Born in New York City, Morgan Margolis is the son of well-known character actor Mark Margolis.
Mark Margolis, the actor who played the vengeful drug runner Hector Salamanca, on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died. He was 83.
Margolis died on Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, after a brief illness.
Mark Margolis has had a remarkable career as an actor, spanning over five decades. He began his acting journey in the late 1960s, and since then, he has left an indelible mark on film, television, and theater.
It was his role as Hector Salamanca in the critically acclaimed television series “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013) that brought Margolis widespread recognition and acclaim. His portrayal of the mute, wheelchair-bound drug cartel enforcer earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He reprised the role in the prequel series “Better Call Saul” (2015-2022), further solidifying his status as a revered character actor.
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Who is Morgan Margolis?
Morgan is an actor and Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO.
KFE is best described as a full-service music, hospitality, and entertainment firm. The company has been in operation in New York City since 1987, when it began as an avant-garde jazz club. It has since grown to include multiple Knitting Factory music venues, non-branded stand-alone venues, three restaurant concepts, two record labels, a management company, a national touring division, and ownership stakes in a variety of other businesses, including a brewery, hotel, experiential marketing company, theatrical management, venue consulting, and branded food and celebrity chef management companies.
Morgan is a graduate of the famed High School of Performing Arts. He appeared in two Star Trek spin-off series. He first portrayed a Vaskan spectator in the Star Trek: Voyager fourth season episode “Living Witness” and later portrayed Crewman Baird in the Star Trek: Enterprise second season episode “Vanishing Point”.
In 2006, he played Cheering Cop (credited as Cop) in the Showtime series DEXTER.
