Mandy Patinkin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1952 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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. 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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Filmography
The Painted Bride
Movie · as (voice)
God of War
TV · as Odin · 2 eps
November 1963
Movie · as Anthony Accardo
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
Movie · as Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Movie · as Self
The Artist
TV · as Norman Henry · 6 eps
The American Revolution
TV · as Benjamin Franklin (voice) · 3 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Death and Other Details
TV · as Rufus Cotesworth · 10 eps
Brilliant Minds
TV · as Noah Wolf · 2 eps
The Magician's Elephant
Movie · as Vilna Lutz (voice)
Indivisible: Healing Hate
TV · 6 eps
Benjamin Franklin
TV · as Benjamin Franklin (voice) · 2 eps
Disclosure
Movie · as Avigdor (archive footage)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie · as Inigo Montoya
On Broadway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Before You Know It
Movie · as Mel Gurner
Life Itself
Movie · as Irwin Dempsey
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Movie
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Movie · as Papa Smurf (voice)
Wonder
Movie · as Mr. Tushman
The Good Fight
TV · as Hal Wackner · 10 eps
Ali and Nino
Movie · as Duke Kipiani
The Queen of Spain
Movie · as Jordan Berman
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Movie · as Self
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Movie · as Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
Movie · as Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Wish I Was Here
Movie · as Gabe
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Movie · as Self
Jock the Hero Dog
Movie · as Basil (voice)
Homeland
TV · as Saul Berenson · 96 eps
4.3.2.1
Movie · as Sir Jago Larofsky
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie · as Self
Three Rivers
TV · 1 ep
The Jewish Americans
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Choking Man
Movie · as Rick
Everyone's Hero
Movie · as Stanley Irving (voice)
Criminal Minds
TV · as Jason Gideon · 47 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
This Is the House That Jack Built
Movie
Remembering Ragtime
Movie · as Tateh (archive footage)
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Movie · as Al Cummings
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie · as Che (segment "Evita")
Dead Like Me
TV · as Rube Sofer · 29 eps
Run Ronnie Run
Movie · as Self
Piñero
Movie · as Joseph Papp
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie · as Self
Boston Public
TV · as Isaac Rice · 1 ep
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Movie · as Huxley
Strange Justice
Movie · as Kenneth Duberstein
Speaking in Strings
Movie · as Self
Men with Guns
Movie · as Andrew
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie · as Philip Kleinman
Hercules
TV · as Hippocrates (voice) · 1 ep
The Hunchback
Movie · as Quasimodo
Ellis Island
Movie · as Self - Host and Narrator
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Broken Glass
Movie · as Dr Henry Hyman
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Movie · as Self
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Movie · as Brother Daniel
Touched by an Angel
TV · as The Driver / Satan · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Jeffrey Geiger · 60 eps
The Music of Chance
Movie · as Jim Nashe
Life with Mikey
Movie · as Irate Man
Picket Fences
TV · as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger · 1 ep
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Mandy Patinkin · 1 ep
The Doctor
Movie · as Murray
True Colors
Movie · as John Palmeri
Impromptu
Movie · as Alfred De Musset
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Movie · as Self
Performance
TV · as Dr. Harry Hyman · 1 ep
Dick Tracy
Movie · as 88 Keys
Law & Order
TV · as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice) · 1 ep
Alien Nation
Movie · as Samuel 'George' Francisco
The House on Carroll Street
Movie · as Salwen
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Princess Bride
Movie · as Inigo Montoya
Sunday in the Park with George
Movie · as Georges Seurat / George
Follies: In Concert
Movie · as Buddy Plummer
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Movie · as Self
To Be Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Maxie
Movie · as Nick
Yentl
Movie · as Avigdor
Daniel
Movie · as Paul Isaacson
American Playhouse
TV · as Georges Seurat / George · 1 ep
Ragtime
Movie · as Tateh
Night of the Juggler
Movie · as Allesandro the Cabbie
Last Embrace
Movie · as First Commuter
French Postcards
Movie · as Sayyid
Charleston
Movie · as Beaudine Croft
The Big Fix
Movie · as Pool Man
Taxi
TV · as Alan · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Buddy Plummer · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep