Mandy Patinkin

Known for ActingBorn 1952-11-30 (age 73)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Broken Glass

On Broadway

Criminal Minds

Wonder

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Disclosure

Benjamin Franklin

The Simpsons

Charleston

Dead Like Me

The Good Fight

Homeland

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

Boston Public

The Larry Sanders Show

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

The Princess Bride

Brilliant Minds

Picket Fences

Life Itself

Sunday in the Park with George

Six by Sondheim

Law & Order

Chicago Hope

Touched by an Angel

Three Rivers

Taxi

The Magician's Elephant

The Colbert Report

Strange Justice

Follies: In Concert

Hercules

Ragtime

The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs

Death and Other Details

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Wish I Was Here

Ali and Nino

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Yentl

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Daniel

American Experience

The Music of Chance

Broadway's Lost Treasures

The Doctor

Night of the Juggler