Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Born: November 30, 1952
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mandy Patinkin is an American stage, film and television actor and tenor vocalist. Patinkin is a noted interpreter of the music of Stephen Sondheim and is known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden and Burrs in The Wild Party. He has also appeared in television series' such as Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, the first two seasons of Criminal Minds, and Homeland. His most noted film role was as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride.

Movies for Mandy Patinkin...

Title: Death and Other Details
Character: Rufus Cotesworth
Released: January 16, 2024
Type: TV
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer? That’s what the world’s once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth, and his protégée, Imogene, aim to discover.
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The Magician's Elephant
Title: The Magician's Elephant
Character: Vilna Lutz (voice)
Released: March 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Character: Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Released: April 4, 2022
Type: TV
Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
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Title: Indivisible: Healing Hate
Released: January 6, 2022
Type: TV
Tracing the origins of anti-government extremism by examining a deadly series of historical events that galvanized far right radicals to take violent action.
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A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Title: A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Character: Inigo Montoya
Released: September 13, 2020
Type: Movie
The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman. The 3-hour virtual reunion included director Rob Reiner and actors Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shaw, and Christopher Guest. A Q&A after was moderated by Patton Oswalt. Guest stars stepped in for actors who were not available, including Finn Wolfhard, Josh Gad, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Disclosure
Title: Disclosure
Character: Avigdor (archive footage)
Released: June 19, 2020
Type: Movie
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
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Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Title: Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Character: Self - Performer
Released: April 26, 2020
Type: Movie
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Broadway songwriting great Stephen Sondheim, an A-list group of performers sing songs of inspiration from his songbook in a concert event filmed in their homes. Hosted and co-produced by Raúl Esparza, the acclaimed one-night-only event was created as a benefit for ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).
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On Broadway
Title: On Broadway
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
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Before You Know It
Title: Before You Know It
Character: Mel Gurner
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera.
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Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Title: Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Released: November 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Featuring archival clips from his many groundbreaking productions, the performance-documentary includes interviews with many of Prince's collaborators, including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mandy Patinkin, John Kander, Susan Stroman, and Angela Lansbury, all sharing their firsthand insights into his pioneering achievements in the theatre.
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Life Itself
Title: Life Itself
Character: Irwin Dempsey
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
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Wonder
Title: Wonder
Character: Mr. Tushman
Released: November 13, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Smurfs: The Lost Village
Title: Smurfs: The Lost Village
Character: Papa Smurf (voice)
Released: March 23, 2017
Type: Movie
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting race through the Forbidden Forest leading to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Hal Wackner
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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The Queen of Spain
Title: The Queen of Spain
Character: Jordan Berman
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams, 1998.)
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Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Title: Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Character: Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
Released: October 18, 2016
Type: Movie
The link between heart disease and blood cholesterol is a medical dogma that has existed for the past fifty years and has led to the development of a billion-dollar, low-fat, food industry, as well as to statins, a drug that lower “bad cholesterol” levels, so it has became one of the most prescribed medicines in the world. But more and more researchers are openly questioning the mainstream opinions on cholesterol…
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Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Title: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Character: Himself
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: Movie
This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in 1981.
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Ali and Nino
Title: Ali and Nino
Character: Duke Kipiani
Released: January 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
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The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
Title: The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
Character: Narrator
Released: November 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary revealing the inner workings of the world's most powerful intelligence organization, with unprecedented access to America's spy network, all 12 living CIA directors and top agency operatives, who talk candidly about torture, secret prisons, drone warfare, alleged assassinations and the constant threat of attack, which begs the question: how far should America go to keep us safe?
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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Wish I Was Here
Title: Wish I Was Here
Character: Gabe
Released: July 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Six by Sondheim
Title: Six by Sondheim
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 9, 2013
Type: Movie
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
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Title: Homeland
Character: Saul Berenson
Released: October 2, 2011
Type: TV
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
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Jock the Hero Dog
Title: Jock the Hero Dog
Character: Basil (voice)
Released: July 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless dog named, Jock. Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger National Park, this animated family tale is about Jock's adventures with Fritz, his master. Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty to Fritz. The story is set in the late 1880s when Africa's mineral richness, teeming animal life and incomparable natural beauty drew and captivated explorers and adventurers from all over the world. A place where big game roamed in their thousands and the wildest tales were true! Jock Of The Bushveld is a great story and the only animal classic to come out of Africa.
