Mandy Patinkin
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).
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Movies (67)
November 1963
2026 · Anthony Accardo
SYDNEY CASH MAKES TOO MUCH ART
2026 · Executive Producer
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025 · Self
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
2025 · Self
La elefanta del Mago
2023 · Vilna Lutz (voice)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · Inigo Montoya
Disclosure: Ser trans más allá de la pantalla
2020 · Avigdor (archive footage)
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Before You Know It
2019 · Mel Gurner
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
La vida misma
2018 · Irwin Dempsey
Extraordinario
2017 · Mr. Tushman
Los Pitufos en la aldea perdida
2017 · Papa Smurf (voice)
The Queen of Spain
2016 · Jordan Berman
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 · Self
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
2016 · Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
Ali and Nino
2016 · Duke Kipiani
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
2015 · Narrator
Si Estuvieras Aquí
2014 · Gabe
Sondheim En Seis Canciones
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012 · Self
Jock the Hero Dog
2011 · Basil (voice)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010 · Self
4.3.2.1
2010 · Sir Jago Larofsky
No Hay Héroe Pequeño
2006 · Stanley Irving (voice)
Choking Man
2006 · Rick
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Tateh (archive footage)
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
2004 · Al Cummings
This Is the House That Jack Built
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Che (segment "Evita")
Run Ronnie Run
2002 · Self
Piñero
2001 · Joseph Papp
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 · Self
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · Huxley
Strange Justice
1999 · Kenneth Duberstein
Speaking in Strings
1999 · Self
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · Philip Kleinman
Men with Guns
1998 · Andrew
The Hunchback
1997 · Quasimodo
Ellis Island
1997 · Self - Host and Narrator
Broken Glass
1996 · Dr Henry Hyman
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995 · Self
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994 · Brother Daniel
The Music of Chance
1993 · Jim Nashe
Life with Mikey
1993 · Irate Man
The Doctor
1991 · Murray
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991 · Self
Impromptu
1991 · Alfred De Musset
True Colors
1991 · John Palmeri
Dick Tracy
1990 · 88 Keys
Alien Nation
1988 · Samuel 'George' Francisco
The House on Carroll Street
1988 · Salwen
The Princess Bride
1987 · Inigo Montoya
Sunday in the Park with George
1986 · Georges Seurat / George
Follies: In Concert
1986 · Buddy Plummer
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
1986 · Self
Maxie
1985 · Nick
To Be Hamlet
1985 · Self
Yentl
1983 · Avigdor
Daniel
1983 · Paul Isaacson
Ragtime
1981 · Tateh
Night of the Juggler
1980 · Allesandro the Cabbie
French Postcards
1979 · Sayyid
Last Embrace
1979 · First Commuter
Charleston
1979 · Beaudine Croft
The Big Fix
1978 · Pool Man
The Painted Bride
· (voice)
TV shows (35)
The Artist
2025 · Norman Henry
The American Revolution
2025 · Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
Mentes Extraordinarias
2024 · Noah Wolf
La muerte y otros misterios
2024 · Rufus Cotesworth
Benjamin Franklin
2022 · Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Indivisible: Healing Hate
2022
The Good Fight
2017 · Hal Wackner
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Homeland
2011 · Saul Berenson
Three Rivers
2009
The Jewish Americans
2008 · Self
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
2005 · Self (uncredited)
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Jason Gideon
Tan muertos como yo
2003 · Rube Sofer
Boston Public
2000 · Isaac Rice
Hercules
1998 · Hippocrates (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Touched by an Angel
1994 · The Driver / Satan
Chicago Hope
1994 · Jeffrey Geiger
Picket Fences
1992 · Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Mandy Patinkin
Performance
1991 · Dr. Harry Hyman
Law & Order
1990 · Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
Los Simpson
1989 · Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
American Playhouse
1982 · Georges Seurat / George
Taxi
1978 · Alan
Great Performances
1971 · Buddy Plummer
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
God of War
· Odin