Mark Margolis played the famous antagonist Hector Salamanca in the Breaking Bad series. According to several Anglo-Saxon media, he died Thursday at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York at the age of 83, with his wife Jacqueline and his son Morgan.
In a press release relayed by the Variety media, his manager Robert Kolker pays tribute to a “unique” man and a “lifelong friend”. “I was lucky to know him,” he wrote.
In 2012, the actor was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as the crippled leader of a drug cartel in Breaking Bad. The official account of the series expressed on Twitter its mourning and regretted the “tremendous talent” of Mark Margolis, who “knew how to make Hector Salamanca one of the most unforgettable characters in the history of the series. television”.
We join millions of fans in mourning the passing of the immensely talented Mark Margolis, who – with his eyes, a bell, and very few words – turned Hector Salamanca into one of the most unforgettable characters in the history of television. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/gVt8IzxgPw
But he was also known for his roles in the series Sex and The City, American Horror Story, Californication, Gotham or Better Call Saul.
The latter’s co-creator, Peter Gould, said he was “devastated” on Twitter to learn of the disappearance of Mark Margolis. The one he called “the storyteller with a million stories” was “brilliant, funny”.
Absolutely devastated to hear that we’ve lost Mark Margolis. Mark was brilliant, funny, a raconteur with a million stories. I miss him already.
Mark Margolis had made his mark on the big screen with his presence in more than 70 films, including Brian de Palma’s Scarface in which he played the role of Alberto, a bodyguard nicknamed “The Shadow”. He had also appeared in the feature film Requiem for a Dream or even Black Swan. Originally from Philadelphia, he began his theater career on the boards of Broadway.
