Mark Margolis, the actor finest identified for taking part in Hector “Tio” Salamanca on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died.
According to studies, the star handed away Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a brief sickness.
He was 83.
“He was one in every of a sort,” stated supervisor Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment, in response to Deadline.
“We will not see his likes once more. He was a treasured consumer and a lifelong pal. I used to be fortunate to know him.”
Margolis’ tv profession kicked off with a job on Guiding Light, however he went on to seem in numerous initiatives.
The Equalizer, Oz, Kings, and FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum, Crossing Jordan, Californication, Person of Interest, Gotham, and The Affair are simply a few of the exhibits he appeared in.
He most just lately performed Carmine Conti on Showtime’s Your Honor, which just lately wrapped its two-season run on the premium cabler.
The actor was in all probability most well-known for his work on Breaking Bad, the place he garnered an Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series nomination in 2012.
His arc on the Bryan Cranston drama kicked off in 2009, and he reprised the position within the Breaking Bad prequel collection, Better Call Saul.
Margolis stated he took his cues from his late mother-in-law, Shirley, to play the position.
“She was in a nursing dwelling for a few years in Florida, tragically, after struggling a stroke,” he instructed The Hollywood Reporter in 2012.
“We used to go to her, and he or she could not communicate. But she’d get excited once we got here within the room, and the left facet of her mouth would at all times do these contortions the place the lips would push out, nearly like she was chewing tobacco.”
“So I form of stole that from her. I at all times say the position is an homage to Shirley, who was really a Nineteen Thirties Earl Carroll Follies dancer.”
On the large display screen, Margolis solidified himself as one of many best actors of his time for taking part in Alberto “The Shadow” in Scarface.
Additional film credit embrace Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Thomas Crown Affair, Requiem for a Dream, and Black Swan.
May Mark Margolis relaxation in peace.
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