Mandel Bruce Patinkin was born on 30 November 1952, in Chicago, Illinois USA, of Of Polish and Russian Jewish descent. Mandy is a comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for being part of the film “The Princess Bride” as Inigo Montoya. He’s also been in other films and television series including “Dick Tracy”, “Criminal Minds” and “Homeland”. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Mandy Patinkin? As of mid-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $9 million, mostly earned through a successful career as an actor; it is reported that he earns around $125,000 per episode of “Homeland”. He’s also been involved in various stage and music projects. As he continues his career his wealth will likely continue to increase.
Mandy Patinkin Net Worth $9 million
Mandy was born into a family who had become well known for both writing and theatre. He had cousins who were popular authors, journalists, and another who was a founder of The Second City. When he was younger, he attended a religious school daily and sang in choirs and the like. He then attended Shore High School, moving to Harvard St. George School and then Kenwood High School before matriculating in 1970. He attended the University of Kansas and then Julliard School where he was the classmate of actor Kelsey Grammer.
After school, he made a few commercial appearances on radio and television, but got his breakthrough chance when he became part of the Broadway production of “Evita”. He won a Tony Award for his performance and was then given opportunities in movies such as “Ragtime” and “Yenti”. He went back to Broadway in 1984 to act in “Sunday in the Park with George” which earned him a nomination. He then had a very iconic role in the film “The Princess Bride” which led him to other opportunities such as in “Alien Nation” and “Dick Tracy”. In 1991, he appeared in the musical “The Secret Garden” and also pursuaded him to enter a music career, making solo albums entitled “Dress Casual” and “Mandy Patinkin”. All were contributing to his net worth.
Three years later in 1994, he became part of the television series “Chicago Hope” which earned him an Emmy Award. However, he left the show during the second season but returned during the sixth season, staying until its termination in 2000. He continued making appearances on stage and television, becoming part of the production of “The Wild Party” and the series “Dead Like Me”. In 2005, he became part of the show “Criminal Minds” but soon left due to creative differences – according to an interview, he didn’t like how the show consistently portrayed violence. He then started to work on a new musical “Paradise Found” and one of his latest projects is “Homeland” for which he’s been nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe.
For his personal life, Mandy married actress Kathryn Grody in 1980 and they have two sons. He mentions that he adheres to both Jewish and Buddhist spiritual beliefs. He’s had a few health problems throughout his life such as the eye disease keratoconus, and prostate cancer both of which were successfully treated. Aside from these, Patinkin is known to sing songs in Yiddish and is involved in various Jewish cultural activities.
