Mandy Patinkin
51 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 30, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Mandel Bruce Patinkin · Мэнди Пэтинкин · مندی پتینکین
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.
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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).
Known for
Mandy Patinkin: movies and TV shows
Acting (75)
- Upcoming November 1963
as Anthony Accardo
- Upcoming The Painted Bride
as (voice)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023 The Magician's Elephant
as Vilna Lutz (voice)
- 2022
- 2022
- 2020 A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Inigo Montoya
- 2020 Disclosure
as Avigdor (archive footage)
- 2019 Before You Know It
as Mel Gurner
- 2018
- 2018 Life Itself
as Irwin Dempsey
- 2017 Wonder
as Mr. Tushman
- 2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village
as Papa Smurf (voice)
- 2017
- 2016 The Queen of Spain
as Jordan Berman
- 2016 Ali and Nino
as Duke Kipiani
- 2015 The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
as Narrator
- 2014 Wish I Was Here
as Gabe
- 2011
- 2011 Jock the Hero Dog
as Basil (voice)
- 2010 4.3.2.1
as Sir Jago Larofsky
- 2009
- 2006 Everyone's Hero
as Stanley Irving (voice)
- 2006 Choking Man
as Rick
- 2005
- 2004 Remembering Ragtime
as Tateh (archive footage)
- 2004 NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
as Al Cummings
- 2004
- 2003 Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Che (segment "Evita")
- 2003
- 2001 Piñero
as Joseph Papp
- 2000
- 1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Huxley
- 1999 Strange Justice
as Kenneth Duberstein
- 1998 Lulu on the Bridge
as Philip Kleinman
- 1998
- 1998 Men with Guns
as Andrew
- 1997 The Hunchback
as Quasimodo
- 1996 Broken Glass
as Dr Henry Hyman
- 1994 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Brother Daniel
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993 The Music of Chance
as Jim Nashe
- 1993 Life with Mikey
as Irate Man
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991 The Doctor
as Murray
- 1991 Impromptu
as Alfred De Musset
- 1991 True Colors
as John Palmeri
- 1990
- 1990 Dick Tracy
as 88 Keys
- 1989
- 1988 Alien Nation
as Samuel 'George' Francisco
- 1988
- 1988 The House on Carroll Street
as Salwen
- 1987 The Princess Bride
as Inigo Montoya
- 1986 Sunday in the Park with George
as Georges Seurat / George
- 1986 Follies: In Concert
as Buddy Plummer
- 1985 Maxie
as Nick
- 1983 Yentl
as Avigdor
- 1983 Daniel
as Paul Isaacson
- 1982
- 1981 Ragtime
as Tateh
- 1980 Night of the Juggler
as Allesandro the Cabbie
- 1979 French Postcards
as Sayyid
- 1979 Last Embrace
as First Commuter
- 1979 Charleston
as Beaudine Croft
- 1978 The Big Fix
as Pool Man
- 1978
- 1971
Behind the camera (1)
- Upcoming Sydney Cash Makes Too Much Art
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025 Good Hang with Amy Poehler
1 episode
- 2019
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2013
- 2010
- 2008 The Jewish Americans
3 episodes
- 2005 The Reichen Show
1 episode
- 2005 The Colbert Report
1 episode
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1997
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1995
- 1991
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1986
- 1985
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode