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English character actor who began his career mostly typecast into "foreigner" roles due to his Spanish and Italian heritage. Nevertheless, Molina has carved out a career spanning more than three decades on stage and in film. His turn as Doctor Octopus in ''[[Spider -Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man 2]]'' was arguably his biggest mainstream breakout, but before that he had racked up a steady array of memorable performances: in ''[[Frida]]'' as legendary Mexican painter Diego Rivera, ''[[Boogie Nights]]'' as Rahad Jackson, ''[[Prick Up Your Ears (Film)|Prick Up Your Ears]]'' as Kenneth Halliwell, ''[[Dudley Do -Right]]'' as Snidely Whiplash and even his debut film performance in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' as the "throw me the idol, I throw you the whip" guy.

He also holds the record for most LEGO minifigures made out of a single actor, at six (there are four different Lego figures for [[Spider -Man (Filmfilm)|Dr. Octopus]], plus one for [[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Satipo]] and one for [[Prince of Persia: theThe Sands of Time (Film)|Sheik Amar]].

* [[May -December Romance]]: His wife is 16 years older than he.

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: A [[Happily Married]], and by all accounts modest and funny, gentleman who can also be called upon to play abusive husbands, resentful murderous lovers, comic book villains and characters who are simply batshit crazy.

* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: His insane scene at the end of ''[[Boogie Nights]]''.