Mark Margolis
Acting
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.
Born: November 26, 1939
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Better Call Saul Season Six. Includes interviews with cast and crew, insights into key storylines, and an overview of the production process for the final season. Produced by Bark Bark for AMC
Breaking Bad
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Better Call Saul
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Memories of Manon
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before. Created by editing 2-parts of episodes of the TV series, The Equalizer.
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.
Scarface
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Prodigal Son
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
American Horror Story
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
Filmography
as Grandpa
as Carmine Conti
as Itzik
as Benjamin
as Old Ivan
as Rudolph Swann
as Don Primo
as El Papa
as Walter Grigg Sr.
as Landon
as Panos
as Richard
as Smith
as Jim
as Hector Salamanca
as Mr. Werner
as Whiskeyjack
as Felix Faust
as Paul Cicero
as Magog (voice)
as Jakov Mitko
as Mr. Parks
as Claphands
as Abraham Misraki
as Stitch
as The New Priest (uncredited)
as Grandpa
as Sam Goodman
as Gianni Moretti
as Mr. Fithian / Patron
as Whitey Brennan
as Jim
as Premier Shaw
as Professor Hagel
as Jewish Elder
as Lenny
as Bremer
as Tío Salamanca
as Leon Trett
as Al Moody
as Homeless Man Hit By Car
as Himself
as Sal Minetta
as Father Avila
as Jacob Weiss
as Vernon Klein
as Bookstore Owner
as Boris Pavlovsky
as Himself
as Mr. Pappass
as Abrams
as Grandpa Black
as Fallon (uncredited)
as Father Morning
as Nicolai Zosimov
as Slim
as Mario Damiano
as Cahill
as Fink
as Spencer
as Piney Armone
as Rafi Domingo
as Perfume Expert
as Merle Kiefer
as Mr. Rabinowitz
as Fitzgerald
as Graham
as Vinnie
as Pope
as Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")
as Nicky Vodorgov
as Rom-Baro
as Fajngold
as Gene Morgansen
as Heinrich Knutzhorn
as Mob Boss
as Bartender
as Sol Robeson
as Jean Paul Sandal
as Malcolm Preston
as Mr. Borofsky
as Antonio Nappa
as Richard D'Ambrosio
as Red
as Philip DeMarco
as Louis Solanas
as Captain Hunt
as Mr. Shickadance
as New York Money
as Bobadilla
as Mendoza
as Bercovici
as George Lobrano
as Bronson
as Frankie Polito
as Gen. Olmedo
as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
as 10th Connecticut Soldier
as Adriano
as Jimmy
as The Tin Man
as Peter Colicos
as Dr. Nel Apgar
as Miracola
as Father Max
as Kristopholous
as Maintenence Man
as Man in Phone Booth
as Janitor
as Jimmy
as Charlie Workman (uncredited)
as Shadow
as 5:00 Bar Owner
as Ricky
as Earl Mager
as Sgt. Meyers
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Man #2
as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)
as Mr. Hale
as Prison Guard
as Mr. Morrison
as Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)
as First Gunman
as Gunman
as Cosner