“I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.”

American actor and singer

Mandel Bruce Patinkin, known as Mandy Patinkin, is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. He has worked across stage and screen, with a career that includes Broadway performances. On Broadway, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His work is best known for connecting acting and singing across several forms of performance, especially in musical theatre.