Best known for his role as the wheelchair-bound, bell-ringing drug kingpin Hector ‘Tío’ Salamanca on the hit show – for which he earned an Emmy nominee in 2012 – he passed away on Thursday .
Margolis reprised his Breaking Bad role for five seasons of the spin-off series Better Call Saul alongside Bob Odenkirk. Along with his son Morgan – who is CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment – Margolis is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, to whom he was married for 61 years and three grandchildren.He was also a notable stage acting and appeared as Gus in Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures’ in 2014.His career kicked off in the mid-1970s before he landed his breakout role as Alberto the Shadow in 1983’s Scarface starring Al Pacino.
It was the start of a long working relationship, with Mark also starring in Darren’s films Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Noah.