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Acting
Alan Mandell
1927 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
A Serious Man
Rabbi Marshak
Shortbus
Tobias, the Mayor
Smokey and the Bandit
Screenplay
Velvet Buzzsaw
Vetril Dease
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Patron at restaurant (uncredited)
Goin' South
Screenplay
Addicted to Fresno
Arthur Lipka
House Calls
Screenplay
Illegally Yours
Juror #8
Midnight Witness
Shaw
Macbeth
Scottish Doctor
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
Grant Stockwood