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Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Title: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Character: Himself
Released: November 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
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4.3.2.1
Title: 4.3.2.1
Character: Sir Jago Larofsky
Released: June 2, 2010
Type: Movie
Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.
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Title: Three Rivers
Released: October 4, 2009
Type: TV
Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009, starring Alex O'Loughlin in the role of an infamous transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2009, after just eight episodes of the season had aired, CBS announced that Three Rivers had been pulled from their schedule with no plans to have it returned, and the series was later officially cancelled. However, the series later returned to the network on June 5, 2010 to burn off the remaining unaired episodes.
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Title: The Jewish Americans
Character: Himself
Released: January 9, 2008
Type: TV
The Jewish Americans was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin. The series focused on the traditions and styles of American Jews, as well as their contribution to American culture and subsequent impact on American society at large. The series was narrated by Liev Schreiber, and featured many well-known American Jews, including Louis D. Brandeis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Henry Morgenthau, Hank Greenberg, Betty Friedan, Molly Goldberg, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Tony Kushner.
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Everyone's Hero
Title: Everyone's Hero
Character: Stanley Irving (voice)
Released: August 4, 2006
Type: Movie
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
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Choking Man
Title: Choking Man
Character: Rick
Released: April 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.
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Title: The Reichen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: TV
A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.
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Title: Criminal Minds
Character: Jason Gideon
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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Remembering Ragtime
Title: Remembering Ragtime
Character: Tateh (archive footage)
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
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NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Title: NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Character: Al Cummings
Released: March 21, 2004
Type: Movie
A team of federal investigators have to comb through the wreckage of a crashed airplane to find the cause of the fatal downing. Was it terrorism? Negligence? Human failure? Or just a tragic accident?
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This Is the House That Jack Built
Title: This Is the House That Jack Built
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built.
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Broadway's Lost Treasures
Title: Broadway's Lost Treasures
Character: Che (segment "Evita")
Released: August 10, 2003
Type: Movie
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.
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Title: Dead Like Me
Character: Rube John Sofer
Released: June 27, 2003
Type: TV
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
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Run Ronnie Run
Title: Run Ronnie Run
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2002
Type: Movie
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
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As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Title: As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2001
Type: Movie
A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast members.
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Title: Boston Public
Character: Isaac Rice
Released: October 23, 2000
Type: TV
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Title: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Character: Huxley
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.
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Strange Justice
Title: Strange Justice
Character: Kenneth Duberstein
Released: August 29, 1999
Type: Movie
"Fact-based story about the sexual harassment suit filed by Anita Hill during the appointment trials of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court during the George Bush Presidential administration. The film gives both parties a fairly even presentation and does not try to assess blame. It does, however, show a lot of background political maneuvering that took place, particularly on the part of Kenneth Duberstein, an administrative spin doctor."
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Speaking in Strings
Title: Speaking in Strings
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1999
Type: Movie
This real-life documentary explores the passionate & energetic presence of renowned Italian violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (she moved to the Unites States at the age of eight to study at The Curtis Institute of Music and later studied with Dorothy DeLay at The Julliard School.) The film focuses on her professional life, starting in 1981, when she burst onto the classical music scene as the youngest (at 17) recipient ever of the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition.
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Lulu on the Bridge
Title: Lulu on the Bridge
Character: Philip Kleinman
Released: September 6, 1998
Type: Movie
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
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Title: Hercules
Character: Hippocrates (voice)
Released: August 31, 1998
Type: TV
Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr Phil. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his new adventures.
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Men with Guns
Title: Men with Guns
Character: Andrew
Released: March 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
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The Hunchback
Title: The Hunchback
Character: Quasimodo
Released: March 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
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Broken Glass
Title: Broken Glass
Character: Dr Henry Hyman
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play set in Brooklyn 1938, focusing on the marriage of Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg against the backdrop of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany.
