Mandy Patinkin Regrets Ever Starring in Criminal Minds

Mandy Patinkin only played the role of Jason Gideon in two seasons of Criminal Minds, but it’s a role the actor deeply regrets. Criminal Minds premiered 20 years ago, centering around a team of FBI profilers that get inside the psyches of the suspects to locate them and make an arrest. Using potential motivations and other mitigating factors, the team has spent 15 seasons of their original series, and two of the revived Criminal Minds: Evolution, taking down these gruesome killers. However, Patinkin, who played the former Behavior Analysis Unit Chief, opened up in a previous interview with New York Magazine about his shock at the show’s dark content.