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Saul Berenson
Mandy Patinkin
Biography
SAUL BERENSON
Played by Mandy Patinkin
Saul is Carrie's long-time, no-nonsense mentor and he loves her like a daughter, even though it isn't always easy. His unorthodox style and high-risk, old school maneuvers have both succeeded and failed spectacularly, often with Carrie's help. Saul is a career man who is married to his job, which doesn't leave him much time for a personal life.
MANDY PATINKIN
Mandy Patinkin returns to TV in the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning Showtime Original Series HOMELAND as CIA Agent Saul Berenson.
In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA and was nominated in 1984 for his starring role as George in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. In 1991 he returned to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical THE SECRET GARDEN and in 1997 played a sold-out engagement of his one-man show, MANDY PATINKIN IN CONCERT with all profits benefiting five charitable organizations. Mandy's other solo concerts, DRESS CASUAL, CELEBRATING SONDHEIM, and MAMALOSHEN have been presented on Broadway, off-Broadway, London's West End and in Australia. Most recently Mandy debuted the new musical THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE, co-starring performance artist Taylor Mac, with direction and choreography by Susan Stroman.
Mandy's other stage credits include: the world premiere of COMPULSION a new play by Rinne Groff (Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, and The Public Theater), PARADISE FOUND (London's Menier Chocolate Factory), THE TEMPEST (Classic Stage Company), ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Williamstown Theater Festival), THE WILD PARTY (2000 Tony nomination), FALSETTOS, THE WINTER'S TALE, THE KNIFE, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER IS DEAD, REBEL WOMEN, HAMLET, TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS, THE SHADOW BOX, THE SPLIT, SAVAGES, and HENRY IV, PART I.
Feature film credits include: WISH I WAS HERE, THE WIND RISES, EVERYBODY'S HERO, THE CHOKING MAN, PINERO, THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND, LULU ON THE BRIDGE, MEN WITH GUNS, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, YENTL (1984 Golden Globe Nomination), THE MUSIC OF CHANCE, DANIEL, RAGTIME, IMPROMPTU, THE DOCTOR, ALIEN NATION, DICK TRACY, THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET, TRUE COLORS, and MAXIE.
Mandy won a 1995 Emmy Award (as well as a Golden Globe nomination) for his performance in the CBS series CHICAGO HOPE and starred in the CBS series CRIMINAL MINDS as FBI profiler Jason Gideon and in the Showtime Original Series DEAD LIKE ME as the reaper Rube Sofer. His other television appearances include the role of Kenneth Duberstein in the Showtime film STRANGE JUSTICE, playing Quasimodo opposite Richard Harris in the TNT film presentation of THE HUNCHBACK, a film version of Arthur Miller's BROKEN GLASS for BBC/WGBH-Boston, and episodes of THREE RIVERS, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW (1996 Emmy nomination), LAW & ORDER, BOSTON PUBLIC, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, and THE SIMPSONS.
In 1989, Mandy began his concert career at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. This coincided with the release of his first solo album entitled MANDY PATINKIN. Since then he has toured extensively, appearing to sold-out audiences across the United States, Canada, London, and Australia, performing songs from writers including Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Randy Newman, Adam Guettel and Harry Chapin, among others. 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. Also recorded on the Nonesuch label are OSCAR & STEVE, LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S NEW YORK, KIDULTS, and MANDY PATINKIN SINGS SONDHEIM. In 1998 he debuted his most personal project, MAMALOSHEN, a collection of traditional, classic and contemporary songs sung entirely in Yiddish. The recording of MAMALOSHEN won the DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENPREIS (Germany's equivalent of the Grammy Award). In October 2007, Mandy debuted a new concert with dear friend Patti LuPone and they continue touring their show AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, and most recently during a 9-week Broadway run at the Barrymore Theatre. Mandy continues to collaborate with AN EVENING WITH MANDY PATINKIN & NATHAN GUNN, which recently played a two-week tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Played by Mandy Patinkin
Saul is Carrie's long-time, no-nonsense mentor and he loves her like a daughter, even though it isn't always easy. His unorthodox style and high-risk, old school maneuvers have both succeeded and failed spectacularly, often with Carrie's help. Saul is a career man who is married to his job, which doesn't leave him much time for a personal life.
