“I was forced to lie to my father by doctors and relatives. I made that choice and agreed with them, and I will never, ever get over it. If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself, and wipe myself off the face of the earth.”

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.