Cast & creator
Lyriq Bent
Best known for Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Rookie Blue
Martin Lyriq Bent (born January 3, 1979) is a Jamaican-Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Daniel Rigg in the Saw franchise, the series Rookie Blue, The Book of Negroes, and Jamie Overstreet in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, based on the film of the same name.
31
film credits
32
television credits
62
1990–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Law & Order
Pastor Mike Butler
1990
CSI: Miami
Colin Madison
2002
Rookie Blue
Frank Best
2010
Haven
Ray McBreen
2010
The Man in the High Castle
Mingus Jones
2015
The Affair
Paul
2014
12 Monkeys
Henri Toussaint
2015
Relic Hunter
Quelch's Guard #2
1999
Mutant X
Harris
2001Mutant X
Randall Blake
2001
Missing
Dante
2003
The Rookie: Feds
Congressman Damien Roberts
2022
Street Time
Sergeant Danny Blackstone
2002
All's Fair
Mr. Walton
2025
Kevin Hill
Jack Johnson
2004
Mary Kills People
Detective Frank Gaines
2017
Carter
Joyce Boyle
2018
Four Brothers
Damian
2005
Tracker
Bartender
2001
Playmakers
2003
The Dresden Files
Jake
2007
Blue Murder
Twist Ballard
2001Blue Murder
Keith Rose
2001
Saw III
Rigg
2006
Saw II
Rigg
2005
Saw V
Riggs (archive footage)
2008
Pay the Ghost
Jordan
2015
Saw IV
Rigg
2007
Honey
Barber
2003
Angela's Eyes
Leo Jetson
2006
She's Gotta Have It
Jamie Overstreet
2017
Kojak
Billy Harris
2005
The Book of Negroes
Chekura Tiano
2015
Mother's Day
Treshawn Jackson
2010
The Caveman's Valentine
Seraph Dancer
2001
Sophie
Andre
2008
Take the Lead
Easy
2006
Crime Spree
Ellwood
2003
Shoot the Messenger
Kevin Lutz
2016
Skinwalkers
Doak
2006
Platinum
Devon
2003
Defendor
Wayne
2009
Long Slow Exhale
Garrett Carter
2022
Nappily Ever After
Will
2018
Guns
Ford Sanders
2009
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
Barry Hankerson
2014
Pretend You Don't See Her
Detective
2002
Acrimony
Robert Gayle
2018
Jane Doe
Rawlins
2001
Delilah
Gordon Leighton
2021
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Randall
2014
An Ice Wine Christmas
Declan Monroe
2021
Astronaut
Jim
2019Astronaut
Executive Producer
2019
Ladies Book Club
Carlyle
2016
10,000 Black Men Named George
Disgruntled Man
2002
Home Again
Dunston Williams
2012
The Good Sister
Investigator
2014
Benjamin
Paramedic #1
2019
Our Christmas Journey
Rick
2021
Love Jacked
Tyrell
2018
Long Time Listener
Carter
2026
Queen City
Takiri
2013