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Title: The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 10, 1996
Type: TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Title: Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Character: Brother Daniel
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the region's commercial potential for the rich Sir George, who uses all his wealth and influence only for ever greater profit. When it returns, several Indians find themselves captives on board, including Squanto. The arrogant Christians consider themselves utterly superior to the 'heathen savages' and treat them as brutally as they do beasts. Squanto fights a bear in a circus, not understanding how men can be so cruel to that creature either, and manages a spectacular escape, but where must he go? He finds shelter and help in a rural monastery, where it takes his protector some effort to prevent the others considering the unknown as diabolical. In time sir George's men come looking for him most brutally...
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: The Driver / Satan
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Character: Jeffrey Geiger
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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The Music of Chance
Title: The Music of Chance
Character: Jim Nashe
Released: June 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
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Life with Mikey
Title: Life with Mikey
Character: Irate Man
Released: June 4, 1993
Type: Movie
Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.
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The Doctor
Title: The Doctor
Character: Murray
Released: July 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
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Madonna: Truth or Dare
Title: Madonna: Truth or Dare
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 1991
Type: Movie
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
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Impromptu
Title: Impromptu
Character: Alfred De Musset
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
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True Colors
Title: True Colors
Character: John Palmeri
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
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Title: Performance
Character: Dr. Harry Hyman
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Levi March / Glenn Fordyce
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Dick Tracy
Title: Dick Tracy
Character: 88 Keys
Released: April 5, 1990
Type: Movie
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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Title: The Simpsons
Character: Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield (voice)
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Alien Nation
Title: Alien Nation
Character: Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: Movie
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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The House on Carroll Street
Title: The House on Carroll Street
Character: Salwen
Released: March 4, 1988
Type: Movie
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, the more so since one of those involved is her main senator prosecutor. Starting to look into things, she gradually enlists the help of FBI officer Cochran who was initially detailed to check her out. Just as well when things turn nasty
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The Princess Bride
Title: The Princess Bride
Character: Inigo Montoya
Released: September 25, 1987
Type: Movie
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
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Sunday in the Park with George
Title: Sunday in the Park with George
Character: Georges Seurat / George
Released: June 16, 1986
Type: Movie
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with George," book writer James Lapine and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim bring a story based on the work brilliantly to life. While the painting depicts people gathered on an island in the Seine, the musical goes beyond simply describing their lives. It is an exploration of art, of love, of commitment. Seurat connected dots to create images; Lapine and Sondheim use connection as the heart of all our relationships. Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season five, episode nineteen).
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Follies: In Concert
Title: Follies: In Concert
Character: Buddy Plummer
Released: March 14, 1986
Type: Movie
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
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Maxie
Title: Maxie
Character: Nick
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: Movie
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
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To Be Hamlet
Title: To Be Hamlet
Character: Mandy Patinkin
Released: January 19, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's play, and the enduring popular fascination it has inspired. The actors interviewed are Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Nicol Williamson, Ben Kingsley, Jean Louis Barrault, Vittorio Gassman, Maximilian Schell, Innocenti Smoktunovsky, and Mandy Patinkin. Includes excerpts from various film and television versions of Hamlet, featuring these actors and others.
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Yentl
Title: Yentl
Character: Avigdor
Released: November 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
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Daniel
Title: Daniel
Character: Paul Isaacson
Released: August 26, 1983
Type: Movie
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
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Ragtime
Title: Ragtime
Character: Tateh
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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Night of the Juggler
Title: Night of the Juggler
Character: Allesandro the Cabbie
Released: June 6, 1980
Type: Movie
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
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French Postcards
Title: French Postcards
Character: Sayyid
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-English dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artist's life, and look for grown-up love. The French tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Jean Rochefort is the harassed headmaster with a hankering for affairs, and Marie-France Pisier is his very sexy wife. Watch for a newcomer named Debra Winger, and another-Mandy Patinkin.
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Last Embrace
Title: Last Embrace
Character: First Commuter
Released: May 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
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Charleston
Title: Charleston
Character: Beaudine Croft
Released: January 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family's mansion following the Civil War.
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The Big Fix
Title: The Big Fix
Character: Pool Man
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Alan
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Buddy Plummer
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.