Bolender played a small but important role in
The Shawshank Redemption as Elmo Blatch, the violent convict who
Andy Dufresne (played by
Tim Robbins) discovers may actually be to blame for the murders of which he was convicted. Bolender has continued to work as an actor over the past few decades, appearing in the 2018
Nicolas Cage thriller
Looking Glass, and in the recurring role of Dean in the
Prime Video crime series
Bosch (sharing credits with Shawshank co-star
Mark Rolston). He appeared in a 2015 episode of the
MTV series
Faking It and was also a guest-star on an episode of
Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender as Sha-Mo. == Personal life ==