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).
1989 • TV
2005 • TV
1990 • TV
2011 • TV
1987 • Movie
1979 • Movie
as Inigo Montoya
as First Commuter
as Dr Henry Hyman
as Andrew
as Avigdor (archive footage)
as John Palmeri
as Basil (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Tateh (archive footage)
as Duke Kipiani
as Self
as Self
as Papa Smurf (voice)
as Quasimodo
as Tateh
as Self
as Stanley Irving (voice)
as Brother Daniel
as Murray
as Paul Isaacson
as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
1 episodes
as Jason Gideon
47 episodes
as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
1 episodes
as Saul Berenson
96 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Presenter
1 episodes
as Self - Winner / Performer
1 episodes
as Jeffrey Geiger
60 episodes
as Buddy Plummer
1 episodes
as Hal Wackner
10 episodes
as Narrator (voice)
1 episodes
as Alan
1 episodes
as Hippocrates (voice)
1 episodes
as The Driver / Satan
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Isaac Rice
1 episodes
as Dr. Noah Wolf
2 episodes
as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
1 episodes
