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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Acting · Production · Sound · Directing · Writing

Born January 16, 1980, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Lin-Manuel Miranda (/mænˈwɛl/; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana, Vivo, and Encanto. He has received numerous accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Emmy Awards, and five Grammy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards. He received the Kennedy Centre Honour in 2018. Miranda made his Broadway debut in 2008, writing the music and lyrics for and starring in the musical In the Heights, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. It was later adapted as a 2021 film of the same name. Miranda returned to Broadway in 2015, writing the script, music, and lyrics and starring in the musical Hamilton, which was praised by critics and became a widespread cultural phenomenon. Hamilton won the Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for a record 16 Tonys and 11, including Miranda's first win for  Best Book of a Musical. The Hamilton cast recording spent 10 weeks atop Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart and became the eleventh-biggest album of the 2010s. A frequent collaborator of the Walt Disney Company, Miranda has written original songs for the studio. He won two Oscar nominations for "How Far I'll Go" & "Dos Oruguitas" from Moana and Encanto. Encanto's song "We Don't Talk About Bruno"  broke various records. It marked Miranda's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles charts. He starred as Jack in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns (2018), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. For his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton, which was released in 2020, he received a Golden Globe & Primetime Emmy nomination. Miranda debuted as a film director with Tick, Tick...Boom!. His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company (2009–2010) and His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Miranda hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016, & and had a guest role on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2018; he was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy. He has been politically active on behalf of Puerto Rico. Miranda met with politicians in 2016 to speak out in favour of debt relief for Puerto Rico & raised funds for rescue efforts and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin-Manuel Miranda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (72)
  • 2026A Spark Into A Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop — Himself
  • 2026COLECTIVO: The First Year — Self
  • 2026Saturday Night's Main Event XLV — Self
  • 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self
  • 2025A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self
  • 2025Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution — Self
  • 2025Satisfied — Self
  • Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread — Self
  • Disney Legends Award Ceremony — Self - Honoree
  • 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
  • 2023Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self
  • 2023In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda — Self - Guest
  • 2022Betty White: A Celebration — Self
  • 2022Broadway Rising — Self
  • 2022Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! — Self
  • 2022Keeping Company with Sondheim — Self
  • 2022Platinum Party at the Palace — Self
  • 2022Reopening: The Broadway Revival — Self
  • Sherri — Self - Guest
  • Take 5 with Zan Rowe — Self
  • 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
  • 2021Celebrating America — Self
  • 2021Roll Up Your Sleeves — Self
  • 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self - Artist
  • 2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote — Self
  • 2020An Evening with Alan Menken — Himself
  • Dear... — Self
  • 2020El accidente feliz — Himself
  • 2020Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert — Self
  • 2020Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado — Self
  • 2020Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate — Self
  • 2020Siempre, Luis — Self
  • Some Good News — Self
  • Song Exploder — Self
  • Stars in the House — Self - Special Guest
  • 2020The Candlenights 2020 Special — Self
  • 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self
  • 2020The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth — Self
  • 2019Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles — Self
  • 2019On Broadway — Self (archive footage)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
  • The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
  • American Idol — Self
  • 2018Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar — Self
  • 2018Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic — Self
  • 2018Rock Rubber 45s — Self
  • 2018The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self
  • Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings — Himself - Special Guest
  • 2017Residente — Himself
  • 2015Crossing the Line to Broadway — Self (Music and Lyrics)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
  • Drunk History — Himself
  • 2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • 2009Celebrity Habla — Self
  • 2009In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams — Self
  • 2008Britney: For the Record — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
  • Charlie Rose — Self
  • Kids' Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
  • WWE Saturday Night's Main Event — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • Great Performances — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
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