Mark Margolis

Birth Name:

Mark Margolis

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actor

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

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