{"id":57459,"date":"2023-08-04T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=57459"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:54:32","slug":"mark-margolis-breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul-star-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/04\/mark-margolis-breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul-star-dies-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Margolis, \u2018Breaking Bad\u2019 and \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019 star, dies at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57460\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mark-Margolis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mark-Margolis.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mark-Margolis-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Margolis died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness, his son, actor, and Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis, announced.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Margolis, who had more than 160 credits in movies and on television, gained notice early on with memorable roles in Brian De Palma\u2019s \u201c<em>Scarface<\/em>\u201d (1983) and the Jim Carrey comedy \u201c<em>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective<\/em>\u201d (1994).<\/p><div id=\"morty-2280072473\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also became a go-to actor for the director Darren Aronofsky, appearing in his films \u201c<em>Pi<\/em>\u201d in 1998, \u201c<em>Requiem for a Dream<\/em> (2000), <em>The Fountain<\/em> (2006), <em>The Wrestler<\/em> (2008), <em>Black Swan<\/em> (2010) and <em>Noah<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n<p>He received an Emmy nom for portraying Hector Salamanca on those shows and appeared in &#8216;<em>Scarface,<\/em>&#8216; &#8216;<em>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective<\/em>,&#8217; &#8216;<em>Oz<\/em>&#8216; and six Darren Aronofsky movies.<\/p>\n<p>Margolis went to Temple University briefly before moving to New York City, where he studied drama with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. 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