Alan Mandell

Alan Mandell

  • Birthday: 1927-12-27
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Albert Mandell

Biography

Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is 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 is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett. Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario in 1927. He acted on stage 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 has acted 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 costarring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.

Filmography

The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice

1996

As The Captain

A Serious Man

2009

As Rabbi Marshak

Midnight Witness

1993

As Shaw

Macbeth

1981

As Scottish Doctor

Enemies

1974

As District Police Inspector

Velvet Buzzsaw

2019

As Vetril Dease

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

As Patron at restaurant (uncredited)

Shortbus

2006

As Tobias, the Mayor

Illegally Yours

1988

As Juror #8

Loose Change

1978

As

Production

Smokey and the Bandit

1977

As Screenplay

Goin' South

1978

As Screenplay

House Calls

1978

As Writer

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