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
Complete Filmography

Every Last Secret
2022
as Grandpa
A war veteran suffering from PTSD befriends a teenage girl.

Abe
2020
as Benjamin
A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking.

Minyan
2020
as Itzik
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
2018
as Don Primo
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
2017
as El Papa
A paleontologist gets a tip from an oil worker in the Badlands that may set her career back on track.

One Fall
2016
as Walter Grigg Sr.
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
2016
as Landon
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
2016
as Panos
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

Nasty Baby
2015
as Richard
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
2015
as Smith
A soldier returns home to New York to solve the mystery behind his younger brother's sudden violent death.

The Abandoned
2015
as Jim
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
2015
as Whiskeyjack
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
2014
as Magog (voice)
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

Beneath
2013
as Mr. Parks
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
2012
as Claphands
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
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
2012
as Stitch
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
2011
as The New Priest (uncredited)
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)
2011
as Grandpa
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
2010
as Mr. Fithian / Patron
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
2009
as Professor Hagel
Lindeman, 25-year-old art student, struggles to find his inspiration, finding himself in one ridiculous situation after the other.

Defiance
2008
as Jewish Elder
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
2008
as Lenny
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
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
2007
as Leon Trett
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
2007
as Homeless Man Hit By Car
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
2007
as Himself
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.

The Fountain
2006
as Father Avila
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
2006
as Vernon Klein
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
2005
as Bookstore Owner
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
2005
as Boris Pavlovsky
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
2004
as Himself
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
2004
as Mr. Pappass
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
2004
as Abrams
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
2003
as Grandpa Black
Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison ...

Daredevil
2003
as Fallon (uncredited)
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

Infested
2002
as Father Morning
Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.

Angela
2002
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
2002
as Slim
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
2001
as Fink
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
2001
as Spencer
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.

Boss of Bosses
2001
as Piney Armone
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.

The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Rafi Domingo
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
2001
as Perfume Expert
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
Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Mr. Rabinowitz
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Dinner Rush
2000
as Fitzgerald
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
2000
as Graham
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
1999
as Vinnie
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the...

End of Days
1999
as Pope
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
1999
as Bartender (segment "Bad Girl")
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
1999
as Fajngold
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
1999
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Gene Morgansen
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
1999
as Heinrich Knutzhorn
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Bann...

Above Freezing
1998
as Mob Boss
A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this standard sitcom-styled film.

Side Streets
1998
as Bartender
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

Pi
1998
as Sol Robeson
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Pants on Fire
1998
as Malcolm Preston
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
1997
as Mr. Borofsky
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
1997
as Red
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
1996
as Philip DeMarco
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
1996
as Louis Solanas
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
1994
as Captain Hunt
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
1994
as Shickadance
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
1993
as New York Money
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
1992
as Bobadilla
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
as Mendoza
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
1990
as Bercovici
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
1990
as Gen. Olmedo
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
1990
as Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Glory
1989
as 10th Connecticut Soldier
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
1989
as Jimmy
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
1989
as The Tin Man
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
1988
as Peter Colicos
Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.

The Rosary Murders
1987
as Father Max
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
1987
as Maintenence Man
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
1987
as Man in Phone Booth
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
1985
as Janitor
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
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
1984
as Charlie Workman (uncredited)
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
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
1983
as Shadow
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
1983
as 5:00 Bar Owner
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
1982
as Earl Mager
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
1982
as Sgt. Meyers
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
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
1981
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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
1980
as Man #2
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
1980
as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)
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
1980
as Mr. Hale
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
1979
as Prison Guard
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
This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fig...

Short Eyes
1977
as Mr. Morrison
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
1976
as Unhappy Guy on Plane (uncredited)
Inspired by My Fair Lady, this interpretation of Pygmalion is about a sexologist who attempts to transform Misty from a hooker into sensuous instrumen...