---
name: "Mandy Patinkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mandy-patinkin"
fi1m_id: "mandy-patinkin"
imdb_id: "nm0001597"
tmdb_id: 25503
wikidata_id: "Q267097"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T18:25:14.530951+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mandy Patinkin

## Identity

Mandy Patinkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mandy-patinkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mandy-patinkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001597
- **TMDB ID:** 25503
- **Wikidata ID:** Q267097
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25503

Actor. Born 30 November 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1983–2017
- **Also known as:** Mandel Bruce Patinkin, Мэнди Пэтинкин, مندی پتینکین
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (2), 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Family 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $376m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25503

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Princess Bride*](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md) (86), [*Homeland*](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wonder*](https://film.one/film/wonder.md) (68), [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Yentl*](https://film.one/film/yentl.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Mandy Patinkin

> Mandy Patinkin makes a comic swordsman’s feelings worth taking seriously. We value his willingness to commit so fully, and *The Princess Bride* shows how much warmth that intensity can bring when there is room for humour.

Mandy Patinkin takes the swordplay in *The Princess Bride* (1987) seriously enough to make us care about the man holding the sword. His Inigo Montoya can be funny without treating his own feelings as a joke. The swordplay gives him something precise to concentrate on, and that concentration is part of the pleasure: he makes the encounter matter without behaving as though he has wandered into a more solemn film. We laughed at his earnestness, then found ourselves anxious for him because Patinkin never lets the comedy make those feelings seem trivial. It is the performance we would start with: physically expressive, deeply committed and well suited to a film that needs its danger to survive its silliness.

The musical theatre work matters here, especially Georges Seurat in Stephen Sondheim’s *Sunday in the Park with George* (1984). That background helps explain the forceful voice and the willingness to give an emotion its full weight. The early screen work includes Avigdor opposite Barbra Streisand in *Yentl* (1983); the later television years include Saul Berenson in *Homeland* (2011–2020). These are different demands on an actor whose most recognisable quality is how much he commits.

Rob Reiner gives that commitment a useful setting in *The Princess Bride*. Cary Elwes’s Westley has the lighter touch, and their exchanges leave space for pleasure without making the danger harmless. Patinkin does not have to make Inigo less sincere to keep up. We find him more involving than the central romance, partly because Goldman’s script gives Inigo richer opportunities than it gives the lovers. It is a good example of a supporting part making us care when the main story has not quite managed it.

The recurring complaint is that he can overdo it, and there are limits to how much emphatic acting a scene can take. Yet the restraint in Inigo matters as much as the physical expression, and Patinkin knows when a line needs less. The dialogue is memorable because he gives it a person’s conviction, without asking us to applaud each phrase. Start with *The Princess Bride*, though the lovers may leave you wishing Reiner would return to their companions.

## Biography

Mandy Patinkin is an American actor and singer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 30 November 1952, he is known for his work in musical theatre, film and television. He played Inigo Montoya in the film *The Princess Bride* (1987).

Patinkin made his Broadway debut in 1975 and won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Che in the original production of *Evita* (1979). He received a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for *Sunday in the Park with George* (1984). Other stage credits include *The Secret Garden* (1991) and *The Wild Party* (2000).

