Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Known for
Acting
Born
November 26, 1939
Died
August 3, 2023 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Mark Margolis (November 26, 1939 – August 3, 2023) was an American actor, who had been making films since 1976. Margolis went to Temple University briefly before moving to New York City, where he studied drama with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. He was perhaps most famous for his supporting roles in Scarface and the films of Darren Aronofsky: π, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, and Black Swan. Aronofsky wrote the role of Father Avila in The Fountain specifically for Margolis. He had recurring roles on numerous TV shows, including The Equalizer, HBO's Oz, Law And Order, Crossing Jordan and most recently Showtime's Californication and Breaking Bad. He also appeared in a first season episode of Quantum Leap. In 1991, he also played Helmut Dieter in soap opera Santa Barbara.

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Filmography

2022
Every Last Secret poster

Every Last Secret

Movie · as Grandpa

2020
Abe poster

Abe

Movie · as Benjamin

2020
Minyan poster

Minyan

Movie · as Itzik

2020
Your Honor poster

Your Honor

TV · as Carmine Conti · 5 eps

2020
Snowpiercer poster

Snowpiercer

TV · as Old Ivan · 1 ep

2019
Prodigal Son poster

Prodigal Son

TV · as Rudolph Swann · 1 ep

2018
Baja poster

Baja

Movie · as Don Primo

2017
Valley of Bones poster

Valley of Bones

Movie · as El Papa

2016
One Fall poster

One Fall

Movie · as Walter Grigg Sr.

2016
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 poster

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Movie · as Panos

2016
A Remarkable Life poster

A Remarkable Life

Movie · as Landon

2015
Nasty Baby poster

Nasty Baby

Movie · as Richard

2015
The Abandoned poster

The Abandoned

Movie · as Jim

2015
Northern Borders poster

Northern Borders

Movie · as Whiskeyjack

2015
You Bury Your Own poster

You Bury Your Own

Movie · as Smith

2015
12 Monkeys poster

12 Monkeys

TV · as Mr. Werner · 1 ep

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Hector Salamanca · 22 eps

2014
Noah poster

Noah

Movie · as Magog (voice)

2014
Gotham poster

Gotham

TV · as Paul Cicero · 2 eps

2014
Constantine poster

Constantine

TV · as Felix Faust · 1 ep

2014
The Affair poster

The Affair

TV · as Arthur Solloway · 3 eps

2013
Beneath poster

Beneath

Movie · as Mr. Parks

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Jakov Mitko · 1 ep

2012
The Courier poster

The Courier

Movie · as Stitch

2012
Stand Up Guys poster

Stand Up Guys

Movie · as Claphands

2012
Dig

Dig

Movie · as Heinrich Berger

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Abraham Misraki · 1 ep

2011
Carl(a) poster

Carl(a)

Movie · as Grandpa

2011
Immortals poster

Immortals

Movie · as The New Priest (uncredited)

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as Sam Goodman · 3 eps

2011
Person of Interest poster

Person of Interest

TV · as Gianni Moretti · 3 eps

2011
Fairly Legal poster

Fairly Legal

TV · as Ian Saunders · 2 eps

2010
Black Swan poster

Black Swan

Movie · as Mr. Fithian / Patron

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Whitey Brennan · 2 eps

2009
Nobody poster

Nobody

Movie · as Professor Hagel

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

2009
Kings poster

Kings

TV · as Premier Shaw · 2 eps

2008
The Wrestler poster

The Wrestler

Movie · as Lenny

2008
Haber poster

Haber

Movie · as Bremer

2008
Defiance poster

Defiance

Movie · as Jewish Elder

2008
Breaking Bad poster

Breaking Bad

TV · as Tío Salamanca · 8 eps

2007
Gone Baby Gone poster

Gone Baby Gone

Movie · as Leon Trett

2007
The Girl Next Door poster

The Girl Next Door

Movie · as Homeless Man Hit By Car

2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth poster

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Movie · as Himself

2007
Californication poster

Californication

TV · as Al Moody · 1 ep

2007
The Black Donnellys poster

The Black Donnellys

TV · as Sal Minetta · 1 ep

2006
The Fountain poster

The Fountain

Movie · as Father Avila

2006
Umney's Last Case poster

Umney's Last Case

Movie · as Vernon Klein

2006
Brotherhood poster

Brotherhood

TV · as Jacob Weiss · 1 ep

2005
Headspace poster

Headspace

Movie · as Boris Pavlovsky

2005
Stay poster

Stay

Movie · as Bookstore Owner

2004
2BPerfectlyHonest poster

2BPerfectlyHonest

Movie · as Abrams

2004
House of D poster

House of D

Movie · as Mr. Pappass

2004
Camp Hollywood poster

Camp Hollywood

Movie · as Himself

2003
Particles of Truth poster

Particles of Truth

Movie · as Grandpa Black

2003
Daredevil poster

Daredevil

Movie · as Fallon (uncredited)

2002
Angela poster

Angela

Movie

2002
Infested poster

Infested

Movie · as Father Morning

2002
Bridget poster

Bridget

Movie · as Slim

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · as Nicolai Zosimov · 4 eps

