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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 Aron... more

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 Margolis.

He had recurring roles on numerous TV shows, including The Equalizer, HBO's Oz, Law And Order, Crossing Jordan and most recently Showtime's Californication and Breaking Bad. He also appeared in a first season episode of Quantum Leap.

In 1991, he also played Helmut Dieter in soap opera Santa Barbara.

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Requiem for a Dream
(2000)
Crime, Drama
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald
8.3
79%
68
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Scarface
(1983)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure f...
Runtime:
170 min
Director:
Brian De Palma
Cast:
Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
8.3
82%
65
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Black Swan
(2010)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder
8.0
87%
79
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The Wrestler
(2008)
Drama, Romance
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 brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist ...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Mickey Rourke, Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Ajay Naidu
7.9
98%
80
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Gone Baby Gone
(2007)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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 hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reason...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Ben Affleck
Cast:
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Ed Harris
7.6
94%
72
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Glory
(1989)
Drama, History, War
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.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Edward Zwick
Cast:
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy
7.8
93%
78
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Pi
(1998)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Stephen Pearlman, Samia Shoaib
7.4
88%
72
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The Fountain
(2006)
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie
7.2
52%
51
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Defiance
(2008)
Action, Drama, History, War
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 partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
Edward Zwick
Cast:
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Mia Wasikowska, Alexa Davalos
7.2
58%
58
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
(1994)
Adventure, Comedy
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 eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Tom Shadyac
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc
6.9
49%
37
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Hannibal
(2001)
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious ...
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman
6.8
40%
57
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The Thomas Crown Affair
(1999)
Crime, Drama, Romance
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
John McTiernan
Cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara, Frankie Faison
6.9
70%
72
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Stay
(2005)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he find...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Marc Forster
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, Kate Burton, Elizabeth Reaser
6.8
27%
41
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Dressed to Kill
(1980)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious blonde woman murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Brian De Palma
Cast:
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
7.1
81%
74
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Absolute Power
(1997)
Action, Crime, Drama
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. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Laura Linney
6.7
56%
52
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Stand Up Guys
(2012)
Action, Comedy, Thriller
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 crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc ...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Fisher Stevens
Cast:
Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Katheryn Winnick
6.5
37%
41
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Noah
(2014)
Adventure, Drama
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Runtime:
138 min
5.8
N/A
68
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Arthur
(1981)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Arthur is a thirty-year-old child who will inherit 750 million dollars if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Steve Gordon
Cast:
Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry
6.9
88%
69
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Diner
(1982)
Comedy, Drama
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly
7.1
93%
82
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The Secret of My Success
(1987)
Comedy
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 girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Herbert Ross
Cast:
Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow
6.5
51%
36
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End of Days
(1999)
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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 coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride—a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. The world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist named Je...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Peter Hyams
Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Udo Kier, Rod Steiger
5.8
11%
33
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
(1992)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Runtime:
154 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Ángela Molina
6.5
32%
47
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Hardball
(2001)
Drama
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 Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Brian Robbins
Cast:
Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, Michael B. Jordan, D. B. Sweeney, John Hawkes
6.4
41%
48
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The Girl Next Door
(2007)
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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 depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be cha...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Gregory Wilson
Cast:
Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Blanche Baker, Grant Show, Graham Patrick Martin
6.6
67%
29
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The Tailor of Panama
(2001)
Drama, Thriller
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 nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
John Boorman
Cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis
6.2
77%
66
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Mickey Blue Eyes
(1999)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Kelly Makin
Cast:
Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox
5.9
45%
49
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The Cotton Club
(1984)
Crime, Drama
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Richard Gere, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins
6.6
77%
68
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Daredevil
(2003)
Action, Fantasy
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Mark Steven Johnson
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Colin Farrell
5.3
44%
42
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Jakob the Liar
(1999)
Comedy, Drama, History
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 Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that th...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Peter Kassovitz
Cast:
Robin Williams, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint
6.5
29%
40
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
(1990)
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
John Harrison
Cast:
Rae Dawn Chong, Christian Slater, Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, David Johansen
6.3
43%
54
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Dinner Rush
(2000)
Action, Drama, Thriller
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the st...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Bob Giraldi
Cast:
Danny Aiello, John Rothman, Frank Bongiorno, Lexie Sperduto, Zainab Jah
7.3
91%
79
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The Pallbearer
(1996)
Comedy, Romance
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 met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be B...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Matt Reeves
Cast:
David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Rapaport, Toni Collette, Carol Kane
5.0
45%
N/A
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The Pit and the Pendulum
(1991)
Horror, Romance
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 at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in hi...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Stuart Gordon
Cast:
Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William J. Norris, Mark Margolis, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
6.1
56%
N/A
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Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
(1990)
Action
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.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Aaron Norris
Cast:
Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel, Begonya Plaza
4.9
11%
N/A
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Nasty Baby
(2015)
Comedy, Drama
Nasty Baby centers around a Brooklyn couple, Freddy and his boyfriend Mo, who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly. Freddy is an artist, and his latest work is all about babies – it’s clear he’s dying to be a father. Polly is a family practitioner who is more interested in having a baby than having a man....
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Sebastián Silva
Cast:
Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig, Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis
5.6
65%
64
Particles of Truth
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Particles of Truth
(2003)
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love story exposes Lilli's internal bouts and her nightmarish "bad luck". We weave in and out o...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Jennifer Elster
Cast:
Jennifer Elster, Susan Floyd, Larry Pine, Leslie Lyles, Mark Margolis
6.9
45%
48
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The Courier
(2012)
Action, Crime
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.
Runtime:
91 min
4.5
N/A
N/A
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Headspace
(2005)
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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 too does the mystery of a brutal series of murders. Now, as the killer seems to set his sights on Alex, the frightened genius must use his newfound brain power to put an end to the mayhe...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Andrew van den Houten
Cast:
William Atherton, Olivia Hussey, Sean Young, Mark Margolis, Udo Kier
4.6
50%
N/A
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Queenie in Love
(2001)
Comedy, Romance
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
Runtime:
103 min
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Descending Angel
(1990)
Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
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 murderer.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Jeremy Kagan
Cast:
George C. Scott, Diane Lane, Eric Roberts, Mark Margolis
6.1
N/A
N/A