tapp for ruining her family. For this, she is placed in Whitehurst Asylum during ''Saw: The Video Game'' in an iron-maiden trap for Tapp to save her from. Tapp saves her, but she leaves him quickly. During the finale of the game, if the player chooses the "Truth" door, Melissa is revealed to have been held against her will following her trap and was forced to help Jigsaw, keeping Tapp's game going until 6:00, or her son would die. Attempting to evade Tapp, she is accidentally killed by a shotgun trap. However, in the "Freedom" ending, she is saved along with the other surviving victims in the asylum and set free, never having her incidental ties to Jigsaw revealed. A file written by Tapp in ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' confirms that Melissa survived the events of the previous game; the "Freedom" ending is further revealed to be canon to the franchise due to newspapers reporting Tapp's suicide following his escape.

Oswald McGillicutty

* Portrayed by David Scully * Appears in: ''Saw'' (mentioned only), ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw: The Video Game'' Oswald McGillicutty is the newspaper writer who coined the nickname "The Jigsaw Killer". One of his articles is seen in ''Saw''. In the game, Oswald is placed in Whitehurst Asylum due to Jigsaw believing Oswald is perverting his message and also for accusing David Tapp of being the real Jigsaw Killer. It is revealed in case files that Oswald was originally writing a novel about Jigsaw, but his notes were stolen by Pamela Jenkins in an effort to thwart him and write a book of her own. Tapp finds Oswald in a folding table trap, which he releases him from, only for Oswald to be killed by sharp slabs of metal immediately after.

Pighead

* Appears in: ''Saw: The Video Game'', ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (mentioned only) * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw: The Video Game'' Pighead is a masked person who works for Jigsaw. He appears in ''Saw: The Video Game'' and watches over David Tapp's game. He is shown to be hostile and is witnessed by Tapp killing several test subjects around Whitehurst Asylum. Pighead seems to taunt Tapp throughout the game, and sometimes attempts to come after him. Later on near the end of the game, Tapp is required to fight Pighead, who wants to kill Tapp and sabotage his game in order to surpass Jigsaw. Tapp manages to kill Pighead and get hold of a key to the library where his final choice is awaiting. Jigsaw rhetorically asks Tapp if he's a "murderer" for killing his servant. Pighead wears a red boxer robe and the infamous pig mask concealing his identity. He is referenced in one of Tapp's audio tapes in ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', with Tapp feeling guilt having killed him, not knowing if the person in the costume had a family or is another victim forced to obey Jigsaw.

''Saw II: Flesh & Blood''

Campbell Iman

* Appears in: '' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Campbell Iman is one of the two main protagonists and the brief playable character of ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood''. He is targeted by Jigsaw because of his addiction to drugs and his estrangement from his son, who is also a drug addict. His last name is mentioned in a case file that also revealed that he has lymphoma. Jigsaw places him in a "Venus flytrap" device that he escapes by cutting out a key buried near his own eye. After traversing several traps, Campbell is informed that there is another subject, Michael Tapp, in the game and that only one may live. Campbell is given the choice of sacrificing himself for a stranger, who has a potentially long life ahead of him, or saving himself, knowing he has a short time left to live because of his cancer. This choice decides the fate of Michael Tapp at the end of the game. If Campbell sacrifices himself, he gets crushed by spiked moving walls. If Campbell chooses to save himself, Michael dies and Campbell meets Jigsaw who informs him that his son is safe, having passed his own test prior to the events of the game, and all he has to do is leave through the exit. Campbell instead attempts to attack Jigsaw only to be killed by a concealed, falling scythe.

Henry Jacobs

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Henry Jacobs is the chief of police in David Tapp's precinct. He is involved in the Jigsaw cases and is the chief officer involved in the investigation into Tapp's death. Henry is involved in a conspiracy alongside Joseph Poltzer, Carla Song, and Sarah Blalok to steal seized drugs and sell them on the streets, bringing him to Jigsaw's attention. When Michael Tapp finds him, Henry is strapped to a chair with a revolver placed in his mouth that will fire unless Michael can pass a test. Even though Henry appears helpful upon his release, he begins stalking Michael throughout the game in order to kill him and prevent his corruption from being revealed. After Joseph escapes, Henry finds and allies himself with him in order to find Michael and any others who could reveal their secrets, leading him to murder Carla. Henry later runs into Pighead II, who stabs him repeatedly in the chest.

Joseph Poltzer

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Joseph Poltzer is a corrupt vice cop who abuses his position to steal drugs seized from criminals and sell them in a cartel, alongside Henry Jacobs, Carla Song, and Sarah Blalok. As a member of the group, he is kidnapped by Jigsaw and placed in a vise trap designed to crush all of his limbs and his skull unless Michael Tapp can save him. Michael's father David Tapp had accidentally uncovered their drug cartel while investigating Jigsaw, so Joseph teams up with Henry to hunt and kill Michael, Carla, and Sarah to tie up any loose ends that could reveal their criminal actions. He later executes Sarah as she is about to reveal the true identity of Pighead II. He and Michael get embroiled in a fight that results in them breaking through a wall and plummeting into an alley below. They struggle over Joseph's gun, but Michael eventually triumphs and fatally shoots Joseph in the head.

