Mandy Patinkin Biography

Intense, dynamic Julliard alumnus Mandy Patinkin, born November 30th, 1952, has 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 Papps 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 Avigdor, Barbra Streisand's dream lover, in Yentl (1983), and essayed the part of a Spanish swashbuckler (with a hilariously impenetrable accent) in The Princess Bride (1985). His extensive musical skills, both as vocalist and instrumentalist, have gone virtually untapped in films, save for his turn as 88 Keys in Dick Tracy (1990). The scope of Patinkin's musical talents were generously displayed in his one-man show Dress Casual, and also in his many "concert recordings" of classic Broadway scores. Despite his devotion to his craft, Mandy Patinkin evidently has his head on straight in terms of priorities: in 1996, he gave up the meaty role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in the weekly TV medical series Chicago Hope because he didn't like spending so much time away from his wife (actress Kathryn Grody) and children. Patinkin recorded an album comprised of traditional, classical, and contemporary Yiddish music in 1998, and starred in The Adventures of Elmo and Grouchland the following year. In 2003, Patinkin played the role of mentor to a fledgling grim reaper in the Showtime series Dead Like Me, and joined the cast of the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds in 2005 to play the criminal profiler Jason Gideon. Patinkin left the show after two seasons. Patinkin remained active in music, theater, television, and film following his depature from Criminal Minds, and took on a regular role in Homeland, a drama series from Showtime. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hey Fezzik, you did something right.
  2. Fezzik: I won't let it go to my head.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: This is Buttercup's true love. If you heal him he will stop Humperdinck's wedding!
  2. Miracle Max the Wizard: Sha! Wait wait... I make him better, humperdinck suffers?
  3. Inigo Montoya: Humiliations galore!
  4. Miracle Max the Wizard: Ha ha ha! That is a noble cause. Gimme the 65. I'm on the job!
  5. Valerie the Wizard's Wife: Woo hoo!
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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• 1. Vizzini: INCONCEIVABLE!
  2. Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word, I don't think you know what it means.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Do you have 6 fingers on your left hand.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: My name is Inigo Montoya, you've killed my father, prepare to die.
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• 1. Huxley: You know, I would really love to stay and chat, but I have to get home to take a nap with my brand new wooby.
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• 1. Huxley: Anything about me in the paper?
  2. Bug: Check Page 6.
  3. Huxley: What's it say? You know I can't read.
  4. Bug: It says you're a greedy, no-good... [Huxley glares at him; Bug gets startled] I mean a lovely man! Ha ha ha.
  5. Huxley: Thank you, Bug.
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• 1. Bug: Mornin' boss.
  2. Huxley: Mornin' Bug.
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• 1. Huxley: HA!
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• 1. Huxley: WHOO!
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• 1. Huxley: Come on, Bug! WHOO!
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• 1. Huxley: Bug, give me that lollipop. That's mine!
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• 1. Huxley: Oh! I love that!
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• 1. Huxley: Thank you, Bug.
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• 1. Huxley: Ha ha!
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• 1. Huxley: Don't let him escape with my wooby!
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• 1. Huxley: [Laughing evilly] Ah hahahahahahahaha!
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• 1. Huxley: It belongs to me.
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• 1. Huxley: What do you think you're doin'?
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• 1. Huxley: [Repeated line] GET BACK TO WORK!
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• 1. Huxley: I'm walking!
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• 1. Huxley: I don't believe this. He's still coming?
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, where is that wheelbarrow that we left with the Albino?
  2. Fezzik: Over the Albino...
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• 1. Miracle Max the Wizard: He's only mostly dead. If he were all dead, there's only one thing you can do.
  2. Inigo Montoya: And what's that?
  3. Miracle Max the Wizard: Go through his pockets and look for loose change.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Who are you?
  2. Westley: No one of consequence.
  3. Inigo Montoya: I must know.
  4. Westley: Get used to disappointment.
  5. Inigo Montoya: Kay.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: I hate waiting.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you.
  2. Westley: That does put a damper on our relationship.
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• 1. Vizzini: Wha! whoa! go in! get after her!
  2. Inigo Montoya: I don't swim.
  3. Fezzik: I only dog paddle.
  4. Vizzini: GAAAHHH!
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• 1. Westley: Give us the gate key.
  2. Yellin: I have no gate key.
  3. Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tare his arms off.
  4. Yellin: Oh you mean THIS gate key.
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• 1. Vizzini: He didn't fall? INCONCEIVABLE!
  2. Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.
  2. Westley: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!
  2. Count Rugen: Stop saying that!
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: I want my father back, you son of a bitch!
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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• 1. Miracle Max the Wizard: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
  2. Inigo Montoya: What's that?
  3. Miracle Max the Wizard: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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• 1. Inigo Montoya: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!
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