The actor was 83 years old and was admitted to Mount Sin Hospital in New York. His first big role was in Brian De Palma’s Scarface. In the late 1990s, he began a long and important creative collaboration with Darren Aronofsky, appearing in six of his films.
Mark Margolis, an actor with a very long career who has enjoyed extraordinary popularity in recent years thanks to the character of Hector Salamanca, the series’ memorable villain, has died at the age of 83. breaking Bad AND Better call Saul. Margolis died Thursday, August 3, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he was recovering from a short illness. This was announced by his son Morgan Margolis, actor and CEO of Knitting Factori Entertainment.
Debut in the mid-70s and then Face with a scar
Born in Philadelphia in 1939, Margolis began acting in films in the latter half of the 1970s, initially in small uncredited roles. In 1983, the first major role in his career – Alberto l’Ombra in Face with a scar Brian de Palma. The atmosphere he breathed on set instead was completely different. Ace Ventura – Pet Detective in 1994.
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Scarface explaining the ending of De Palma’s film with Al Pacino
fetish
In the late 90s, he met Darren Aronofsky, becoming part of the cast of his first two big films. π – Fallacy theorem AND Requiem for a Dreamand become the director’s fetish actor who will direct him back into Fountain-Tree of Life, Wrestler, Black Swan AND Noah. The Hollywood Reporter, who asked him in 2012 why he was in so many of Aronofsky’s films, he replied, “He thinks you have an obligation to me. I started with him in his first film, Pi, with a budget of 60 thousand dollars, when it was still unknown. I hounded him for three months because he kept lying to me about when I would get paid. In the end, I threatened that I would call his mother, who worked in the film crew. Finally he paid me.”
Other great directors of his career
During a very long career of over 50 films, he also acted under the direction of Francis Ford Coppola (cotton clubCurtis Hansonbedroom window), Ridley Scott (1492 – Conquest of paradise AND Hannibal), Clint Eastwood (Absolute Power) and Ben Affleck (gone baby gone).
Television career
Not least his television career, with 47 television series or films including appearances in cult films such as Kojak, Return of Columbus, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Law and order, Sex in the city. However, the most important roles remain Antonio Nappa in ounce and, above all, Hector Salamanca, the legendary Mexican drug trafficker from breaking Bad AND Better call Saul. Margolis was chosen for the role despite not speaking Spanish and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2012.