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Keynote Speaker — Mandy Patinkin
In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy Patinkin won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. His feature film credits include: Men with Guns, The Princess Bride, Yentl, Alien Nation, Dick Tracy, True Colors, Maxie, and Squanto: Indian Warrior.
He won a 1995 Emmy Award for his critically-acclaimed performance in the CBS series "Chicago Hope." Recently he starred in the CBS series "Criminal Minds" as FBI profiler Jason Gideon and in the Showtime Original Series "Dead Like Me." In 1990 he released his second solo album entitled Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Dress Casual on CBS Records. His 1994 recording, Experiment, on the Nonesuch label, features songs from nine decades of popular music from Irving Berlin to Alan Menken.
In 1998 he debuted his most personal project, Mamaloshen, a collection of traditional, classic, and contemporary songs sung entirely in Yiddish.
Mr. Patinkin is a two time cornea recipient. He resides in New York City with his wife, actress and writer Kathryn Grody, and their two sons.