Mandy Patinkin

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Best known to movie going audiences as Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride or for his role on Chicago Hope, Mandy Patinkin is also a superb Broadway actor and renowned tenor.



Patinkin attended Kenwood High School, University of Kansas and Juilliard School of Drama. His first real break was when he played Che in Evita on Broadway in 1979. He went on to win a Tony Award for that role.



After this initial musical theater success he moved to film, playing a number of parts in movies such as Yentl and Ragtime, before returning to Broadway in 1984 to star in Sunday in the Park with George, which saw him earn another Tony Award nomination.



Over the next decade he continued to appear in various movies such as Dick Tracy and Alien Nation, on Broadway in The Secret Garden and released two solo albums called Mandy Patinkin and Dress Casual.



In 1994, he burst onto the small screen playing the role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS's Chicago Hope and promptly won an Emmy Award. However despite the award and the ratings success of the show Patinkin left the show part way through the second season.



Since Chicago Hope, Patinkin has taken parts in a number of films. However, he has mostly been performing as a singer, releasing three more albums. He returned to Broadway in 2000 in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Wild Party, earning another Tony Award nomination. Recently he has also been seen in the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me.



September 2005, he stars in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.



Married Kathryn Grody in 1980; two sons, Isaac and Gideon.

Interesting Facts

He suffered from keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease, in the mid-1990s. This led to two corneal transplants, the right cornea in 1997 and the left in 1998.



He also was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in 2004. He celebrated his first year of recovery by doing a 280 mile charity bike ride with his son, Isaac - the Arava Institute Hazon Israel Ride: Cycling for Peace, Partnership & Environmental Protection. He subsequently joined the boards of both the Arava Institute and Hazon.



Says that of all the roles he's played in his career, Inigo Montoya, from The Princess Bride, is his absolute favourite.



He is a lover/collector of Lionel model trains and he continues to enjoy playing with them to this day. He considers the concept of hanging on to such "classic" influential toys from the past very important to pass down to future generations.



Did an interview for a 1987 Princess Bride featurette pretending to have worse English than the character he was playing (a Spaniard). In reality, he's American, born and bred.

QuotesI always sang at temple growing up. I got a good reaction from Mrs. Goldberg and Mrs. Rosenbaum and the other old ladies.

Oregon Daily Emerald

I'd have sex with a number of the Muppets. I just don't talk about it publicly. It's private. Although a hint is, that there was a character in Elmo in Grouchland who was called "My Lady" and that's all I'll say.

Kansan.com (the University of Kansas Daily)

Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.

Forward.com

My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on. (attributed)

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