Mandy Patinkin

Actor Nov 30 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Wonder

Mr. Tushman

Film

Criminal Minds

Jason Gideon

Film

The Princess Bride

Inigo Montoya

Film

Homeland

Saul Berenson

Film

Dead Like Me

Rube Sofer

Film

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Papa Smurf (voice)

Film

Life Itself

Irwin Dempsey

Film

The Good Fight

Hal Wackner

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (65)

November 1963

2026 Upcoming

as Anthony Accardo

Aug 6

Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life

2025

as Self

Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives

2025

as Self

The Magician's Elephant

2023

as Vilna Lutz (voice)

6.8

Disclosure

2020

as Avigdor (archive footage)

7.8

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

as Inigo Montoya

Before You Know It

as Mel Gurner

On Broadway

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

Life Itself

2018

as Irwin Dempsey

7.2

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

2018

Wonder

2017

as Mr. Tushman

8.1

Smurfs: The Lost Village

2017

as Papa Smurf (voice)

6.3

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

2016

as Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)

8.1

Ali and Nino

2016

as Duke Kipiani

6.6

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

as Self

The Queen of Spain

as Jordan Berman

The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs

as Narrator

Wish I Was Here

as Gabe

Six by Sondheim

as Self (archive footage)

Jock the Hero Dog

as Basil (voice)

4.3.2.1

as Sir Jago Larofsky

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

2010

as Self

8.0

Everyone's Hero

2006

as Stanley Irving (voice)

6.0

Choking Man

2006

as Rick

5.3

This Is the House That Jack Built

2004

Remembering Ragtime

2004

as Tateh (archive footage)

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323

2004

as Al Cummings

5.1

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as Che (segment "Evita")

6.1

Run Ronnie Run

2002

as Self

5.9

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

as Self

Piñero

as Joseph Papp

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999

as Huxley

6.4

Strange Justice

1999

as Kenneth Duberstein

Speaking in Strings

as Self

Lulu on the Bridge

as Philip Kleinman

Men with Guns

as Andrew

The Hunchback

as Quasimodo

Ellis Island

as Self - Host and Narrator

Broken Glass

1996

as Dr Henry Hyman

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

1995

as Self

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

as Brother Daniel

The Music of Chance

as Jim Nashe

Life with Mikey

as Irate Man

Impromptu

as Alfred De Musset

The Doctor

as Murray

Madonna: Truth or Dare

as Self

True Colors

as John Palmeri

Dick Tracy

as 88 Keys

Alien Nation

as Samuel 'George' Francisco

6.1

The House on Carroll Street

as Salwen

The Princess Bride

as Inigo Montoya

Follies: In Concert

as Buddy Plummer

Sunday in the Park with George

1986

as Georges Seurat / George

7.2

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

1986

as Self

To Be Hamlet

1985

as Self

Maxie

as Nick

Daniel

as Paul Isaacson

Yentl

as Avigdor

Ragtime

as Tateh

Night of the Juggler

as Allesandro the Cabbie

French Postcards

as Sayyid

Last Embrace

as First Commuter

Charleston

as Beaudine Croft

The Big Fix

1978

as Pool Man

5.7

The Painted Bride

as (voice)

Television (34)

The American Revolution

2025

as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

The Artist

as Norman Henry

Brilliant Minds

as Dr. Noah Wolf

Death and Other Details

2024

as Rufus Cotesworth

6.4

Benjamin Franklin

2022

as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

7.7

Indivisible: Healing Hate

The Good Fight

as Hal Wackner

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Homeland

as Saul Berenson

Three Rivers

The Jewish Americans

as Self

Criminal Minds

as Jason Gideon

Criminal Minds

as Jason Gideon

The Colbert Report

as Self (uncredited)

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

Dead Like Me

as Rube Sofer

Boston Public

as Isaac Rice

Hercules

as Hippocrates (voice)

6.9

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Chicago Hope

as Jeffrey Geiger

Chicago Hope

as Jeffrey Geiger

Touched by an Angel

as The Driver / Satan

7.2

Picket Fences

1992

as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger

7.4

The Larry Sanders Show

as Mandy Patinkin

Performance

as Dr. Harry Hyman

Law & Order

as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce

7.3

The Simpsons

1989

as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Taxi

as Alan

Great Performances

as Buddy Plummer

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner / Performer

5.9

God of War

as Odin