![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: November 30, 1952 in Chicago, IL Biography:Intense, dynamic Julliard alumnus "Mandy Patinkin" tackled everything from ancient classics to modern musicals during his formative years in regional theatre. From 1975 through 1981, Patinkin was a mainstay of "Joseph Papp"s New York Shakespeare Festival. Making his Broadway debut in 1977, Patinkin won a Tony Award three years later for his raw-nerved portrayal of Che Guevara ("Not much to ask for!") in "Andrew Lloyd Webber"'s Evita. He later appeared as star-interlocutor in Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George, a role he repeated for the benefit of future generations on a videotaped TV presentation in 1986. In films from 1977, Patinkin made his earliest impression on moviegoers in a brace of "E. L. Doctorow" adaptations: he played the immigrant-artist-turned-pioneer filmmaker in "Ragtime" (1981) and the Julius Rosenberg counterpart in "Daniel" (1983). He also portrayed... Full Biography
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