Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

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Born 1939-11-26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 1.6
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...
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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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Your Honor poster
Your Honor
as Carmine Conti
2020-12-06
Snowpiercer poster
Snowpiercer
as Old Ivan
2020-05-17
Prodigal Son poster
Prodigal Son
as Rudolph Swann
2019-09-23
12 Monkeys poster
12 Monkeys
as Mr. Werner
2015-01-16
Constantine poster
Constantine
as Felix Faust
2014-10-24
Gotham poster
Gotham
as Paul Cicero
2014-09-22
The Blacklist poster
The Blacklist
as Jakov Mitko
2013-09-23
Elementary poster
Elementary
as Abraham Misraki
2012-09-27

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