2001
The Tailor of Panama poster

The Tailor of Panama

Movie · as Rafi Domingo

2001
Starwater

Starwater

Movie

2001
Queenie in Love poster

Queenie in Love

Movie · as Spencer

2001
Hardball poster

Hardball

Movie · as Fink

2001
Hannibal poster

Hannibal

Movie · as Perfume Expert

2001
Boss of Bosses poster

Boss of Bosses

Movie · as Piney Armone

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Mario Damiano · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Cahill · 1 ep

2001
100 Centre Street poster

100 Centre Street

TV · as Merle Kiefer · 1 ep

2000
Requiem for a Dream poster

Requiem for a Dream

Movie · as Mr. Rabinowitz

2000
Fast Food Fast Women poster

Fast Food Fast Women

Movie · as Graham

2000
Dinner Rush poster

Dinner Rush

Movie · as Fitzgerald

1999
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie · as Heinrich Knutzhorn

1999
18 Shades of Dust poster

18 Shades of Dust

Movie

1999
Jakob the Liar poster

Jakob the Liar

Movie · as Fajngold

1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Movie · as Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")

1999
End of Days poster

End of Days

Movie · as Pope

1999
Flawless poster

Flawless

Movie · as Vinnie

1999
Mickey Blue Eyes poster

Mickey Blue Eyes

Movie · as Gene Morgansen

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Rom-Baro · 1 ep

1999
Now and Again poster

Now and Again

TV · as Nicky Vodorgov · 1 ep

1998
Pi poster

Pi

Movie · as Sol Robeson

1998
Above Freezing poster

Above Freezing

Movie · as Mob Boss

1998
Pants on Fire poster

Pants on Fire

Movie · as Malcolm Preston

1998
Side Streets poster

Side Streets

Movie · as Bartender

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Jean Paul Sandal · 1 ep

1997
Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power

Movie · as Red

1997
Trouble on the Corner poster

Trouble on the Corner

Movie · as Mr. Borofsky

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Richard D'Ambrosio · 1 ep

1997
Oz poster

Oz

TV · as Antonio Nappa · 9 eps

1997
Prince Street

Prince Street

TV · 6 eps

1996
The Pallbearer poster

The Pallbearer

Movie · as Philip DeMarco

1996
I Shot Andy Warhol poster

I Shot Andy Warhol

Movie · as Louis Solanas

1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale poster

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Movie · as Captain Hunt

1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective poster

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Movie · as Shickadance

1993
Where the Rivers Flow North poster

Where the Rivers Flow North

Movie · as New York Money

1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise poster

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Movie · as Bobadilla

1991
The Pit and the Pendulum poster

The Pit and the Pendulum

Movie · as Mendoza

1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie poster

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Movie · as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1990
Descending Angel poster

Descending Angel

Movie · as Bercovici

1990
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection poster

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

Movie · as Gen. Olmedo

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as George Lobrano, Bronson, Frankie Polito · 1 ep

1989
White Hot poster

White Hot

Movie · as The Tin Man

1989
Glory poster

Glory

Movie · as 10th Connecticut Soldier

1989
Memories of Manon poster

Memories of Manon

Movie · as Jimmy

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Adriano · 1 ep

1988
Lady Mobster poster

Lady Mobster

Movie · as Peter Colicos

1987
The Bedroom Window poster

The Bedroom Window

Movie · as Man in Phone Booth

1987
The Secret of My Success poster

The Secret of My Success

Movie · as Maintenence Man

1987
The Rosary Murders poster

The Rosary Murders

Movie · as Father Max

1987
Almost Partners poster

Almost Partners

Movie · as Kristopholous

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Dr. Nel Apgar · 1 ep

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · as Miracola · 1 ep

1985
Doubletake poster

Doubletake

Movie · as Janitor

1985
I Want to Go Home

I Want to Go Home

Movie · as Cab Driver

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Jimmy · 16 eps

1984
Far from Poland

Far from Poland

Movie · as Adam Zarewski

1984
The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club

Movie · as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

1983
Scarface poster

Scarface

Movie · as Shadow

1983
Eddie Macon's Run poster

Eddie Macon's Run

Movie · as 5:00 Bar Owner

1983
Rage of Angels poster

Rage of Angels

TV · as Ricky · 2 eps

1982
Muggable Mary: Street Cop poster

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

Movie · as Sgt. Meyers

1982
Diner poster

Diner

Movie · as Earl Mager

1982
The Avenging

The Avenging

Movie · as Pedro Quintana

1981
Arthur poster

Arthur

Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1980
A Jury of Her Peers poster

A Jury of Her Peers

Movie · as Mr. Hale

1980
Dressed to Kill poster

Dressed to Kill

Movie · as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)

1980
Christmas Evil poster

Christmas Evil

Movie · as Man #2

1979
The Other Side of Victory

The Other Side of Victory

Movie · as Jemmy

1979
Going in Style poster

Going in Style

Movie · as Prison Guard

1977
Short Eyes poster

Short Eyes

Movie · as Mr. Morrison

1976
The Opening of Misty Beethoven poster

The Opening of Misty Beethoven

Movie · as Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as First Gunman · 1 ep

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Cosner · 1 ep