He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for international reporting, and he has won three New England Emmy awards for television commentaries. He is also the author of several books. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Mandy Patinkin, the American actor, is his cousin.
Mandy Patinkin was born Mandel Bruce Patinkin in Chicago, Illinois, to Doris "Doralee" (Sinton), a homemaker and cookbook writer, and Lester Patinkin, who operated two scrap metal plants. He is of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent.
Born Mandel Bruce Patinkin to Jewish immigrants, in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1952, Patinkin was raised in a Conservative Judaism. Although he admits to being more spiritual than religious, his Jewish beliefs and background have shaped his career life and role choices.
He also found himself back in his comfort zone, portraying a detective, a role he was familiar with thanks to “Criminal Minds” and “Homeland,” “to some degree.” Violett Beane is Imogene Scott, and Mandy Patinkin is Rufus Cotesworth, the world's greatest detective, in Hulu's “Death and Other Details.”
"Princess Bride" star Patinkin reveals his favorite line in the film
Does Mandy Patinkin live in a cabin?
It is one of the many illuminating moments captured on @Mandy Patinkin, documenting the everyday life of actor Mandy Patinkin, Grody and Gideon as they shelter at their cabin in upstate New York during the pandemic.
“I was named after my grandfather, Menachem Mendel. My parents Americanised it to Mandel and have called me Mandy since I was a baby. Everyone in England finds it funny, more so than in the States.
Mandy Patinkin was born Mandel Bruce Patinkin in Chicago, Illinois, to Doris "Doralee" (Sinton), a homemaker and cookbook writer, and Lester Patinkin, who operated two scrap metal plants. He is of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent.
Ahead of their Valentine's Day appearance in the Music Center, we asked Mandy Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, some lovey-dovey questions about their marriage.
Patinkin attended the University of Kansas, where he acted in plays, and then transferred to the Juilliard School in New York City. There he became known for his temperamental personality, and he left Julliard before graduating, allegedly because of conflicts with teachers.
Mini Bio. Mandy Patinkin was born Mandel Bruce Patinkin in Chicago, Illinois, to Doris "Doralee" (Sinton), a homemaker and cookbook writer, and Lester Patinkin, who operated two scrap metal plants. He is of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent.
His big break would come in 1983 as love-struck yeshiva student Avigdor in Barbra Streisand's Yentl, though movie buffs probably most associate Patinkin with his role as the patricide-avenging Inigo Montoya in the 1987 fantasy adventure film The Princess Bride.
When it comes to swordplay, Mandy Patinkin does, in fact, fence better as a lefty—just like Inigo Montoya. Though it took months of training for the naturally right-handed Patinkin to swashbuckle like a southpaw.
He and Kathryn offer condolences and appreciation for Amanda, then Kathryn encourages Amanda to check out The Dinner Party, a nonprofit started by their daughter-in-law, Lennon Flowers, after she lost her mother at 20.
The exchange is telling. Because Mandy's eating habits -- and the eating habits of the 14 other Patinkin grandchildren, for that matter -- were "everybody's business." And "everybody" in the family were practically neighbors.
Joe Mantegna will replace Mandy Patinkin for the hit television series beginning this fall. Patinkin, a Tony and Emmy Award winner, asked producers to release him from his contract, citing creative differences.
However, in 2000 Patinkin quit the show, which was shot in Los Angeles, because he did not want to be separated from his family in New York. After a recurring role (2003–04) in Dead like Me, he was cast as the lead actor in the series Criminal Minds, about FBI criminal profilers.
“My father was a right-handed man and he had to learn how to write with his left hand, which is interesting because I was a right-handed man who had to learn to fence with my left hand,” says Patinkin. “So there was a bit of a shared journey there — of course, not as difficult as he had, without a doubt.
Hey, old friend! Mandy Patinkin (who is currently performing in his own West End concert) popped by to see Bernadette Peters in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends next door. The two originated the roles of George and Dot in Sunday in the Park with George on Broadway in 1984.
High Falls makes a big impression for such a tiny place. Covering just 1.69 square miles in Ulster County, with a population of about 700, according to the 2020 census, the hamlet has attracted some big names over the decades. The actors Aidan Quinn and Mandy Patinkin own homes there.
