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.

Filmography

• 2022Every Last Secret — Grandpa
• 2020Abe — Benjamin
• 2020Minyan — Itzik
• Snowpiercer — Old Ivan
• Your Honor — Carmine Conti
• Prodigal Son — Rudolph Swann
• 2018Baja — Don Primo
• 2017Valley of Bones — El Papa
• 2016A Remarkable Life — Landon
• 2016My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 — Panos
• 2016One Fall — Walter Grigg Sr.
• 12 Monkeys — Mr. Werner
• Better Call Saul — Hector Salamanca
• 2015Nasty Baby — Richard
• 2015Northern Borders — Whiskeyjack
• 2015The Abandoned — Jim
• 2015You Bury Your Own — Smith
• Constantine — Felix Faust
• Gotham — Paul Cicero
• 2014Noah — Magog (voice)
• The Affair — Arthur Solloway
• 2013Beneath — Mr. Parks
• The Blacklist — Jakov Mitko
• 2012Dig — Heinrich Berger
• Elementary — Abraham Misraki
• 2012Stand Up Guys — Claphands
• 2012The Courier — Stitch
• American Horror Story — Sam Goodman
• 2011Carl(a) — Grandpa
• Fairly Legal — Ian Saunders
• 2011Immortals — The New Priest (uncredited)
• Person of Interest — Gianni Moretti
• 2010Black Swan — Mr. Fithian / Patron
• Blue Bloods — Whitey Brennan
• Kings — Premier Shaw
• 2009Nobody — Professor Hagel
• The Good Wife — Jim
• Breaking Bad — Tío Salamanca
• 2008Defiance — Jewish Elder
• 2008Haber — Bremer
• 2008The Wrestler — Lenny
• Californication — Al Moody
• 2007Gone Baby Gone — Leon Trett
• The Black Donnellys — Sal Minetta
• 2007The Girl Next Door — Homeless Man Hit By Car
• Brotherhood — Jacob Weiss
• 2006The Fountain — Father Avila
• 2006Umney's Last Case — Vernon Klein
• 2005Headspace — Boris Pavlovsky
• 2005Stay — Bookstore Owner
• 20042BPerfectlyHonest — Abrams
• 2004House of D — Mr. Pappass
• 2003Daredevil — Fallon (uncredited)
• 2003Particles of Truth — Grandpa Black
• 2002Angela
• 2002Bridget — Slim
• Hack — Nicolai Zosimov
• 2002Infested — Father Morning
• 100 Centre Street — Merle Kiefer
• 2001Boss of Bosses — Piney Armone
• Crossing Jordan — Cahill
• 2001Hannibal — Perfume Expert
• 2001Hardball — Fink
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Mario Damiano
• 2001Queenie in Love — Spencer
• 2001Starwater
• 2001The Tailor of Panama — Rafi Domingo
• 2000Dinner Rush — Fitzgerald
• 2000Fast Food Fast Women — Graham
• 2000Requiem for a Dream — Mr. Rabinowitz
• 199918 Shades of Dust
• 1999End of Days — Pope
• 1999Flawless — Vinnie
• 1999Jakob the Liar — Fajngold
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Rom-Baro
• 1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 — Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")
• 1999Mickey Blue Eyes — Gene Morgansen
• Now and Again — Nicky Vodorgov
• 1999The Thomas Crown Affair — Heinrich Knutzhorn
• 1998Above Freezing — Mob Boss
• 1998Pants on Fire — Malcolm Preston
• 1998Pi — Sol Robeson
• Sex and the City — Jean Paul Sandal
• 1998Side Streets — Bartender
• 1997Absolute Power — Red
• Oz — Antonio Nappa
• Prince Street
• The Practice — Richard D'Ambrosio
• 1997Trouble on the Corner — Mr. Borofsky
• 1996I Shot Andy Warhol — Louis Solanas
• 1996The Pallbearer — Philip DeMarco
• 1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective — Shickadance
• 1994Squanto: A Warrior's Tale — Captain Hunt
• 1993Where the Rivers Flow North — New York Money
• 19921492: Conquest of Paradise — Bobadilla
• 1991The Pit and the Pendulum — Mendoza
• 1990Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection — Gen. Olmedo
• 1990Descending Angel — Bercovici
• Law & Order — George Lobrano, Bronson, Frankie Polito
• 1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie — Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
• 1989Glory — 10th Connecticut Soldier
• 1989Memories of Manon — Jimmy
• Quantum Leap — Adriano
• 1989White Hot — The Tin Man
• 1988Lady Mobster — Peter Colicos
• 1987Almost Partners — Kristopholous
• Jake and the Fatman — Miracola
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Dr. Nel Apgar
• 1987The Bedroom Window — Man in Phone Booth
• 1987The Rosary Murders — Father Max
• 1987The Secret of My Success — Maintenence Man
• 1985Doubletake — Janitor
• 1985I Want to Go Home — Cab Driver
• The Equalizer — Jimmy
• 1984Far from Poland — Adam Zarewski
• 1984The Cotton Club — Charlie Workman (uncredited)
• 1983Eddie Macon's Run — 5:00 Bar Owner
• Rage of Angels — Ricky
• 1983Scarface — Shadow
• 1982Diner — Earl Mager
• 1982Muggable Mary: Street Cop — Sgt. Meyers
• 1982The Avenging — Pedro Quintana
• 1981Arthur — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• 1980A Jury of Her Peers — Mr. Hale
• 1980Christmas Evil — Man #2
• 1980Dressed to Kill — Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)
• 1979Going in Style — Prison Guard
• 1979The Other Side of Victory — Jemmy
• 1977Short Eyes — Mr. Morrison
• 1976The Opening of Misty Beethoven — Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)
• Kojak — First Gunman
• Columbo — Cosner

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2007Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth — Himself
• 2004Camp Hollywood — Himself