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Mandel Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952 in
Chicago, Illinois|Chicago, Illinois), is an
American actor and renowned tenor. He is perhaps
best known for his trademark line in 1987's The
Princess Bride ("Hello!  My name is Inigo Montoya.
 You killed my father.  Prepare to die!").

Patinkin attended Kenwood High School, University
of Kansas and Juilliard School|Juilliard School of
Drama.  His first real break was when he played
Che Guevara in Evita on Broadway theatre|Broadway
in 1979. He went on to win a Tony Award for that
role.

After this initial musical theater success he
moved to film, playing a number of small parts in
movies such as Yentl and Ragtime (film)|Ragtime,
before returning to Broadway in 1984 to star in
Sunday in the Park with George, which saw him earn
another Tony Award nomination. 

Over the next decade he continued to appear in
various movies such as Dick Tracy (film)|Dick
Tracy and Alien Nation, on Broadway in The Secret
Garden and released two solo albums called Mandy
Patinkin Self Titled Album|Mandy Patinkin and
Dress Casual.

In 1994 he burst onto the television|small screen
playing the role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS's
Chicago Hope and promptly won an Emmy Award.
However despite the award and the ratings success
of the show Patinkin left the show part way
through the second season.

Since Chicago Hope Mandy Patinkin has taken parts
in a number of films. However, he has mostly been
performing as a singer, releasing three more
albums. He also returned to Broadway again in 2000
in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Wild
Party, earning another Tony Award nomination.
Recently he has also been seen in the Showtime
dramedy|comedy-drama Dead Like Me.

In 2005 he stars in the CBS series Criminal Minds.

== Personal life ==
Married Kathryn Grody in 1980; two sons, Isaac and
Gideon.

He suffered from keratoconus, a degenerative eye
disease, in the mid-1990s. This led to two corneal
Organ transplant|transplants, the right cornea in
1997 and the left in 1998.

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
*Piñero (2001) - Joseph Papp
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) -
Huxley
*Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) - Brother Daniel
*The Music of Chance (1993) - Jim Nashe
*The Doctor (movie)|The Doctor (1991) - Dr. Murray
Kaplan
*Impromptu (1991 movie)|Impromptu (1991) - Alfred
De Musset
*True Colors (1991) - John Palmeri
*Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy (1990) - 88 Keys
*The House on Carroll Street (1988) - Ray Salwen
*Alien Nation (movie)|Alien Nation (1988) -
Detective Samuel Francisco
*The Princess Bride (1987) - Inigo Montoya
*Daniel (1983) - Paul Isaacson
*Yentl (1983) - Avigdor
*Ragtime (film)|Ragtime (1981) - Tateh
*French Postcards (1979) - Sayyid
*The Big Fix (1978) - Pool Man (film debut)

=== Television ===
*Criminal Minds - Gideon McCandless
*Chicago Hope - Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (Emmy Award,
1995)
*Dead Like Me - Rube
*The Simpsons - Hugh Parkfield in "Lisa's Wedding"
(Season six, episode 619)

==== Television commercials ====
*Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats (1971) (the first
Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats commercial ever)
*7-Up (1970)

== Stage ==
*Dress Casual
*The Wild Party  (2000) - Burrs
*The Secret Garden (1991) - Archibald Craven
*Sunday in the Park with George (1984) - George
*Evita (1979) - Che (Tony Award, 1980)
*The Shadow Box - Mark



== Discography ==
*Sings Sondheim (2002)
*Kidults (2001)
*The Wild Party (2000)
*Mamaloshen (1998)
*Oscar & Steve (1995)
*Experiment (1994)
*The Secret Garden (1991)
*Dress Casual (1990)
*Mandy Patinkin Self Titled Album|Mandy Patinkin
(1989)
*Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
*Evita (1978)

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0001597|name=Mandy Patinkin
*http://www.hazon.org/inigoMontoya In 2005 he
reprised his most famous role and line for charity
at a New York bike ride