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Occupation: |
Actor, Singer |
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Born: |
November 20th, 1947, Chicago, IL |
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Real Name: |
Mandel Patinkin |
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Education: |
University of Kansas, Juilliard School of Drama New York |
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Height: |
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Eye Colour: |
Brown |
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Married to: |
Kathryn Grody (Actress, Writer) |
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Children: |
2 sons, Isaac (1983) and Gideon (1987) |
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Mother: |
Was first a secretary and than a Hallmark Card owner |
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Father: |
Died of cancer at age 52 |
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Hobbies: |
Collecting toy trains |
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Special Likes: |
Häagen-Dasz icecream, Bagels |
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Dislikes: |
Shopping |
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Favourite Colour: |
Black |
Mandy Patinkin made his Broadway debut as Che in the musical
Evita (by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice). This brought him a
Tony Award. He was noted for his emotional and lyric voice and his
tendency for perfectionism. He then appeared at the Shakespeare
Festival in New York and in several on and off-Broadway productions
such as Split (1978) which co-starred his future wife Kathryn
Grody.
The next success was playing George Seuraut in Sunday in the Park
with George (by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim), a Pulitzer
price winning musical (1983-84).
In 1989 Mandy Patinkin began to perform weekly concerts off-
Browdway (Mandy Patinkin in concert - Dress causal).
His first solo album had the same title. This was followed by
Experiment (1993) and Oscar and Steve (1995). Making
this CD was one of Mandy Patinkin's favourite projects. He loves the
songs and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein.
In an interview he said: "Ought to entangle Oscar and Steve to the
spirits dissolve into a single flow of language, so that their songs
for the theatre unite, assuming each other's very touch, exciting each
other's unhumiliating honesty."
On the CD you find songs from Showboat, Carousel, Passion, Carmen
Jones, just to name a few.
Mandy Patinkin made his film debut in the Big Fix (1978),
followed by Milos Forman's Ragtime (1981). He starred opposite
Barbra Streisand in Yentl (1983). Unforgettable is his
performance as the Spanish fencer in Princess Bride who seeks
revenge for his father's death.(1987). He played the "humanoid
Newcomer" detective partner of James Caan in the underrated movie
Alien Nation (1988) and Madonna's piano player in Warren
Beatty's Dick Tracy.
