Rube, the leader of this team of grim reapers, could easily be your favorite 
uncle as he comes across as a kindly gentleman with a desire to help others. 
He is George's new boss and he is helping to guide her in the tentative 
first steps into her new afterlife and job position.

Mandy Patinkin's career successfully encompasses stage, music, film and 
television. His feature film credits include "Yentl," "Ragtime," "The 
Princess Bride," "Pi�ero," "Lulu on the Bridge," "Men with Guns," "True 
Colors," "Daniel," "Squanto: A Warrior's Tale," "Alien Nation" and "Dick 
Tracy."
On television, Patinkin has appeared in the telefilms "Everything That 
Rises," "The Hunchback," "Broken Glass" and the SHOWTIME Original Picture 
STRANGE JUSTICE. He won a 1995 Emmy� Award for his critically acclaimed 
performance in the CBS series "Chicago Hope."

Patinkin's extensive stage credits include "The Secret Garden" and "Sunday 
in the Park with George," both of which earned him Tony Award nominations. 
Patinkin won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for his 1980 Broadway 
debut as Che in "Evita." Other stage credits include "The Wild Party," "The 
Winter's Tale," "The Knife," "Henry IV, Part I," "Leave It to Beaver is 
Dead," "Rebel Women," "Hamlet," "The Shadow Box," "The Split" and "Savages."

In 1989, Patinkin began his concert career at Joseph Papp's Public Theater 
after releasing his first solo album, entitled Mandy Patinkin. Since then, 
he has continued to tour extensively, appearing to sold-out audiences in the 
United States, Canada and London.

His other albums include Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual, 
Experiment, Oscar & Steve, Leonard Bernstein's New York, Kidult and 
Mamaloshen (a collection of traditional, classic and contemporary songs sung 
entirely in Yiddish). Patinkin recently released his new CD, Mandy Patinkin 
Sings Sondheim.