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Also known as Mandel Bruce Patinkin, Mandy Bruce Patinkin

Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Mandy Patinkin is an American singer, actor, director, and screenwriter. Born in Chicago in 1952, he is a tenor who has worked with Nonesuch Records. His career began in 1974. Patinkin received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

He studied at the University of Kansas and the Juilliard School. Patinkin is Jewish and speaks English. He has two children. Among his works are *Homeland*, *Lord Knows*, *at Least I Was There*, and *Kidults*.

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  • Lord Knows, at Least I Was There
  • Homeland
  • Homeland
  • Kidults

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Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1952

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Given name
Bruce
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
Judaism
Student of
John Houseman
Instrument
voice
Record label
Nonesuch Records
Official website
www.mandypatinkin.org
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Height
182
Number of children
2
Voice type
tenor
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date of birth
1952-11-30
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Mandy Patinkin
start of work period
1974-00-00
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writing language
English language
ethnic group
Jewish people
name in native language
Mandy Patinkin
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Mandel Bruce Patinkin (/pəˈtɪŋkɪn/ ; born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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). Patinkin replaced Michael Rupert as Marvin in William Finn's Falsettos (1993) on Broadway. He starred as Burrs in The Wild Party (2000) and earned a second nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

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