Background
Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Runya (née Zeltzer), a nurse and museum employee, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer
Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Runya (née Zeltzer), a nurse and museum employee, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer
He graduated from City College of New New York
Margulies made his stage debut in the off-Broadway play Golden 6 (1958). His first Broadway appearance was in the 1973 revival of The Iceman Cometh. His film credits include The Front (1976), Last Embrace (1979), All That Jazz (1979), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Dressed to Kill (1980), Times Square (1980), I"m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), Daniel (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), 9½ Weeks (1986), Ishtar (1987), Running on Empty (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Out on a Limb (1992), A Stranger Among Us (1992), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Fading Gigolo (2013).
His television credits include Kojak, Tales from the Darkside, Spenser: Foreign Hire, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Chicago Hope, New York City Police Department Blue, Northern Exposure, Touched by an Angel, four episodes of Law & Order, and eight episodes of The Sopranos as mob boss Tony Soprano"s lawyer Neil Mink.