Actor
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 Marg ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- Every Last Secret | Grandpa
2020 -- Abe | Benjamin
2020 -- Minyan | Itzik
2018 -- Baja | Don Primo
2017 -- Valley of Bones | El Papa
2016 -- One Fall | Walter Grigg Sr.
2016 -- A Remarkable Life | Landon
2016 -- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Panos
2015 -- Nasty Baby | Richard
2015 -- You Bury Your Own | Smith
2015 -- The Abandoned | Jim
2015 -- Northern Borders | Whiskeyjack
2014 -- Noah | Magog (voice)
2013 -- Beneath | Mr. Parks
2012 -- Stand Up Guys | Claphands
2012 -- Dig | Heinrich Berger
2012 -- The Courier | Stitch
2011 -- Immortals | The New Priest (uncredited)
2011 -- Carl(a) | Grandpa
2010 -- Black Swan | Mr. Fithian / Patron
2009 -- Nobody | Professor Hagel
2008 -- Defiance | Jewish Elder
2008 -- The Wrestler | Lenny
2008 -- Haber | Bremer
2007 -- Gone Baby Gone | Leon Trett
2007 -- The Girl Next Door | Homeless Man Hit By Car
2007 -- Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth | Himself
2006 -- The Fountain | Father Avila
2006 -- Umney's Last Case | Vernon Klein
2005 -- Stay | Bookstore Owner
2005 -- Headspace | Boris Pavlovsky
2005 -- House of D | Mr. Pappass
2004 -- Camp Hollywood | Himself
2004 -- 2BPerfectlyHonest | Abrams
2003 -- Particles of Truth | Grandpa Black
2003 -- Daredevil | Fallon (uncredited)
2002 -- Infested | Father Morning
2002 -- Angela |
2002 -- Bridget | Slim
2001 -- Hardball | Fink
2001 -- Queenie in Love | Spencer
2001 -- Boss of Bosses | Piney Armone
2001 -- The Tailor of Panama | Rafi Domingo
2001 -- Hannibal | Perfume Expert
2001 -- Starwater |
2000 -- Requiem for a Dream | Mr. Rabinowitz
2000 -- Dinner Rush | Fitzgerald
2000 -- Fast Food Fast Women | Graham
1999 -- Flawless | Vinnie
1999 -- End of Days | Pope
1999 -- Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")
1999 -- Jakob the Liar | Fajngold
1999 -- 18 Shades of Dust |
1999 -- Mickey Blue Eyes | Gene Morgansen
1999 -- The Thomas Crown Affair | Heinrich Knutzhorn
1998 -- Above Freezing |
1998 -- Side Streets | Bartender
1998 -- Pi | Sol Robeson
1998 -- Pants on Fire | Malcolm Preston
1997 -- Trouble on the Corner | Mr. Borofsky
1997 -- Absolute Power | Red
1996 -- The Pallbearer | Philip DeMarco
1996 -- I Shot Andy Warhol | Louis Solanas
1994 -- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Captain Hunt
1994 -- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Shickadance
1992 -- 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Bobadilla
1991 -- The Pit and the Pendulum | Mendoza
1990 -- Descending Angel | Bercovici
1990 -- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Gen. Olmedo
1990 -- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
1989 -- Glory | 10th Connecticut Soldier
1989 -- Memories of Manon | Jimmy
1989 -- White Hot | The Tin Man
1988 -- Lady Mobster | Peter Colicos
1987 -- The Rosary Murders | Father Max
1987 -- The Secret of My Success | Maintenence Man
1987 -- The Bedroom Window | Man in Phone Booth
1985 -- Doubletake | Janitor
1985 -- I Want To Go Home | Cab Driver
1984 -- The Cotton Club | Charlie Workman (uncredited)
1984 -- Far from Poland | Adam Zarewski
1983 -- Scarface | Shadow
1983 -- Eddie Macon's Run | 5:00 Bar Owner
1982 -- Diner | Earl Mager
1982 -- Muggable Mary: Street Cop | Sgt. Meyers
1982 -- The Avenging | Pedro Quintana
1981 -- Arthur | Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1980 -- Christmas Evil | Man #2
1980 -- Dressed to Kill | Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)
1980 -- A Jury of Her Peers | Mr. Hale
1979 -- Going in Style | Prison Guard
1979 -- The Other Side of Victory | Jemmy
1977 -- Short Eyes | Mr. Morrison
1976 -- The Opening of Misty Beethoven | Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)
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