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Mandy Patinkin
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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 pr…
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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. 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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BODY OF WORK
Mandy Patinkin's Filmography
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November 1963
as Anthony Accardo
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
as Self
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
as Self
The Magician's Elephant
as Vilna Lutz (voice)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Inigo Montoya
Disclosure
as Avigdor (archive footage)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
Before You Know It
as Mel Gurner
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Life Itself
as Irwin Dempsey
Wonder
as Mr. Tushman
Smurfs: The Lost Village
as Papa Smurf (voice)
The Queen of Spain
as Jordan Berman
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
as Self
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
as Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
Ali and Nino
as Duke Kipiani
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
as Narrator
Wish I Was Here
as Gabe
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Jock the Hero Dog
as Basil (voice)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
4.3.2.1
as Sir Jago Larofsky
Everyone's Hero
as Stanley Irving (voice)
Choking Man
as Rick
Remembering Ragtime
as Tateh (archive footage)
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
as Al Cummings
This Is the House That Jack Built
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Che (segment "Evita")
Run Ronnie Run
as Self
Piñero
as Joseph Papp
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Huxley
Strange Justice
as Kenneth Duberstein
Speaking in Strings
as Self
Lulu on the Bridge
as Philip Kleinman
Men with Guns
as Andrew
The Hunchback
as Quasimodo
Ellis Island
as Self - Host and Narrator
Broken Glass
as Dr Henry Hyman
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
as Self
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Brother Daniel
The Music of Chance
as Jim Nashe
Life with Mikey
as Irate Man
The Doctor
as Murray
Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self
Impromptu
as Alfred De Musset
True Colors
as John Palmeri
Dick Tracy
as 88 Keys
Alien Nation
as Samuel 'George' Francisco
The House on Carroll Street
as Salwen
The Princess Bride
as Inigo Montoya
Sunday in the Park with George
as Georges Seurat / George
Follies: In Concert
as Buddy Plummer
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
as Self
Maxie
as Nick
To Be Hamlet
as Self
Yentl
as Avigdor
Daniel
as Paul Isaacson
Ragtime
as Tateh
Night of the Juggler
as Allesandro the Cabbie
French Postcards
as Sayyid
Last Embrace
as First Commuter
Charleston
as Beaudine Croft
The Big Fix
as Pool Man
No Poster
The Painted Bride
as (voice)