Mark Margolis
Date of birth: 1939-11-26
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: مارک مارگولیس
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.
Movie Credits
Scarface
1983-12-09
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana s
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999-08-06
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museu
Pi
1998-07-10
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict
The Fountain
2006-11-22
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death
Requiem for a Dream
2000-10-06
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep
18 Shades of Dust
1999-09-01
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Jakob the Liar
1999-09-16
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caug
The Tailor of Panama
2001-02-11
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there
Gone Baby Gone
2007-09-18
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solvi
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990-05-03
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
A Jury of Her Peers
1980-01-01
A Jury of Her Peers is a 1980 short film directed by Sally Heckel, adapted from the story by Susan G
Dressed to Kill
1980-07-25
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself tr
The Pallbearer
1996-05-03
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," h
The Wrestler
2008-09-07
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on t
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982-02-25
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns,
Headspace
2005-09-18
25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidl
Christmas Evil
1980-11-01
Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save t
Diner
1982-04-02
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999-11-02
A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, R
The Girl Next Door
2007-07-19
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care
Black Swan
2010-12-03
The story of a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life is completely consumed with da
Starwater
2001-01-01
Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HB
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991-06-27
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a
The Opening of Misty Beethoven
1976-03-19
Inspired by My Fair Lady, this interpretation of Pygmalion is about a sexologist who attempts to tra
The Avenging
1982-01-01
Gritty western telling the story of a family at war. One brother is out for vengeance after being ki
Eddie Macon's Run
1983-03-23
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time i
Far from Poland
1984-03-10
FAR FROM POLAND is probably the first American non-fiction film (Godmilow calls it a "drama-tary") t
Noah
2014-03-07
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the com
The Courier
2012-03-29
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal w
One Fall
2016-09-02
Set in the rustic Midwestern town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man, James (Marcus Dean
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016-03-23
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Gree
Stand Up Guys
2012-12-14
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gan
White Hot
1989-02-01
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer fo
Angela
2002-06-07
Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about
Above Freezing
1998-10-01
A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this stan
The Other Side of Victory
1979-06-12
This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, ex
Dig
2012-12-03
Twenty years following his exodus from Europe, a young, Jewish Holocaust survivor comes face to face
Beneath
2013-07-19
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-
Descending Angel
1990-11-25
A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man m
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994-10-28
It's the 17th century, and Native American Squanto roams free in the New World until he's captured b
Particles of Truth
2003-06-14
Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides in
Queenie in Love
2001-09-12
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
Doubletake
1985-11-24
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is
Infested
2002-10-18
Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.
I Want To Go Home
1985-02-13
Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom h
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004-05-02
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes o
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992-10-09
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect o
Stay
2005-09-24
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to dia
Arthur
1981-07-17
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands
Nasty Baby
2015-10-23
A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also cont
House of D
2004-05-07
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up
End of Days
1999-11-24
Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When
Haber
2008-08-05
At the brink of World War I, Fritz Shimon Haber was Germany's greatest chemist. Haber's Nobel prize-
Every Last Secret
2022-04-01
A war veteran suffering from PTSD befriends a teenage girl.
Carl(a)
2011-10-10
Carla is a transgender person living in NYC who aspires to be a fashion designer. Making a living a
Daredevil
2003-02-14
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Defiance
2008-12-31
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland
The Abandoned
2015-06-13
A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working
Pants on Fire
1998-04-18
Two teachers - Julie and Barry are having an affair. When Barry confesses about his lover to his wif
A Remarkable Life
2016-05-27
There are many things in life that could do a number on a man's masculinity. Lenny Babbitt has his i
Lady Mobster
1988-10-19
Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994-02-04
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing masco
Camp Hollywood
2004-11-19
A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a f
Valley of Bones
2017-09-01
A paleontologist gets a tip from an oil worker in the Badlands that may set her career back on track
Hardball
2001-09-14
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League
Abe
2020-06-24
A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
1990-08-24
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited
Hannibal
2001-02-08
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in di
Short Eyes
1977-09-28
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison
Side Streets
1998-09-05
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
Flawless
1999-11-26
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitativ
Baja
2018-04-01
Four 22 year-olds on a Mexican road trip seem bound for disaster until they, and their trip, are une
Northern Borders
2015-01-16
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he e
Boss of Bosses
2001-06-03
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Glory
1989-12-15
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of
Fast Food Fast Women
2000-07-27
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 3
Dinner Rush
2000-09-01
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a
Absolute Power
1997-02-14
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United
Going in Style
1979-12-25
Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glo
The Bedroom Window
1987-01-16
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The as
Bridget
2002-02-07
Being addicted to alcohol, single mother Anna had to give her son to foster parents, but they would
The Cotton Club
1984-12-14
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007-05-15
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.
Minyan
2020-08-28
In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, f
The Secret of My Success
1987-04-10
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, b
You Bury Your Own
2015-10-10
A soldier returns home to New York to solve the mystery behind his younger brother's sudden violent
Nobody
2009-01-01
Lindeman, 25-year-old art student, struggles to find his inspiration, finding himself in one ridicul
The Rosary Murders
1987-08-28
A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesse
Memories of Manon
1989-02-13
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999-08-16
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "fav
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996-05-01
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in he
Immortals
2011-11-10
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is
Trouble on the Corner
1997-10-09
Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautif
Umney's Last Case
2006-04-08
It’s just another ordinary day in 1930s Los Angeles for private investigator Clyde Umney, until a ne
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993-06-14
Sleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and
Almost Partners
1987-05-16
Molly McCue becomes bored with her quiet, suburban life and fantasizes about becoming a detective. S