Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Birthday: 1952-11-30

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkin, Mandel Bruce Patinkin, Мэнди Пэтинкин, مندی پتینکین

imdb_id: nm0001597

Biography:

Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin (/pəˈtɪŋkɪn/; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mandy Patinkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

On Broadway

Score: 8.7

Wonder

Score: 8.1

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

Score: 8.1

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Score: 8.0

Disclosure

Score: 7.9

The Princess Bride

Score: 7.7

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

Score: 7.5

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

Score: 7.3

Sunday in the Park with George

Score: 7.3

Life Itself

Score: 7.2

Six by Sondheim

Score: 7.1

Ragtime

Score: 7.0

Follies: In Concert

Score: 7.0

The Magician's Elephant

Score: 6.9

Men with Guns

Score: 6.8

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Score: 6.7

The Music of Chance

Score: 6.7

Yentl

Score: 6.7

Ali and Nino

Score: 6.6

Daniel

Score: 6.6

Wish I Was Here

Score: 6.6

The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs

Score: 6.5

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Score: 6.4

The Doctor

Score: 6.4

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Score: 6.3

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Score: 6.3

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Score: 6.3

Piñero

Score: 6.2

True Colors

Score: 6.2

Dick Tracy

Score: 6.2

Impromptu

Score: 6.1

Alien Nation

Score: 6.1

Strange Justice

Score: 6.0

Everyone's Hero

Score: 6.0

Run Ronnie Run

Score: 5.9

Lulu on the Bridge

Score: 5.9

The Hunchback

Score: 5.9

Night of the Juggler

Score: 5.9

The House on Carroll Street

Score: 5.8

Speaking in Strings

Score: 5.7

Life with Mikey

Score: 5.7

The Big Fix

Score: 5.7

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Score: 5.6

Last Embrace

Score: 5.5

4.3.2.1

Score: 5.5

Choking Man

Score: 5.3

The Queen of Spain

Score: 5.1

Maxie

Score: 5.1

Before You Know It

Score: 4.9

French Postcards

Score: 4.8

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323

Score: 4.4

Jock the Hero Dog

Score: 4.4

The Painted Bride

Score: 0.0

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

Score: 0.0

November 1963

Score: 0.0

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Score: 0.0

Charleston

Score: 0.0

Broken Glass

Score: 0.0

Remembering Ragtime

Score: 0.0

This Is the House That Jack Built

Score: 0.0

To Be Hamlet

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Brilliant Minds

Score: 7.8

Benjamin Franklin

Score: 7.7

Dead Like Me

Score: 7.6

Boston Public

Score: 7.6

The Good Fight

Score: 7.6

Homeland

Score: 7.6

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

American Experience

Score: 7.4

Taxi

Score: 7.2

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Three Rivers

Score: 7.1

Hercules

Score: 6.8

Death and Other Details

Score: 6.6

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.4

Performance

Score: 6.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.6

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

Tony Awards

Score: 4.6

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.5

Indivisible: Healing Hate

Score: 1.0

The Artist

Score: 0.0

The Jewish Americans

Score: 0.0