'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul' star Mark Margolis remembers how he landed the role of Hector Salamanca. He has his friend to thank for passing on the role. Mark Margolis was the second choice ...

Margolis was a guest on the Better Call Saul Insider podcast on June 7. When discussing his initial inspiration for Hector Salamanca on Breaking Bad, Margolis revealed the woman behind his performance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Mark Margolis, known for roles in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" died Thursday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Aug.

Actor Mark Margolis, best known for playing Hector "Tio" Salamanca on both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, a role for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2012, has died at the age of ...

Mark Margolis, a gifted journeyman character actor, died last week at the age of 83. Fans of Vince Gilligan’s epic show about the math teacher turned meth kingpin Walter White first meet Hector in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Margolis, the journeyman actor who turned in a commanding performance as the vindictive drug runner Hector Salamanca, a man ...

The bell-ringing, hateful-faced Don Hector Salamanca had no shortage of enemies in Breaking Bad and its prequel Better Call Saul, but cast members and creatives from both series are remembering actor ...

Bryan Cranston is paying tribute to his Breaking Bad co-star Mark Margolis, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 83. "I am very saddened today to learn of a friend's passing," Cranston posted on ...

Mark Margolis—the stalwart actor best known for his portrayal of cartel boss Hector Salamanca in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul—died Thursday in New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital following ...

Both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have gotten much-deserved praise from fans and critics, but the two shows have one ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --Mark Margolis, who played Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died at age 83, his publicist announced Friday. Henry Eshelman said the actor died Thursday.