Mandy Patinkin

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, director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Chicago in 1952, he is a tenor who began his work period in 1974. He is educated at the Juilliard School and the University of Kansas, and was a student of John Houseman. Patinkin speaks and writes in English.

He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Patinkin is associated with Nonesuch Records and uses his voice as an instrument. He is Jewish and has two children.

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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…

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1952

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Instance of: human
Given name: Bruce
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chicago
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Judaism
Award: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Student of: John Houseman
Instrument: voice
Record label: Nonesuch Records
Official website: www.mandypatinkin.org
Image: MandyPatinkin.jpg
Height: 182
Number of children: 2
Voice type: tenor

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date of birth: 1952-11-30
Commons category: Mandy Patinkin
nominated for: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
start of work period: 1974-00-00
social media followers: 41000
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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