Mark Margolis Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2012 Saturn Award for a Guest Starring Role on Television for his performance in "Breaking Bad․"
• Studied drama in New York with Stella Adler at the Actors Studio
• Is often cast in supporting roles in projects by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky
• Though he has played recurring roles in a number of television series, one of his best known is retired drug cartel enforcer Hector "Tio" Salamanca in "Breaking Bad․"
• Has joked that he hates being called a character actor and prefers the term "weird-looking romantic lead․"
• Darren Aronofsky wrote the part of Father Avila in "The Fountain" with Margolis in mind
• Told an interviewer that he refuses to buy a tuxedo, preferring to buy a cummerbund and bowtie to supplement his black suit when necessary