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Mark Margolis
Known for: ActingMark 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.
Filmography 53
Scarface
+4
as Shadow 
Black Swan
+2
as Mr. Fithian / Patron 
Noah
+9
as Magog (voice) 
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
+5
as Shickadance 
Gone Baby Gone
+10
as Leon Trett 
End of Days
+2
as Pope 
Absolute Power
+3
as Red 
The Wrestler
+2
as Lenny 
The Thomas Crown Affair
+10
as Heinrich Knutzhorn 
The Fountain
+2
as Father Avila 
Glory
+5
as 10th Connecticut Soldier 
Requiem for a Dream
+12
as Mr. Rabinowitz 
Stand Up Guys
+12
as Claphands 
The Girl Next Door
+6
as Homeless Man Hit By Car 
The Tailor of Panama
+5
as Rafi Domingo 
Stay
+5
as Bookstore Owner 
1492: Conquest of Paradise
+3
as Bobadilla 
Defiance
+5
as Jewish Elder 
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
+7
as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’) 
Pi
+10
as Sol Robeson 
House of D
+8
as Mr. Pappass 
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
+2
as Panos 
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
+11
as Gen. Olmedo 
Mickey Blue Eyes
+4
as Gene Morgansen 
Jakob the Liar
+6
as Fajngold 
The Courier
+13
as Stitch 
The Pallbearer
+3
as Philip DeMarco 
Flawless
+6
as Vinnie 
The Bedroom Window
+4
as Man in Phone Booth 
The Pit and the Pendulum
+6
as Mendoza 
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
+3
as Captain Hunt 
Eddie Macon's Run
+2
as 5:00 Bar Owner 
The Abandoned
+8
as Jim 
Descending Angel
as Bercovici 
Nasty Baby
+5
as Richard 
Abe
+16
as Benjamin 
Where the Rivers Flow North
+6
as New York Money 
Minyan
+3
as Itzik 
Northern Borders
+8
as Whiskeyjack 
Every Last Secret
+5
as Grandpa 
Headspace
+2
as Boris Pavlovsky 
Lady Mobster
+3
as Peter Colicos 
Short Eyes
+4
as Mr. Morrison 
Beneath
+4
as Mr. Parks 
Infested
as Father Morning 
Camp Hollywood
+1
as Himself 
A Remarkable Life
+6
as Landon 
Valley of Bones
+6
as El Papa 
You Bury Your Own
+1
as Smith 
One Fall
+1
as Walter Grigg Sr. 
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as Abrams 
Baja
+10
as Don Primo