MANDY PATINKIN
Mandy Patinkin returns to TV in the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning Showtime Original Series HOMELAND as CIA Agent Saul Berenson.
In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA and was nominated in 1984 for his starring role as George in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. In 1991 he returned to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical THE SECRET GARDEN and in 1997 played a sold-out engagement of his one-man show, MANDY PATINKIN IN CONCERT with all profits benefiting five charitable organizations. Mandy's other solo concerts, DRESS CASUAL, CELEBRATING SONDHEIM, and MAMALOSHEN have been presented on Broadway, off-Broadway, London's West End and in Australia. Most recently Mandy debuted the new musical THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE, co-starring performance artist Taylor Mac, with direction and choreography by Susan Stroman.
Mandy's other stage credits include: the world premiere of COMPULSION a new play by Rinne Groff (Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, and The Public Theater), PARADISE FOUND (London's Menier Chocolate Factory), THE TEMPEST (Classic Stage Company), ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Williamstown Theater Festival), THE WILD PARTY (2000 Tony nomination), FALSETTOS, THE WINTER'S TALE, THE KNIFE, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER IS DEAD, REBEL WOMEN, HAMLET, TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS, THE SHADOW BOX, THE SPLIT, SAVAGES, and HENRY IV, PART I.
Feature film credits include: WISH I WAS HERE, THE WIND RISES, EVERYBODY'S HERO, THE CHOKING MAN, PINERO, THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND, LULU ON THE BRIDGE, MEN WITH GUNS, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, YENTL (1984 Golden Globe Nomination), THE MUSIC OF CHANCE, DANIEL, RAGTIME, IMPROMPTU, THE DOCTOR, ALIEN NATION, DICK TRACY, THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET, TRUE COLORS, and MAXIE.
Mandy won a 1995 Emmy Award (as well as a Golden Globe nomination) for his performance in the CBS series CHICAGO HOPE and starred in the CBS series CRIMINAL MINDS as FBI profiler Jason Gideon and in the Showtime Original Series DEAD LIKE ME as the reaper Rube Sofer. His other television appearances include the role of Kenneth Duberstein in the Showtime film STRANGE JUSTICE, playing Quasimodo opposite Richard Harris in the TNT film presentation of THE HUNCHBACK, a film version of Arthur Miller's BROKEN GLASS for BBC/WGBH-Boston, and episodes of THREE RIVERS, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW (1996 Emmy nomination), LAW & ORDER, BOSTON PUBLIC, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, and THE SIMPSONS.
In 1989, Mandy began his concert career at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. This coincided with the release of his first solo album entitled MANDY PATINKIN. Since then he has toured extensively, appearing to sold-out audiences across the United States, Canada, London, and Australia, performing songs from writers including Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Randy Newman, Adam Guettel and Harry Chapin, among others. 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. Also recorded on the Nonesuch label are OSCAR & STEVE, LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S NEW YORK, KIDULTS, and MANDY PATINKIN SINGS SONDHEIM. In 1998 he debuted his most personal project, MAMALOSHEN, a collection of traditional, classic and contemporary songs sung entirely in Yiddish. The recording of MAMALOSHEN won the DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENPREIS (Germany's equivalent of the Grammy Award). In October 2007, Mandy debuted a new concert with dear friend Patti LuPone and they continue touring their show AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, and most recently during a 9-week Broadway run at the Barrymore Theatre. Mandy continues to collaborate with AN EVENING WITH MANDY PATINKIN & NATHAN GUNN, which recently played a two-week tour of Australia and New Zealand.