Mandy Patinkin
Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkin , Mandel Bruce Patinkin , Мэнди Пэтинкин , مندی پتینکین
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Homepage: http://www.mandypatinkin.org
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
Biography
Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin (/pəˈtɪŋkɪn/; 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. Patinkin's 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. Patinkin 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, Patinkin 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. Patinkin 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). Patinkin also voiced roles in Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky (2003) and The Wind Rises (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mandy Patinkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
Criminal Minds
(2005) Jason Gideon
Chicago Hope
(1994) Jeffrey Geiger
The Good Fight
(2017) Hal Wackner
Performance
(1991) Dr. Harry Hyman
Death and Other Details
(2024) Rufus Cotesworth
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
Homeland
(2011) Saul BerensonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rufus Cotesworth | |
| 2023 | Vilna Lutz (voice) | |
| 2022 | Benjamin Franklin (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| 2020 | Inigo Montoya | |
| Avigdor (archive footage) | ||
| Performer | ||
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Mel Gurner | ||
| 2018 | N/A | |
| Irwin Dempsey | ||
| 2017 | Mr. Tushman | |
| Papa Smurf (voice) | ||
| Hal Wackner | ||
| 2016 | Jordan Berman | |
| Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage) | ||
| Himself | ||
| Duke Kipiani | ||
| 2015 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Gabe | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Saul Berenson | |
| Basil (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Himself | |
| Sir Jago Larofsky | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| 2008 | Himself | |
| 2006 | Stanley Irving (voice) | |
| Rick | ||
| 2005 | Self - Guest | |
| Jason Gideon | ||
| 2004 | Tateh (archive footage) | |
| Al Cummings | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2003 | Che (segment "Evita") | |
| Rube John Sofer | ||
| 2002 | Himself | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| 2000 | Isaac Rice | |
| 1999 | Huxley | |
| Kenneth Duberstein | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Philip Kleinman | |
| Hippocrates (voice) | ||
| Andrew | ||
| 1997 | Quasimodo | |
| 1996 | Dr Henry Hyman | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1994 | Brother Daniel | |
| The Driver / Satan | ||
| Jeffrey Geiger | ||
| 1993 | Jim Nashe | |
| Irate Man | ||
| 1991 | Murray | |
| Self | ||
| Alfred De Musset | ||
| John Palmeri | ||
| Dr. Harry Hyman | ||
| 1990 | Levi March / Glenn Fordyce | |
| 88 Keys | ||
| 1989 | Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice) | |
| 1988 | Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Salwen | ||
| 1987 | Inigo Montoya | |
| 1986 | Georges Seurat / George | |
| Buddy Plummer | ||
| 1985 | Nick | |
| Mandy Patinkin | ||
| 1983 | Avigdor | |
| Paul Isaacson | ||
| 1981 | Tateh | |
| 1980 | Allesandro the Cabbie | |
| 1979 | Sayyid | |
| First Commuter | ||
| Beaudine Croft | ||
| 1978 | Pool Man | |
| Alan | ||
| 1971 | Buddy Plummer | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