On screen, he appeared in *Yentl* (1983) and portrayed Saul Berenson in the series *Homeland* (2011–2020). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in *Chicago Hope* (1994–2000) and played Jason Gideon in *Criminal Minds* (2005–2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Wonder* (2017), Fi1m 68, as Mr. Tushman — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Saul Berenson — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, as Jason Gideon — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *The Princess Bride* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Inigo Montoya — [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md)
- *Yentl* (1983), Fi1m 65, as Avigdor — [page](https://film.one/film/yentl.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *November 1963* (2026), as Anthony Accardo
- *The Artist* (2025), series, as Norman Henry
- *The American Revolution* (2025), series, as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
- *Brilliant Minds* (2024), series, as Dr. Noah Wolf
- *Death and Other Details* (2024), series, as Rufus Cotesworth
- *The Magician's Elephant* (2023), as Vilna Lutz (voice)
- *Benjamin Franklin* (2022), series, as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
- *Indivisible: Healing Hate* (2022), series, Actor
- *A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion* (2020), as Inigo Montoya
- *Disclosure* (2020), as Avigdor (archive footage)
- *Before You Know It* (2019), as Mel Gurner
- *Harold Prince: The Director's Life* (2018), Actor
- *Life Itself* (2018), as Irwin Dempsey
- *Wonder* (2017), as Mr. Tushman — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Smurfs: The Lost Village* (2017), as Papa Smurf (voice)
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Hal Wackner
- *The Queen of Spain* (2016), as Jordan Berman
- *Ali and Nino* (2016), as Duke Kipiani
- *The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs* (2015), as Narrator
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), as Gabe
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Saul Berenson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Jock the Hero Dog* (2011), as Basil (voice)
- *4.3.2.1* (2010), as Sir Jago Larofsky
- *Three Rivers* (2009), series, Actor
- *Everyone's Hero* (2006), as Stanley Irving (voice)
- *Choking Man* (2006), as Rick
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Jason Gideon — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Remembering Ragtime* (2004), as Tateh (archive footage)
- *NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323* (2004), as Al Cummings
- *This Is the House That Jack Built* (2004), Actor
- *Broadway's Lost Treasures* (2003), as Che (segment "Evita")
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, as Rube Sofer
- *Piñero* (2001), as Joseph Papp
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Isaac Rice
- *The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland* (1999), as Huxley
- *Strange Justice* (1999), as Kenneth Duberstein
- *Lulu on the Bridge* (1998), as Philip Kleinman
- *Hercules* (1998), series, as Hippocrates (voice)
- *Men with Guns* (1998), as Andrew
- *The Hunchback* (1997), as Quasimodo
- *Broken Glass* (1996), as Dr Henry Hyman
- *Squanto: A Warrior's Tale* (1994), as Brother Daniel
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as The Driver / Satan
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Jeffrey Geiger
- *The Music of Chance* (1993), as Jim Nashe
- *Life with Mikey* (1993), as Irate Man
- *Picket Fences* (1992), series, as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Mandy Patinkin — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Dr. Harry Hyman
- *The Doctor* (1991), as Murray
- *Impromptu* (1991), as Alfred De Musset
- *True Colors* (1991), as John Palmeri
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Levi March / Glenn Fordyce — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Dick Tracy* (1990), as 88 Keys
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Alien Nation* (1988), as Samuel 'George' Francisco
- *American Experience* (1988), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The House on Carroll Street* (1988), as Salwen
- *The Princess Bride* (1987), as Inigo Montoya — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md)
- *Sunday in the Park with George* (1986), as Georges Seurat / George
- *Follies: In Concert* (1986), as Buddy Plummer
- *Maxie* (1985), as Nick
- *Yentl* (1983), as Avigdor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/yentl.md)
- *Daniel* (1983), as Paul Isaacson
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Georges Seurat / George
- *Ragtime* (1981), as Tateh
- *Night of the Juggler* (1980), as Allesandro the Cabbie
- *French Postcards* (1979), as Sayyid
- *Last Embrace* (1979), as First Commuter
- *Charleston* (1979), as Beaudine Croft
- *The Big Fix* (1978), as Pool Man
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Alan — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Buddy Plummer
- *God of War*, series, as Odin
- *The Painted Bride*, as (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Actor Mandy Patinkin photographed on January 13, 2012 outside the Ethel Barrymore theater (cropped version of photo by Bearian)](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-3790e8f96950.jpg) Actor Mandy Patinkin photographed on January 13, 2012 outside the Ethel Barrymore theater (cropped version of photo by Bearian) — User:Bearian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Actor_Mandy_Patinkin_photographed_on_January_13%2C_2012_by_Bearian.jpg/1280px-Actor_Mandy_Patinkin_photographed_on_January_13%2C_2012_by_Bearian.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) costume from the film The Princess Bride displayed at Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic, Experience Music Project/Scien (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-d5f1e2598a8d.jpg) Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) costume from the film The Princess Bride displayed at Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic, Experience Music Project/Scien (2014) — Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Fantasy_Worlds_of_Myth_and_Magic%2C_EMP%2C_Seattle_-_The_Princess_Bride_%2815201586859%29.jpg/1280px-Fantasy_Worlds_of_Myth_and_Magic%2C_EMP%2C_Seattle_-_The_Princess_Bride_%2815201586859%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mandy Patinkin at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-a08f03fa3fb0.jpg) Mandy Patinkin at the premiere of Life Itself, 2018 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Life_Itself_05_%2844850113782%29.jpg/1280px-Life_Itself_05_%2844850113782%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film stars Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Annette Bening on stage. Plus, scenes from the film and part of gen (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-4c9f1522f848.jpg) Film stars Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Annette Bening on stage. Plus, scenes from the film and part of gen (2018) — Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Life_Itself_cast_at_TIFF_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-5f2029684833.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-14a8ed58ab5f.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-0a0735724807.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB
- ![A cropped picture of Mandy Patinkin posing with a fan at the Israel @ 60 event in Washington D.C. on June 1, 2008.](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-77057f768a9a.jpg) A cropped picture of Mandy Patinkin posing with a fan at the Israel @ 60 event in Washington D.C. on June 1, 2008. — Jeffhardywhyx (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/MandyPatinkin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Image of Mandy Patinkin on January 13, 2012, outside the Ethel Barrymore Theatre](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-1919c204660a.jpg) Image of Mandy Patinkin on January 13, 2012, outside the Ethel Barrymore Theatre — Bearian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/MandyPatinkin_1_13_12.JPG/1280px-MandyPatinkin_1_13_12.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-9fcd0037a02b.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-9d4007127ca9.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/media/person/118863/gallery-9b8cfa1f1926.jpg) Mandy Patinkin — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (won), for *Chicago Hope*

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2018: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 2000: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1984: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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