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Mark Margolis

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1939-11-26

Died: 2023-08-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Opening of Misty Beethoven	Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)	67
2	1977	Short Eyes	Mr. Morrison	67
3	1979	The Other Side of Victory	Jemmy	0
4	1979	Going in Style	Prison Guard	68
5	1980	A Jury of Her Peers	Mr. Hale	62
6	1980	Dressed to Kill	Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)	70
7	1980	Christmas Evil	Man #2	54
8	1981	Arthur	Wedding Guest (uncredited)	65
9	1982	The Avenging	Pedro Quintana	40
10	1982	Muggable Mary: Street Cop	Sgt. Meyers	0
11	1982	Diner	Earl Mager	68
12	1983	Eddie Macon's Run	5:00 Bar Owner	57
13	1983	Scarface	Shadow	82
14	1984	Far from Poland	Adam Zarewski	50
15	1984	The Cotton Club	Charlie Workman (uncredited)	65
16	1985	I Want To Go Home	Cab Driver	0
17	1985	Doubletake	Janitor	52
18	1987	The Bedroom Window	Man in Phone Booth	63
19	1987	The Secret of My Success	Maintenence Man	65
20	1987	The Rosary Murders	Father Max	55
21	1988	Lady Mobster	Peter Colicos	42
22	1989	White Hot	The Tin Man	20
23	1989	Memories of Manon	Jimmy	83
24	1989	Glory	10th Connecticut Soldier	75
25	1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)	62
26	1990	Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection	Gen. Olmedo	55
27	1990	Descending Angel	Bercovici	50
28	1991	The Pit and the Pendulum	Mendoza	57
29	1992	1492: Conquest of Paradise	Bobadilla	63
30	1993	Where the Rivers Flow North	New York Money	64
31	1994	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Shickadance	66
32	1994	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	Captain Hunt	67
33	1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Louis Solanas	62
34	1996	The Pallbearer	Philip DeMarco	49
35	1997	Absolute Power	Red	66
36	1997	Trouble on the Corner	Mr. Borofsky	15
37	1998	Pants on Fire	Malcolm Preston	0
38	1998	Pi	Sol Robeson	71
39	1998	Side Streets	Bartender	64
40	1998	Above Freezing	Mob Boss	70
41	1999	The Thomas Crown Affair	Heinrich Knutzhorn	67
42	1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Gene Morgansen	57
43	1999	18 Shades of Dust		30
44	1999	Jakob the Liar	Fajngold	67
45	1999	Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99	Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")	75
46	1999	End of Days	Pope	61
47	1999	Flawless	Vinnie	62
48	2000	Fast Food Fast Women	Graham	63
49	2000	Dinner Rush	Fitzgerald	71
50	2000	Requiem for a Dream	Mr. Rabinowitz	80
51	2001	Starwater		0
52	2001	Hannibal	Perfume Expert	68
53	2001	The Tailor of Panama	Rafi Domingo	60
54	2001	Boss of Bosses	Piney Armone	56
55	2001	Queenie in Love	Spencer	59
56	2001	Hardball	Fink	65
57	2002	Bridget	Slim	54
58	2002	Angela		52
59	2002	Infested	Father Morning	45
60	2003	Daredevil	Fallon (uncredited)	53
61	2003	Particles of Truth	Grandpa Black	55
62	2004	2BPerfectlyHonest	Abrams	45
63	2004	House of D	Mr. Pappass	63
64	2004	Camp Hollywood	Himself	0
65	2005	Headspace	Boris Pavlovsky	52
66	2005	Stay	Bookstore Owner	66
67	2006	Umney's Last Case	Vernon Klein	70
68	2006	The Fountain	Father Avila	69
69	2007	Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth	Himself	82
70	2007	The Girl Next Door	Homeless Man Hit By Car	66
71	2007	Gone Baby Gone	Leon Trett	73
72	2008	Haber	Bremer	70
73	2008	The Wrestler	Lenny	75
74	2008	Defiance	Jewish Elder	68
75	2009	Nobody	Professor Hagel	75
76	2010	Black Swan	Mr. Fithian / Patron	77
77	2011	Carl(a)	Grandpa	72
78	2011	Immortals	The New Priest (uncredited)	60
79	2012	The Courier	Stitch	49
80	2012	Dig	Heinrich Berger	0
81	2012	Stand Up Guys	Claphands	60
82	2013	Beneath	Mr. Parks	37
83	2014	Noah	Magog (voice)	57
84	2015	Northern Borders	Whiskeyjack	58
85	2015	The Abandoned	Jim	48
86	2015	You Bury Your Own	Smith	42
87	2015	Nasty Baby	Richard	52
88	2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Panos	60
89	2016	A Remarkable Life	Landon	34
90	2016	One Fall	Walter Grigg Sr.	60
91	2017	Valley of Bones	El Papa	47
92	2018	Baja	Don Primo	56
93	2020	Minyan	Itzik	50
94	2020	Abe	Benjamin	71
95	2022	Every Last Secret	Grandpa	47

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Columbo	Cosner	81
2	1973	Kojak	First Gunman	70
3	1973	Kojak	Gunman	70
4	1983	Rage of Angels	Ricky	55
5	1985	The Equalizer	Jimmy	72
6	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Miracola	60
7	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Dr. Nel Apgar	84
8	1989	Quantum Leap	Adriano	80
9	1990	Law & Order	George Lobrano	74
10	1990	Law & Order	Bronson	74
11	1990	Law & Order	Frankie Polito	74
12	1997	The Practice	Richard D'Ambrosio	77
13	1998	Sex and the City	Jean Paul Sandal	74
14	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rom-Baro	79
15	1999	Now and Again	Nicky Vodorgov	69
16	2001	100 Centre Street	Merle Kiefer	77
17	2001	Crossing Jordan	Cahill	72
18	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mario Damiano	76
19	2002	Hack	Nicolai Zosimov	77
20	2007	The Black Donnellys	Sal Minetta	77
21	2007	Californication	Al Moody	77
22	2008	Breaking Bad	Tío Salamanca	89
23	2009	The Good Wife	Jim	76
24	2010	Blue Bloods	Whitey Brennan	78
25	2011	Person of Interest	Gianni Moretti	81
26	2011	American Horror Story	Sam Goodman	81
27	2012	Elementary	Abraham Misraki	76
28	2013	The Blacklist	Jakov Mitko	76
29	2014	Gotham	Paul Cicero	76
30	2014	Constantine	Felix Faust	78
31	2015	12 Monkeys	Mr. Werner	74
32	2015	Better Call Saul	Hector Salamanca	87
33	2019	Prodigal Son	Rudolph Swann	81
34	2020	Snowpiercer	Old Ivan	74
35	2020	Your Honor	Carmine Conti	81