Patinkin attended Kenwood High School, University of Kansas and Juilliard School of Drama. His 1st rattling break was once he played Che around Evita on Broadway in 1979. He went in to win the Tony Award for that role.

When this initial musical theater success he moved to film, playing the total of little area around moving-picture show like Yentl and Ragtime, before giving to Broadway withinside 1984 to star in Sunday in the Park with George, which saw him earn another Tony Award nomination.

Across a next decade he continued to come out around various film like Dick Tracy and Alien Nation, on Broadway in The Secret Garden and released ii solo albums known as Mandy Patinkin and Dress Casual.

Inside 1994 he burst onto the small screen playing the role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in CBS's Chicago Hope and promptly won an Emmy Award. Nonetheless despite a award & a ratings profits of a indicate Patinkin left the indicate section way through the 2nd year.

Since Chicago Hope, Patinkinside has participate in the total of films. Even so, he has mostly been performing as a singer, releasing three other albums. He likewise returned to Broadway once agawithin in 2000 in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Wild Party, earning another Tony Award nomination. Recently he has likewise been seen in the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me.

Around 2005 he stars in the CBS series Criminal Minds.

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

He suffered from either keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease, in the mid-1990s. This led to ii corneal transplants, the right cornea in 1997 and the left within 1998.

He too was diagnosed & treated for prostate cancer in 2004. He celebrated his foremost seaboy of recovery by doing the 280 mile charity bike ride by owning his son, Isaac.

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 (1991) - Dr. Murray Kaplan Impromptu (1991) - Alfred De Musset True Colors (1991) - John Palmeri Dick Tracy (1990) - 88 Keys The House on Carroll Street (1988) - Ray Salwen Alien Nation (1988) - Detective Samuel Francisco The Princess Bride (1987) - Inigo Montoya Daniel (1983) - Paul Isaacson Yentl (1983) - Avigdor 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" (Year sextuplet, episode 619)

Television commercials
Crestor (2005) Procrit approx. 2001 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 (1989) Sunday in the Park with George (1984) Evita (1978)