PATINKIN, MANDY

PATINKIN, MANDY (1952– ), U.S. actor and singer. Born in Chicago, Patinkin attended the Julliard School of Drama and then performed in regional theater before appearing in New York in Shakespeare Festival productions. He rose to prominence with his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Che Guevara in the musical Evita (1980) and later starred in Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George (Tony nomination, 1984). Other Broadway roles include The Shadow Box (1977); The Secret Garden (1991); Falsettos (1992); Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Mamaloshen (1998); The Wild Party (Tony nomination, 2000); and Celebrating Sondheim (2002). In 1995 he joined the cast of the television series Chicago Hope and won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Role. He starred in the TV movies Sunday in the Park with George (1986), Broken Glass (1996), The Hunchback (1997), and Strange Justice (1999), and was a regular on the TV series Dead Like Me (2003–4). Patinkin has appeared in films including The Big Fix (1978), Night of the Juggler (1980), Ragtime (1981), Daniel (1983), Yentl (1983), Maxie (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), Alien Nation (1988), The House on Carroll Street (1988), Dick Tracy (1990), True Colors (1991), Impromptu (1991), The Doctor (1991), The Music of Chance (1993), and Lulu on the Bridge (1998). His mother wrote two cookbooks: Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Family Cookbook (1997) and Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Holiday Cookbook (1999). (Jonathan Licht / Ruth Beloff (2nd ed.)