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Mandy Patinkin
Mandel 'Mandy' Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film.
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Mandel 'Mandy' Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film. As a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, he collaborates with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His leading roles on stage and screen have received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for seven Drama Desk Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He made his theatre debut in 1975, starring opposite Meryl Streep in the revival of the comic play Trelawny of the "Wells" at The Public Theatre's Shakespeare Festival. He played Che in the first Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita (1979), earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, as well as the roles of Georges Seurat/George in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (1984) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. …
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He portrayed Lord Archibald Craven in the original Broadway cast of Lucy Simon's The Secret Garden (1991). On Broadway, he replaced Michael Rupert as Marvin in William Finn's Falsettos (1993). He starred as Burrs in The Wild Party (2000) and earned a second nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
He had leading roles in television shows, playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in Chicago Hope (1994–2000); SSA Jason Gideon in the CBS crime-drama series Criminal Minds (2005–2007); Saul Berenson in the Showtime drama series Homeland (2011–2020); and Rufus Cotesworth in the Hulu mystery series Death and Other Details (2024). He earned seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his television work, winning Outstanding Leading Actor in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope in 1995. He had recurring roles in Dead Like Me (2003–2004,) and The Good Fight (2021).
He also had film roles portraying Inigo Montoya in Rob Reiner's family adventure film The Princess Bride (1987) and Avigdor in Barbra Streisand's musical epic Yentl (1983), for which he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Other film credits include Ragtime (1981); Maxie (1985); Dick Tracy (1990); True Colors (1991); Impromptu (1991); Wonder (2017); and Life Itself (2018). He also voiced roles in Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky (2003) and The Wind Rises (2013).
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- 2026Sydney Cash Makes Too Much ArtProducer
- 2025Rob Reiner – Scenes from a LifeSelf
- 2025Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our LivesSelf
- 2023The Magician's ElephantVilna Lutz (voice)
- 2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionInigo Montoya
- 2020DisclosureAvigdor (archive footage)
- 2019On BroadwaySelf (archive footage)
- 2019Before You Know ItMel Gurner
- 2018Harold Prince: The Director's LifeActor
- 2018Life ItselfIrwin Dempsey
- 2017WonderMr. Tushman
- 2017Smurfs: The Lost VillagePapa Smurf (voice)
- 2016The Queen of SpainJordan Berman
- 2016Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...Self
- 2016Cholesterol: The Great BluffSelf - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
- 2016Ali and NinoDuke Kipiani
- 2015The Spymasters: CIA in the CrosshairsNarrator
- 2014Wish I Was HereGabe
- 2013Six by SondheimSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Jock the Hero DogBasil (voice)
- 2010Sondheim! The Birthday ConcertSelf
- 20104.3.2.1Sir Jago Larofsky
- 2006Everyone's HeroStanley Irving (voice)
- 2006Choking ManRick
- 2004Remembering RagtimeTateh (archive footage)
- 2004NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323Al Cummings
- 2004This Is the House That Jack BuiltActor
- 2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresChe (segment "Evita")
- 2002Run Ronnie RunSelf
- 2001PiñeroJoseph Papp
- 2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'Self
- 1999The Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandHuxley
- 1999Strange JusticeKenneth Duberstein
- 1999Speaking in StringsSelf
- 1998Lulu on the BridgePhilip Kleinman
- 1998Men with GunsAndrew
- 1997The HunchbackQuasimodo
- 1997Ellis IslandSelf - Host and Narrator
- 1996Broken GlassDr Henry Hyman
- 1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IISelf
- 1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleBrother Daniel
- 1993The Music of ChanceJim Nashe
- 1993Life with MikeyIrate Man
- 1991The DoctorMurray
- 1991Madonna: Truth or DareSelf
- 1991ImpromptuAlfred De Musset
- 1991True ColorsJohn Palmeri
- 1990Dick Tracy88 Keys
- 1988Alien NationSamuel 'George' Francisco
- 1988The House on Carroll StreetSalwen
- 1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeGeorges Seurat / George
- 1986Follies: In ConcertBuddy Plummer
- 1986Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New YorkSelf
- 1985MaxieNick
- 1985To Be HamletSelf
- 1983YentlAvigdor
- 1983DanielPaul Isaacson
- 1981RagtimeTateh
- 1980Night of the JugglerAllesandro the Cabbie
- 1979French PostcardsSayyid
- 1979Last EmbraceFirst Commuter
- 1979CharlestonBeaudine Croft
- 1978The Big FixPool Man
- The Painted Bride(voice)
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