Alan Mandell

Alan Mandell

Birthdate
December 27, 1927 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death
October 13, 2026
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 27, 1927 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death
October 13, 2026
Known For
Acting

Biography

Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell; December 27, 1927 — October 13, 2026) was a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he was especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett.

Mandell, born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario in 1927, acted onstage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950s. In 1968, he legally changed his given name to Alan to avoid being confused with noted mobster Albert Anastasia.

Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of Waiting for Godot at the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. He subsequently played Lucky in a production of Godot directed by Beckett himself.

Outside of Beckett, Mandell performed in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price. In 2007, he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis and co-starring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.

Alan Mandell's LGBTQ+ Titles

Shortbus
Shortbus
Tobias, the Mayor
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Patron at restaurant (uncredited)

Acting (18)

2019
Velvet Buzzsaw as Vetril Dease
2015
Addicted to Fresno as Arthur Lipka
2009
A Serious Man as Rabbi Marshak
2006
Shortbus as Tobias, the Mayor
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Henry Stamm (1 episode)
2001
Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Patron at restaurant (uncredited)
1996
The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice as The Captain
1993
Midnight Witness as Shaw
1991
Sisters (1 episode)
1988
Illegally Yours as Juror #8
1981
Macbeth as Scottish Doctor
1978
Loose Change as Svenson (1 episode)
1977
79 Park Avenue as Dr George Waldheim (3 episodes)
1977
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts as Grant Stockwood
1975
Baretta (2 episodes)
1974
Enemies as District Police Inspector
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Technician (1 episode)
1971
Cannon (1 episode)

Writing (3)

1978
Goin' South • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1978
House Calls • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1977
Smokey and the Bandit • Screenplay
• Screenplay