Mark Margolis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-11-26 (84 years old)

Deathday

2023-08-03

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mark Margolis

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 Cal...

Acting

1983

Scarface

as Shadow

1999

The Thomas Crown Affair

as Heinrich Knutzhorn

1998

Pi

as Sol Robeson

2006

The Fountain

as Father Avila

2000

Requiem for a Dream

as Mr. Rabinowitz

1999

Jakob the Liar

as Fajngold

2001

The Tailor of Panama

as Rafi Domingo

2007

Gone Baby Gone

as Leon Trett

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1980

1980

Dressed to Kill

as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)

1996

The Pallbearer

as Philip DeMarco

2008

The Wrestler

as Lenny

1982

2005

Headspace

as Boris Pavlovsky

1980

1982

Diner

as Earl Mager

1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

as Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")

2007

The Girl Next Door

as Homeless Man Hit By Car

2010

Black Swan

as Mr. Fithian / Patron

1976

The Opening of Misty Beethoven

as Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)

1982

The Avenging

as Pedro Quintana

1983

Eddie Macon's Run

as 5:00 Bar Owner

1984

Far from Poland

as Adam Zarewski

2014

Noah

as Magog (voice)

2012

The Courier

as Stitch

2016

One Fall

as Walter Grigg Sr.

2012

Stand Up Guys

as Claphands

1989

White Hot

as The Tin Man

2002

1998

Above Freezing

as Mob Boss

2012

Dig

as Heinrich Berger

2013

Beneath

as Mr. Parks

1990

Descending Angel

as Bercovici

1994

2003

Particles of Truth

as Grandpa Black

2001

Queenie in Love

as Spencer

1985

Doubletake

as Janitor

2002

Infested

as Father Morning

1985

I Want To Go Home

as Cab Driver

2004

2005

Stay

as Bookstore Owner

1981

Arthur

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

2015

Nasty Baby

as Richard

2004

House of D

as Mr. Pappass

1999

2008

Haber

as Bremer

2022

2011

Carl(a)

as Grandpa

2003

Daredevil

as Fallon (uncredited)

2008

Defiance

as Jewish Elder

2015

1998

Pants on Fire

as Malcolm Preston

2016

1988

Lady Mobster

as Peter Colicos

1994

2004

Camp Hollywood

as Himself

2017

Valley of Bones

as El Papa

2001

Hardball

as Fink

2020

Abe

as Benjamin

2001

Hannibal

as Perfume Expert

1977

Short Eyes

as Mr. Morrison

1998

Side Streets

as Bartender

1999

Flawless

as Vinnie

2018

Baja

as Don Primo

2015

Northern Borders

as Whiskeyjack

2001

Boss of Bosses

as Piney Armone

1989

Glory

as 10th Connecticut Soldier

2000

Dinner Rush

as Fitzgerald

1997

1979

Going in Style

as Prison Guard

1987

The Bedroom Window

as Man in Phone Booth

2002

Bridget

as Slim

1984

The Cotton Club

as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

2020

Minyan

as Itzik

1987

The Secret of My Success

as Maintenence Man

2015

2009

Nobody

as Professor Hagel

1987

The Rosary Murders

as Father Max

1989

1999

Mickey Blue Eyes

as Gene Morgansen

1996

I Shot Andy Warhol

as Louis Solanas

2011

Immortals

as The New Priest (uncredited)

1997

Trouble on the Corner

as Mr. Borofsky

2006

Umney's Last Case

as Vernon Klein

1993

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