Mandy Patinkin
Acting • Born 1952-11-30
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. 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).
Filmography
97 credits
Alien Nation
Movie • 1988
Samuel 'George' Francisco
Yentl
Movie • 1983
Avigdor
To Be Hamlet
Movie • 1985
Self
The Princess Bride
Movie • 1987
Inigo Montoya
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Tateh
The Doctor
Movie • 1991
Murray
True Colors
Movie • 1991
John Palmeri
This Is the House That Jack Built
Movie • 2004
Men with Guns
Movie • 1998
Andrew
Night of the Juggler
Movie • 1980
Allesandro the Cabbie
4.3.2.1
Movie • 2010
Sir Jago Larofsky
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Movie • 1999
Huxley
Last Embrace
Movie • 1979
First Commuter
Choking Man
Movie • 2006
Rick
The Music of Chance
Movie • 1993
Jim Nashe
Impromptu
Movie • 1991
Alfred De Musset
Jock the Hero Dog
Movie • 2011
Basil (voice)
Daniel
Movie • 1983
Paul Isaacson
The House on Carroll Street
Movie • 1988
Salwen
On Broadway
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Maxie
Movie • 1985
Nick
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie • 2010
Self
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Movie • 1991
Self
Sunday in the Park with George
Movie • 1986
Georges Seurat / George
The Hunchback
Movie • 1997
Quasimodo
Remembering Ragtime
Movie • 2004
Tateh (archive footage)
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie • 1998
Philip Kleinman
French Postcards
Movie • 1979
Sayyid
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Movie • 1994
Brother Daniel
Broken Glass
Movie • 1996
Dr Henry Hyman
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Avigdor (archive footage)
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Movie • 2004
Al Cummings
Charleston
Movie • 1979
Beaudine Croft
Run Ronnie Run
Movie • 2002
Self
The Big Fix
Movie • 1978
Pool Man
Everyone's Hero
Movie • 2006
Stanley Irving (voice)
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
Movie • 2015
Narrator
Ali and Nino
Movie • 2016
Duke Kipiani
Piñero
Movie • 2001
Joseph Papp
The Queen of Spain
Movie • 2016
Jordan Berman
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Movie • 2017
Papa Smurf (voice)
Life Itself
Movie • 2018
Irwin Dempsey
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Movie • 2016
Self
Six by Sondheim
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1990
88 Keys
Strange Justice
Movie • 1999
Kenneth Duberstein
Life with Mikey
Movie • 1993
Irate Man
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Movie • 2018
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie • 2001
Self
Before You Know It
Movie • 2019
Mel Gurner
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie • 2003
Che (segment "Evita")
Wonder
Movie • 2017
Mr. Tushman
Speaking in Strings
Movie • 1999
Self
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Movie • 2016
Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie • 2020
Inigo Montoya
Follies: In Concert
Movie • 1986
Buddy Plummer
The Magician's Elephant
Movie • 2023
Vilna Lutz (voice)
Wish I Was Here
Movie • 2014
Gabe
November 1963
Movie • 2026
Anthony Accardo
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Movie • 1986
Self
The Painted Bride
Movie
(voice)
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Movie • 1995
Self
Ellis Island
Movie • 1997
Self - Host and Narrator
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
Movie • 2025
Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Movie • 2025
Self
Boston Public
TV • 2000
Isaac Rice
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
Homeland
TV • 2011
Saul Berenson
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
The Driver / Satan
Dead Like Me
TV • 2003
Rube Sofer
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Jason Gideon
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Jeffrey Geiger
Three Rivers
TV • 2009
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Hal Wackner
Taxi
TV • 1978
Alan
Performance
TV • 1991
Dr. Harry Hyman
Death and Other Details
TV • 2024
Rufus Cotesworth
The Jewish Americans
TV • 2008
Self
Indivisible: Healing Hate
TV • 2022
Hercules
TV • 1998
Hippocrates (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Benjamin Franklin
TV • 2022
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Buddy Plummer
The Artist
TV • 2025
Norman Henry
Brilliant Minds
TV • 2024
Dr. Noah Wolf
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Picket Fences
TV • 1992
Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Mandy Patinkin
God of War
TV
Odin
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self (uncredited)