Mandy Patinkin

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

Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco

Alien Nation

Avigdor

Yentl

Self

To Be Hamlet

Inigo Montoya

The Princess Bride

Tateh

Ragtime

Murray

The Doctor

John Palmeri

True Colors

This Is the House That Jack Built

Andrew

Men with Guns

Allesandro the Cabbie

Night of the Juggler

Sir Jago Larofsky

4.3.2.1

Huxley

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

First Commuter

Last Embrace

Rick

Choking Man

Jim Nashe

The Music of Chance

Alfred De Musset

Impromptu

Basil (voice)

Jock the Hero Dog

Paul Isaacson

Daniel

Salwen

The House on Carroll Street

Self (archive footage)

On Broadway

Nick

Maxie

Self

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Self

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Georges Seurat / George

Sunday in the Park with George

Quasimodo

The Hunchback

Tateh (archive footage)

Remembering Ragtime

Philip Kleinman

Lulu on the Bridge

Sayyid

French Postcards

Brother Daniel

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Dr Henry Hyman

Broken Glass

Avigdor (archive footage)

Disclosure

Al Cummings

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323

Beaudine Croft

Charleston

Self

Run Ronnie Run

Pool Man

The Big Fix

Stanley Irving (voice)

Everyone's Hero

Narrator

The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs

Duke Kipiani

Ali and Nino

Joseph Papp

Piñero

Jordan Berman

La reina de España

Papa Smurf (voice)

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Irwin Dempsey

Life Itself

Self

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

Self (archive footage)

Six by Sondheim

88 Keys

Dick Tracy

Kenneth Duberstein

Strange Justice

Irate Man

Life with Mikey

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Self

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

Mel Gurner

Before You Know It

Che (segment "Evita")

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Mr. Tushman

Wonder

Self

Speaking in Strings

Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)

Cholestérol : le grand bluff

Inigo Montoya

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Buddy Plummer

Follies: In Concert

Vilna Lutz (voice)

The Magician's Elephant

Gabe

Wish I Was Here

Anthony Accardo

November 1963

Self

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

(voice)

The Painted Bride

Self

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Self - Host and Narrator

Ellis Island

Self

Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives