In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita and was nominated in 1984 for his starring role in the Pulitzer Prize–winning musical, Sunday in the Park with George. In 1991, he returned to Broadway in the award-winning musical The Secret Garden and in 1997 played a sold–out engagement of his one-man concert, with all profits benefiting charitable organizations. Mandy’s other solo concerts, Celebrating Sondheim and Mamaloshen, have been presented both on Broadway and Off. Other stage credits include The Tempest, The Wild Party, Falsettos, The Winter’s Tale, The Knife, Leave It to Beaver is Dead, Rebel Women, Hamlet, Trelawney of the ‘Wells,’ The Shadow Box, The Split, Savages, and Henry IV, Part I. Feature film credits include: Everybody’s Hero, The Choking Man, Piñero, Men with Guns, The Princess Bride, Yentl, Ragtime, Alien Nation, Dick Tracy, True Colors, Maxie, and Squanto: Indian Warrior. He won a 1995 Emmy Award for his critically-acclaimed performance in the CBS series, “Chicago Hope,” recently starred in the CBS series “Criminal Minds” as FBI profiler Jason Gideon and the Showtime Original Series “Dead Like Me.” In 2002, Nonesuch Records released Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim, a figurative journey through Sondheim’s music and lyrics. In October 2007, Mandy debuted his newest concert with dear friend Patti LuPone, and they begin touring their show An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin in March, 2009. Mandy continues to tour the world.
