Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

1939-11-26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 95 Credits

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...

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Every Last Secret

Every Last Secret

2022

as Grandpa

4.7
Acting

A war veteran suffering from PTSD befriends a teenage girl.

Abe

Abe

2020

as Benjamin

7.1
Acting

A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking.

Minyan

Minyan

2020

as Itzik

5.0
Acting

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcila...

Baja

Baja

2018

as Don Primo

5.6
Acting

Four 22 year-olds on a Mexican road trip seem bound for disaster until they, and their trip, are unexpectedly redeemed by a series of miraculous event...

Valley of Bones

Valley of Bones

2017

as El Papa

4.7
Acting

A paleontologist gets a tip from an oil worker in the Badlands that may set her career back on track.

One Fall

One Fall

2016

as Walter Grigg Sr.

6.0
Acting

Set in the rustic Midwestern town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man, James (Marcus Dean Fuller), who miraculously survived a horrific fal...

A Remarkable Life

A Remarkable Life

2016

as Landon

3.4
Acting

There are many things in life that could do a number on a man's masculinity. Lenny Babbitt has his identity and manhood challenged when his wife Tracy...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

2016

as Panos

6.0
Acting

The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

Nasty Baby

Nasty Baby

2015

as Richard

5.2
Acting

A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a ...

You Bury Your Own

You Bury Your Own

2015

as Smith

4.2
Acting

A soldier returns home to New York to solve the mystery behind his younger brother's sudden violent death.

The Abandoned

The Abandoned

2015

as Jim

4.8
Acting

A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury...

Northern Borders

Northern Borders

2015

as Whiskeyjack

5.8
Acting

In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-feste...

Noah

Noah

2014

as Magog (voice)

5.7
Acting

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

Beneath

Beneath

2013

as Mr. Parks

3.7
Acting

Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed...

Stand Up Guys

Stand Up Guys

2012

as Claphands

6.0
Acting

After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in cri...

Dig

2012

as Heinrich Berger

Acting

Twenty years following his exodus from Europe, a young, Jewish Holocaust survivor comes face to face with the Nazi responsible for his family's death....

The Courier

The Courier

2012

as Stitch

4.9
Acting

A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.

Immortals

Immortals

2011

as The New Priest (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that...

Carl(a)

Carl(a)

2011

as Grandpa

7.2
Acting

Carla is a transgender person living in NYC who aspires to be a fashion designer. Making a living as a on-line sex worker Carla must deal with a fami...

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

as Mr. Fithian / Patron

7.7
Acting

The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...

Nobody

Nobody

2009

as Professor Hagel

7.5
Acting

Lindeman, 25-year-old art student, struggles to find his inspiration, finding himself in one ridiculous situation after the other.

Defiance

Defiance

2008

as Jewish Elder

6.8
Acting

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet par...

The Wrestler

The Wrestler

2008

as Lenny

7.5
Acting

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly bru...

Haber

2008

as Bremer

7.0
Acting

At the brink of World War I, Fritz Shimon Haber was Germany's greatest chemist. Haber's Nobel prize-winning synthetic fertilizers saved world's popula...

Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone

2007

as Leon Trett

7.3
Acting

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hi...

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

2007

as Homeless Man Hit By Car

6.6
Acting

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's ...

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

2007

as Himself

8.2
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.

The Fountain

The Fountain

2006

as Father Avila

6.9
Acting

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence...

Umney's Last Case

Umney's Last Case

2006

as Vernon Klein

7.0
Acting

It’s just another ordinary day in 1930s Los Angeles for private investigator Clyde Umney, until a new client walks into his office. Umney soon learns ...

Stay

Stay

2005

as Bookstore Owner

6.6
Acting

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and ...

Headspace

Headspace

2005

as Boris Pavlovsky

5.2
Acting

25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so...

Camp Hollywood

Camp Hollywood

2004

as Himself

Acting

A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a feature documentary about the residents of a legend...

House of D

House of D

2004

as Mr. Pappass

6.3
Acting

In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappa...

2BPerfectlyHonest

2BPerfectlyHonest

2004

as Abrams

5.6
Acting

Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly mo...

Particles of Truth

Particles of Truth

2003

as Grandpa Black

5.5
Acting

Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison ...

Daredevil

Daredevil

2003

as Fallon (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

Infested

Infested

2002

as Father Morning

4.5
Acting

Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.

Angela

Angela

2002

5.2
Acting

Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about to turn 70, yet aching for one last fling. Maybe h...

Bridget

Bridget

2002

as Slim

5.4
Acting

Being addicted to alcohol, single mother Anna had to give her son to foster parents, but they would "sell" him back if she offers enough money. When s...

Hardball

Hardball

2001

as Fink

6.5
Acting

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Ch...

Queenie in Love

Queenie in Love

2001

as Spencer

5.9
Acting

A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.

Boss of Bosses

Boss of Bosses

2001

as Piney Armone

5.6
Acting

The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001

as Rafi Domingo

6.0
Acting

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a ne...

