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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 30, 1952
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkin
- Mandel Bruce Patinkin
- Мэнди Пэтинкин
- مندی پتینکین
Mandy Patinkin
4.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
0.0
Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025
10.0
Norman Henry
The Artist
2025
5.0
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The American Revolution
2025
5.0
voice
The American Revolution
2025
0.0
Self
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
2025
7.4
Dr. Noah Wolf
Brilliant Minds
2024
6.4
Rufus Cotesworth
Death and Other Details
2024
6.8
Vilna Lutz (voice)
The Magician's Elephant
2023
7.7
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Benjamin Franklin
2022
1.0
Indivisible: Healing Hate
2022
Credits
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
as Self
2025
0.0
The Artist
as Norman Henry
2025
10.0
The American Revolution
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2025
5.0
The American Revolution
as voice
2025
5.0
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
as Self
2025
0.0
Brilliant Minds
as Dr. Noah Wolf
2024
7.4
Death and Other Details
as Rufus Cotesworth
2024
6.4
The Magician's Elephant
as Vilna Lutz (voice)
2023
6.8
Benjamin Franklin
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2022
7.7
Indivisible: Healing Hate
2022
1.0
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Inigo Montoya
2020
6.3
Disclosure
as Avigdor (archive footage)
2020
7.8
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.7
Before You Know It
as Mel Gurner
2019
4.7
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
0.0
Life Itself
as Irwin Dempsey
2018
7.2
Wonder
as Mr. Tushman
2017
8.1
Smurfs: The Lost Village
as Papa Smurf (voice)
2017
6.3
The Good Fight
as Hal Wackner
2017
7.5
The Queen of Spain
as Jordan Berman
2016
5.2
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
as Self
2016
7.5
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
as Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
2016
8.1
Ali and Nino
as Duke Kipiani
2016
6.6
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
as Narrator
2015
6.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
6.2
Wish I Was Here
as Gabe
2014
6.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Homeland
as Saul Berenson
2011
7.6
Jock the Hero Dog
as Basil (voice)
2011
4.4
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010
8.0
4.3.2.1
as Sir Jago Larofsky
2010
5.5
Three Rivers
2009
7.0
The Jewish Americans
as Self
2008
1.0
Everyone's Hero
as Stanley Irving (voice)
2006
6.0
Choking Man
as Rick
2006
5.3
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
Criminal Minds
as Jason Gideon
2005
8.3
Remembering Ragtime
as Tateh (archive footage)
2004
0.0
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
as Al Cummings
2004
5.1
This Is the House That Jack Built
2004
0.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Che (segment "Evita")
2003
6.1
Dead Like Me
as Rube Sofer
2003
7.6
Run Ronnie Run
as Self
2002
5.9
Piñero
as Joseph Papp
2001
5.9
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
2001
7.3
Boston Public
as Isaac Rice
2000
7.6
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Huxley
1999
6.4
Strange Justice
as Kenneth Duberstein
1999
6.0
Speaking in Strings
as Self
1999
5.7
Lulu on the Bridge
as Philip Kleinman
1998
5.8
Hercules
as Hippocrates (voice)
1998
6.9
Men with Guns
as Andrew
1998
6.2
The Hunchback
as Quasimodo
1997
5.9
Ellis Island
as Self - Host and Narrator
1997
0.0
Broken Glass
as Dr Henry Hyman
1996
0.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
as Self
1995
0.0
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Brother Daniel
1994
6.7
Touched by an Angel
as The Driver / Satan
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Jeffrey Geiger
1994
7.2
The Music of Chance
as Jim Nashe
1993
6.5
Life with Mikey
as Irate Man
1993
5.7
Picket Fences
as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
1992
7.4
Performance
as Dr. Harry Hyman
1991
6.0
The Doctor
as Murray
1991
6.4
Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self
1991
6.2
Impromptu
as Alfred De Musset
1991
6.0
True Colors
as John Palmeri
1991
6.2
Law & Order
as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
1990
7.4
Dick Tracy
as 88 Keys
1990
6.1
The Simpsons
as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
1989
8.0
Alien Nation
as Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco
1988
6.0
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
The House on Carroll Street
as Salwen
1988
5.8
The Princess Bride
as Inigo Montoya
1987
7.7
Sunday in the Park with George
as Georges Seurat / George
1986
7.2
Follies: In Concert
as Buddy Plummer
1986
7.0
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
as Self
1986
0.0
Maxie
as Nick
1985
4.9
To Be Hamlet
as Self
1985
0.0
Yentl
as Avigdor
1983
6.7
Daniel
as Paul Isaacson
1983
6.6
Ragtime
as Tateh
1981
7.0
Night of the Juggler
as Allesandro the Cabbie
1980
6.5
French Postcards
as Sayyid
1979
4.6
Last Embrace
as First Commuter
1979
5.4
Charleston
as Beaudine Croft
1979
0.0
The Big Fix
as Pool Man
1978
5.7
Taxi
as Alan
1978
7.2
Great Performances
as Buddy Plummer
1971
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner / Performer
1956
5.9
🎬
November 1963
as Anthony Accardo
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Painted Bride
as (voice)
N/A
0.0