Michael Tapp

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Unknown (depends on player's choice) * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (possibly) Michael Tapp is Detective David Tapp's estranged son and one of the two main protagonists and the main playable character in ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood''. He is a reporter, investigating his father's recent death when he is captured by Pighead II and forced to undergo a series of lethal traps set up by Jigsaw. As he progresses through the game he saves several people, freeing Henry Jacobs, Sarah Blalok, Joseph Poltzer, Carla Song, and Solomon Bates while surviving other victims loose in the game; criminals previously arrested by his father after revenge on his son. Though initially friendly, Henry, and later Joseph, begin stalking Michael in order to kill him and prevent their corruption and role in a drug cartel being revealed, should Michael escape. Henry is killed by Pighead II before he can kill him however, and Michael is able to kill Joseph himself. During the game, Michael is revealed to have abused his strained relationship with his father to steal documents pertaining to the Jigsaw case, including Tapp's botched sting that resulted in Detective Steven Sing's death. Using this information for personal gain and revenge against his father for feelings of abandonment, Michael wrote an exposé that destroyed his father's career, unwittingly aiding the drug cartel run by Henry and Joseph, and partially contributing to his father's eventual suicide. In the finale, it is revealed that Campbell Iman and Michael's tests had occurred concurrently, with Michael's fate left in Campbell's hands. Campbell is given the choice at the end of his own test to sacrifice himself for Michael, a stranger, or save himself at Michael's expense. If Campbell chooses himself, Michael is trapped and crushed to death by a spiked moving ceiling. If Campbell sacrifices himself, Michael survives. Jigsaw reveals that Michael's real test is to see if he had the ability to punish the corrupt (Henry and Joseph) and so he is given a choice between two doors; one leads Michael to freedom and the chance to use the evidence found by his father to print the story of Jigsaw and the drug cartel. The other door reveals a Pighead costume and an offer to help people see the truth inside themselves, implying Michael can become Jigsaw's apprentice. The choice made is not revealed to the player.

Pighead II

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Alive Pighead II is a replacement for Pighead, who died during the events of the first game. Little is known about the character except that he is garbed in similar attire to the original Pighead and that he is involved in placing some individuals into their respective traps, including Carla Song. Throughout the game, he can be seen kidnapping Michael Tapp and killing other victims. He later corners and kills Henry Jacobs. Before her death, Sarah Blalok indicates that Michael knows the man behind the pig mask and that he is a friend of his father David Tapp. However, she is killed before she reveals his identity. Although Pighead II appears to work for Jigsaw, he commits acts of murder against his philosophy. Although his identity is never confirmed, it is possible that Pighead II is Mark Hoffman, since Hoffman knew Tapp and he was a murderer, unlike Jigsaw.

Sarah Blalok

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Sarah Blalok is a drug addict, Prostitution, prostitute, and an informant for David Tapp. Tapp gives her a second chance by helping her escape from her previous life. Following his death, however, she begins to fall back into her previous lifestyle. She blames Michael Tapp for betraying his father and contributing to his suicide. Michael finds her trapped in a sealed tank slowly filling with water and is forced to solve a puzzle to free her before she drowns. Though initially hostile towards Michael, she later becomes more friendly, explaining that his father loved Michael even after his betrayal. She is revealed to have been part of a criminal conspiracy alongside Carla Song, Henry Jacobs, and Joseph Poltzer; her role being to sell drugs on the streets. While searching for Jigsaw, Tapp discovered their drug cartel and Sarah was used to mislead him, even though she was aware that he was not concerned about the drug cartel because of his obsession with Jigsaw. Through her own admission, it is revealed that she had feelings for Tapp. She is found by Joseph as she is about to disclose the identity of Pighead II. Joseph sneaks up on Sarah and shoots her in the head.

Solomon Bates

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Unknown (likely deceased) * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (possibly) Solomon Bates is an accountant involved in a housing development project with John Kramer and Art Blank before the events that would turn John into Jigsaw. He is later responsible for using his accountancy role to hide the illegal money made by the drug cartel consisting of Henry Jacobs, Joseph Poltzer, Carla Song, and Sarah Blalok, thus bringing him to Jigsaw's attention. Solomon is initially found trapped inside a movable cage alongside Michael Tapp during the latter's first test prepared by Jigsaw. Both men have to race to push their cages over a floor covered in broken glass towards the exit, with the winner receiving their freedom. Solomon manages to reach the end first and escapes. After Jigsaw gives Michael a second chance, Michael later encounters Solomon again during his trials. Solomon is seen chained to a suspended cart set on a track filled with slowly rising flames that will burn him alive unless Michael pushes him out of harm's way. Upon his release, Solomon reveals the truth about the members of the drug cartel and that Michael's father David Tapp accidentally stumbled on their operations during his search for Jigsaw. He is last seen being cornered by Pighead II and thrown into a pit of syringes. Pighead II then seals the door before Michael can enter.

Zeke

* Appears in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' * Status: Deceased * Died in: ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' Zeke is a Jigsaw victim whose original trap mangles his hands beyond repair, stripping away much of the flesh. He is a Pedophilia, pedophile who molested little girls. He is saved from his trap by Michael Tapp, but passes out from blood loss. Between this event and the events of the game, he has his damaged forearms replaced with large blades and becomes psychotic, chasing and attempting to kill Michael at any opportunity. Michael manages to lure him in between two spiked wall devices in front of a doorway that snap shut and crush him.

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