Hannibal

Hannibal

2001

as Perfume Expert

6.8
Acting

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again wh...

Starwater

2001

Acting

Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000

as Mr. Rabinowitz

8.0
Acting

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Dinner Rush

Dinner Rush

2000

as Fitzgerald

7.1
Acting

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to h...

Fast Food Fast Women

Fast Food Fast Women

2000

as Graham

6.3
Acting

How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul...

Flawless

Flawless

1999

as Vinnie

6.2
Acting

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the...

End of Days

End of Days

1999

as Pope

6.1
Acting

On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, Satan decides to crash the party by comi...

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

as Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")

7.5
Acting

A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Natu...

Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

1999

as Fajngold

6.7
Acting

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German ...

18 Shades of Dust

18 Shades of Dust

1999

3.0
Acting

Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.

Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes

1999

as Gene Morgansen

5.7
Acting

An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

as Heinrich Knutzhorn

6.7
Acting

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Bann...

Above Freezing

Above Freezing

1998

as Mob Boss

7.0
Acting

A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this standard sitcom-styled film.

Side Streets

Side Streets

1998

as Bartender

6.4
Acting

The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

Pi

Pi

1998

as Sol Robeson

7.1
Acting

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Pants on Fire

Pants on Fire

1998

as Malcolm Preston

Acting

Two teachers - Julie and Barry are having an affair. When Barry confesses about his lover to his wife Dierdre, he also forces Julie to tell all about ...

Trouble on the Corner

Trouble on the Corner

1997

as Mr. Borofsky

1.5
Acting

Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautiful model that rollerblades around her apartment in...

Absolute Power

Absolute Power

1997

as Red

6.6
Acting

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. H...

The Pallbearer

The Pallbearer

1996

as Philip DeMarco

4.9
Acting

Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never m...

I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996

as Louis Solanas

6.2
Acting

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f...

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994

as Captain Hunt

6.7
Acting

Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighbo...

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

as Shickadance

6.6
Acting

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to e...

Where the Rivers Flow North

Where the Rivers Flow North

1993

as New York Money

6.2
Acting

Sleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and the modern world to maintain his way of life.

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1992

as Bobadilla

6.3
Acting

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

as Mendoza

5.7
Acting

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror a...

Descending Angel

Descending Angel

1990

as Bercovici

5.0
Acting

A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass murder...

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

1990

as Gen. Olmedo

5.5
Acting

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

6.2
Acting

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Glory

Glory

1989

as 10th Connecticut Soldier

7.5
Acting

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Memories of Manon

Memories of Manon

1989

as Jimmy

8.3
Acting

Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she belie...

White Hot

White Hot

1989

as The Tin Man

2.0
Acting

A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been a...

Lady Mobster

Lady Mobster

1988

as Peter Colicos

4.2
Acting

Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.

The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

1987

as Father Max

5.5
Acting

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

1987

as Maintenence Man

6.5
Acting

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and gir...

The Bedroom Window

The Bedroom Window

1987

as Man in Phone Booth

6.3
Acting

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that sa...

Doubletake

Doubletake

1985

as Janitor

5.2
Acting

Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investiga...

I Want To Go Home

1985

as Cab Driver

Acting

Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984

as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Far from Poland

1984

as Adam Zarewski

5.0
Acting

FAR FROM POLAND is probably the first American non-fiction film (Godmilow calls it a "drama-tary") to explode cinema verite's mythic claim to be the o...

Scarface

Scarface

1983

as Shadow

8.2
Acting

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciousl...

Eddie Macon's Run

Eddie Macon's Run

1983

as 5:00 Bar Owner

5.7
Acting

Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the...

Diner

Diner

1982

as Earl Mager

6.8
Acting

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating deta...

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

1982

as Sgt. Meyers

Acting

Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.

The Avenging

1982

as Pedro Quintana

4.0
Acting

Gritty western telling the story of a family at war. One brother is out for vengeance after being kidnapped and wrongly imprisoned in Mexico.

Arthur

Arthur

1981

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Christmas Evil

Christmas Evil

1980

as Man #2

5.4
Acting

Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus hi...

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1980

as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police t...

A Jury of Her Peers

A Jury of Her Peers

1980

as Mr. Hale

6.2
Acting

A Jury of Her Peers is a 1980 short film directed by Sally Heckel, adapted from the story by Susan Glaspell. A farm woman is accused of murdering her ...

Going in Style

Going in Style

1979

as Prison Guard

6.8
Acting

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad dayl...

The Other Side of Victory

1979

as Jemmy

Acting

This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fig...

Short Eyes

Short Eyes

1977

as Mr. Morrison

6.7
Acting

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find ou...

The Opening of Misty Beethoven

The Opening of Misty Beethoven

1976

as Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Inspired by My Fair Lady, this interpretation of Pygmalion is about a sexologist who attempts to transform Misty from a hooker into sensuous instrumen...