Mark Margolis (born November 26, 1939) is an American actor. He has been recently known for his Emmy-nominated performance as Héctor "Tio" Salamanca in Breaking Bad. Read full biography of Mark Margolis →
I am just a journeyman actor. Most often I take what's offered me, and I've been able to work year after year. I was in 'Scarface.'... →
I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful... →
I actually don't pay a lot of attention to the movie 'industry'... I just do the work when I get it. I never considered anything I was... →
A lot of the people that stop you - well, they're not nuts, exactly. They're more like super-fans. They think that I'm some sort of rich... →
I saw an Emmy ad that AMC took out with all the 'Breaking Bad' nominees' photos, and there's my picture from the show. It's like... →
You don't play villains like they are villains. You play them like you know exactly where they are coming from. Which hopefully you do.
I'm addicted to New York, and I like L.A., as I have kids there. Sometimes I think New Mexico is the one place where I could almost live there.... →
Honestly, all of 'Breaking Bad' was the best television experience of my entire life - the writing, the crew, the other actors.
I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the... →
I'm an actor. I was trained by Stella Adler, one of the greatest teachers of the world. I was 19 years old, and she frightened me to death. I was... →
There is an endless range of parts I have not played. I would love to do a whole slew of period pieces. I also used to do a lot of stage work, and I... →
Mark Margolis (born November 26, 1939) is an American actor. He has been recently known for his Emmy-nominated performance as Héctor "Tio" Salamanca in Breaking Bad.