
Mandy Patinkin
Biography
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. 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).
Acting (61 movies)

Alien Nation
1988

Yentl
1983

To Be Hamlet
1985

The Princess Bride
1987

Ragtime
1981

The Doctor
1991

True Colors
1991

This Is the House That Jack Built
2004

Men with Guns
1998

Night of the Juggler
1980

4.3.2.1
2010

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999

Last Embrace
1979

Choking Man
2006

The Music of Chance
1993

Impromptu
1991

Jock the Hero Dog
2011

Daniel
1983

The House on Carroll Street
1988

On Broadway
2019

Maxie
1985

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010

Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991

Sunday in the Park with George
1986

The Hunchback
1997

Remembering Ragtime
2004

Lulu on the Bridge
1998

French Postcards
1979

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994

Broken Glass
1996

Disclosure
2020

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
2004

Charleston
1979

Run Ronnie Run
2002

The Big Fix
1978

Everyone's Hero
2006

The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
2015

Ali and Nino
2016

Piñero
2001

The Queen of Spain
2016

Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017

Life Itself
2018

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016

Six by Sondheim
2013

Dick Tracy
1990

Strange Justice
1999

Life with Mikey
1993

Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001

Before You Know It
2019

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003

Wonder
2017

Speaking in Strings
1999

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
2016

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020

Follies: In Concert
1986

The Magician's Elephant
2023

Wish I Was Here
2014

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
1986

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995

Ellis Island
1997
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