Alan Mandell
14 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 27, 1927
- Died
- Oct 13, 2026 (age 98)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Albert Mandell
Biography
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell; December 27, 1927 — October 13, 2026) was a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he was especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett.
Mandell, born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario in 1927, acted onstage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950s. In 1968, he legally changed his given name to Alan to avoid being confused with noted mobster Albert Anastasia.
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Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of Waiting for Godot at the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. He subsequently played Lucky in a production of Godot directed by Beckett himself.
Outside of Beckett, Mandell performed in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price. In 2007, he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis and co-starring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Alan Mandell: movies and TV shows
Acting (18)
- 2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
as Vetril Dease
- 2015 Addicted to Fresno
as Arthur Lipka
- 2009 A Serious Man
as Rabbi Marshak
- 2006 Shortbus
as Tobias, the Mayor
- 2005
- 2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch
as Patron at restaurant (uncredited)
- 1996 The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice
as The Captain
- 1993 Midnight Witness
as Shaw
- 1991
- 1988 Illegally Yours
as Juror #8
- 1981 Macbeth
as Scottish Doctor
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
as Grant Stockwood
- 1975
- 1974 Enemies
as District Police Inspector
- 1974
- 1971
Behind the camera (3)
- 1978 Goin' South
Screenplay
- 1978 House Calls
Screenplay
- 1977 Smokey and the Bandit
Screenplay