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Albert Mandell
Alan Mandell
Acting
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 Anastasi…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Vetril Dease
A Serious Man
as Rabbi Marshak
Shortbus
as Tobias, the Mayor
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
as Patron at restaurant (uncredited)
The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice
as The Captain
Midnight Witness
as Shaw
Illegally Yours
as Juror #8
Macbeth
as Scottish Doctor
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
as Grant Stockwood
Enemies
as District Police Inspector
