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Mandy Patinkin
Born · November 30, 1952 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bio
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.
Brilliant Minds
Dr. Noah Wolf · (2 episodes)
7.9
2024
Death and Other Details
Rufus Cotesworth · (10 episodes)
6.6
2024
The Magician's Elephant
Vilna Lutz (voice)
6.9
2023
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.7
2022
Indivisible: Healing Hate
(6 episodes)
1.0
2022
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Inigo Montoya
6.3
2020
Disclosure
Avigdor (archive footage)
7.9
2020
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
8.7
2019
Before You Know It
Mel Gurner
4.9
2019
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
0.0
2018
Life Itself
Irwin Dempsey
7.2
2018
Wonder
Mr. Tushman
8.1
2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Papa Smurf (voice)
6.3
2017
The Good Fight
Hal Wackner · (10 episodes)
7.6
2017
The Queen of Spain
Jordan Berman
5.1
2016
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Self
7.5
2016
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
8.1
2016
Ali and Nino
Duke Kipiani
6.6
2016
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
Narrator
6.5
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
2015
Wish I Was Here
Gabe
6.5
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
2014
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2013
Homeland
Saul Berenson · (96 episodes)
7.6
2011
Jock the Hero Dog
Basil (voice)
4.4
2011
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self
8.0
2010
4.3.2.1
Sir Jago Larofsky
5.5
2010
Three Rivers
(1 episode)
7.5
2009
The Jewish Americans
Self · (3 episodes)
0.0
2008
Everyone's Hero
Stanley Irving (voice)
5.9
2006
Choking Man
Rick
5.3
2006
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
Criminal Minds
Jason Gideon · (47 episodes)
8.3
2005
Remembering Ragtime
Tateh (archive footage)
0.0
2004
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Al Cummings
4.4
2004
This Is the House That Jack Built
0.0
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Che (segment "Evita")
5.6
2003
Dead Like Me
Rube John Sofer · (29 episodes)
7.6
2003
Run Ronnie Run
Self
5.9
2002
Piñero
Joseph Papp
6.2
2001
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Self
7.3
2001
Boston Public
Isaac Rice · (1 episode)
7.6
2000
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Huxley
6.3
1999
Strange Justice
Kenneth Duberstein
6.0
1999
Speaking in Strings
Self
5.7
1999
Lulu on the Bridge
Philip Kleinman
5.9
1998
Hercules
Hippocrates (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1998
Men with Guns
Andrew
6.8
1998
The Hunchback
Quasimodo
5.9
1997
Broken Glass
Dr Henry Hyman
0.0
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Brother Daniel
6.7
1994
Touched by an Angel
The Driver / Satan · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Chicago Hope
Jeffrey Geiger · (46 episodes)
7.2
1994
The Music of Chance
Jim Nashe
6.7
1993
Life with Mikey
Irate Man
5.7
1993
The Doctor
Murray
6.4
1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
6.3
1991
Impromptu
Alfred De Musset
6.1
1991
True Colors
John Palmeri
6.2
1991
Performance
Dr. Harry Hyman · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Law & Order
Levi March / Glenn Fordyce · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Dick Tracy
88 Keys
6.2
1990
The Simpsons
Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Alien Nation
Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco
6.1
1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1988
The House on Carroll Street
Salwen
5.8
1988
The Princess Bride
Inigo Montoya
7.7
1987
Sunday in the Park with George
Georges Seurat / George
7.3
1986
Follies: In Concert
Buddy Plummer
7.0
1986
Maxie
Nick
5.1
1985
To Be Hamlet
Self
0.0
1985
Yentl
Avigdor
6.7
1983
Daniel
Paul Isaacson
6.6
1983
Ragtime
Tateh
7.0
1981
Night of the Juggler
Allesandro the Cabbie
5.9
1980
French Postcards
Sayyid
4.8
1979
Last Embrace
First Commuter
5.4
1979
Charleston
Beaudine Croft
0.0
1979
The Big Fix
Pool Man
5.7
1978
November 1963
Anthony Accardo
0.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.4
1988
Taxi
Alan · (1 episode)
7.2
1978
Great Performances
Buddy Plummer · (1 episode)
5.4
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
The Artist
Norman Henry · (7 episodes)
0.0