Mark Hoffman

Hoffman turns up strapped into a trap, sitting on a block of ice with Eric Matthews hanging beside him. Officer Rigg races to save them both. When Rigg bursts in, Hoffman simply stands up: he was free the whole time. He works for Jigsaw. In the end he locks Agent Strahm in the room where John died.

Saw V shows how it started. Hoffman's sister was murdered by her boyfriend, Seth Baxter, who got out of prison too early. Hoffman killed him in a pendulum trap, copying Jigsaw to cover his tracks. John found out, abducted him and gave him a choice: work for him. Meanwhile Hoffman comes out of the last case a hero, and Strahm starts to suspect him. Strahm dies in a glass box Hoffman set up.

With Strahm dead, Hoffman makes him the new suspect. But Agent Perez survived, and Agent Erickson starts piecing things together. Hoffman kills them both to stay hidden. Flashbacks show he blackmailed Amanda. An envelope John left ends up with Jill, and she locks Hoffman in the bear trap. He escapes with his face torn up.

Wounded and exposed, Hoffman wants one thing: Jill. He storms the precinct, kills the officers guarding her and kills her with the bear trap. As he tries to leave, figures in pig masks attack him. Leading them is Dr. Gordon, who chains him in the old bathroom from the first film.

Costas Mandylor plays Hoffman. The character is named after producer Gregg Hoffman, who died in 2005.