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Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Actor · b. 1952 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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  • Movie7.7

    The Princess Bride

    1987 · 5.3K votes

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    Wonder

    2017 · 8.4K votes

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    Smurfs: The Lost Village

    2017 · 1.6K votes

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    Life Itself

    2018 · 648 votes

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    Everyone's Hero

    2006 · 356 votes

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    Dick Tracy

    1990 · 1.1K votes

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    The Magician's Elephant

    2023 · 235 votes

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    Wish I Was Here

    2014 · 793 votes

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    Alien Nation

    1988 · 348 votes

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    La reina de España

    The Queen of Spain

    2016 · 101 votes

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    The Hunchback

    1997 · 50 votes

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    4.3.2.1

    2010 · 219 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Lulu on the Bridge

    1998 · 51 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Doctor

    1991 · 88 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Madonna: Truth or Dare

    1991 · 175 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Last Embrace

    1979 · 84 votes

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    Yentl

    1983 · 271 votes

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    Night of the Juggler

    1980 · 37 votes

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    The Big Fix

    1978 · 41 votes

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    Law & Order

    1990 · 724 votes

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    The Simpsons

    1989 · 11K votes

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    Criminal Minds

    2005 · 4.2K votes

  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Colbert Report

    2005 · 313 votes

  • TV5.6

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV7.2

    Touched by an Angel

    1994 · 188 votes

  • TV7.6

    Homeland

    2011 · 2.7K votes

  • TV7.2

    Chicago Hope

    1994 · 83 votes

  • TV6.1

    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Good Fight

    2017 · 353 votes

  • TV4.8

    The Reichen Show

    2005 · 5 votes

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    American Playhouse

    1982 · 8 votes

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    American Experience

    1988 · 48 votes

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    Boston Public

    2000 · 53 votes

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    Taxi

    1978 · 182 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Larry Sanders Show

    1992 · 93 votes

  • TV6.9

    Hercules

    1998 · 336 votes

  • TV7.4

    Brilliant Minds

    2024 · 74 votes

  • TV6.3

    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

  • TV7.6

    Dead Like Me

    2003 · 515 votes