About Alan Mandell
Born 1927. Alan Mandell is a film actor and television actor.
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on 27 December 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.
Life 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.
Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price.
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Who is Alan Mandell?
Canadian-American actor
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Alan Mandell was born on 27 December 1927 in Toronto.
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Alan Mandell is a film actor and television actor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alan Mandell. https://biography.guide/alan-mandell/
MLA: "Alan Mandell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/alan-mandell/.
Chicago: "Alan Mandell." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/alan-mandell/.
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