Mandy Patinkin
Born: 1952-11-30 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- The American Revolution as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
- The Artist as Norman Henry
- Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives as Self
2024
- Brilliant Minds as Dr. Noah Wolf
- Death and Other Details as Rufus Cotesworth
2023
- The Magician's Elephant as Vilna Lutz (voice)
2022
- Benjamin Franklin as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
- Indivisible: Healing Hate
2020
- Disclosure as Avigdor (archive footage)
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Inigo Montoya
2019
- Before You Know It as Mel Gurner
- On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Harold Prince: The Director's Life
- Life Itself as Irwin Dempsey
2017
- The Good Fight as Hal Wackner
- Wonder as Mr. Tushman
- Smurfs: The Lost Village as Papa Smurf (voice)
2016
- Ali and Nino as Duke Kipiani
- The Queen of Spain as Jordan Berman
- Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... as Self
- Cholesterol: The Great Bluff as Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs as Narrator
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Wish I Was Here as Gabe
2013
- Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Homeland as Saul Berenson
- Jock the Hero Dog as Basil (voice)
2010
- 4.3.2.1 as Sir Jago Larofsky
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
2009
2008
- The Jewish Americans as Self
2006
- Choking Man as Rick
- Everyone's Hero as Stanley Irving (voice)
2005
- Criminal Minds as Jason Gideon
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
2004
- Remembering Ragtime as Tateh (archive footage)
- NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 as Al Cummings
- This Is the House That Jack Built
2003
- Dead Like Me as Rube Sofer
- Broadway's Lost Treasures as Che (segment "Evita")
2002
- Run Ronnie Run as Self
2001
- As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
- Piñero as Joseph Papp
2000
- Boston Public as Isaac Rice
1999
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as Huxley
- Strange Justice as Kenneth Duberstein
- Speaking in Strings as Self
1998
- Hercules as Hippocrates (voice)
- Lulu on the Bridge as Philip Kleinman
- Men with Guns as Andrew
1997
- The Hunchback as Quasimodo
- Ellis Island as Self - Host and Narrator
1996
- Broken Glass as Dr Henry Hyman
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1994
- Chicago Hope as Jeffrey Geiger
- Touched by an Angel as The Driver / Satan
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Brother Daniel
1993
- Life with Mikey as Irate Man
- The Music of Chance as Jim Nashe
1992
- Picket Fences as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
1991
- True Colors as John Palmeri
- The Doctor as Murray
- Performance as Dr. Harry Hyman
- Impromptu as Alfred De Musset
- Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
1990
- Law & Order as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
- Dick Tracy as 88 Keys
1989
- The Simpsons as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Alien Nation as Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco
- The House on Carroll Street as Salwen
1987
- The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
1986
- Sunday in the Park with George as Georges Seurat / George
- Follies: In Concert as Buddy Plummer
- Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York as Self
1985
- Maxie as Nick
- To Be Hamlet as Self
1981
- Ragtime as Tateh
1980
- Night of the Juggler as Allesandro the Cabbie
1979
- Last Embrace as First Commuter
- Charleston as Beaudine Croft
- French Postcards as Sayyid
1978
- Taxi as Alan
- The Big Fix as Pool Man
1971
- Great Performances as Buddy Plummer
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter