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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He co-wrote the songs for Disney's Moana soundtrack (2016) and is set to star in their upcoming film Mary Poppins Returns. Miranda's awards include a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards. Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which premiered on Broadway in 2008. For this work, he won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score, the show's cast album won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the show won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Miranda was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in the show's lead role. Miranda prepared Spanish translations used in the 2009 Broadway production of West Side Story and was co-composer and lyricist for Bring It On the Musical, which played on Broadway in 2012. His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company (2009–2010) and Do No Harm (2013). He hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016. Among other film work, Miranda contributed music and vocals for a scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016). Miranda also wrote the book, music and lyrics for another Broadway musical, Hamilton. The show earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, of which it won 11, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book. For his performance in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The Hamilton cast recording spent ten weeks atop Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart in 2015, while The Hamilton Mixtape, an album of covers of songs from the musical, developed by and featuring Miranda, reached number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in December 2016.


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Born:
Jan 16, 1980 In Manhattan, New York, US
Movie/TV Credits:
61
First Appeared:
In the movie Global Goal: Unite for Our Future—The Concert
Latest Project:
Movie Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic 2023-12-21
Known For
Poster of Rock Rubber 45s
Poster of DuckTales
Poster of Residente
Poster of Modern Family
Filmography
Movie Global Goal: Unite for Our Future—The Concert 2025
Series Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hermes 2023-12-19
Movie Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic Self 2023-12-21
Movie Reopening: The Broadway Revival 2022-01-18
Movie Betty White: A Celebration Self 2022-01-17
Movie Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! Self 2022-01-19
Movie Keeping Company with Sondheim Self 2022-05-27
Movie Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl Host - Self 2022-12-28
Movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Doctor 2022-09-08
Movie Broadway Rising Self 2022-12-05
Movie Platinum Party at the Palace Self 2022-06-04
Movie Roll Up Your Sleeves Self 2021-04-18
Movie Celebrating America Self 2021-01-20
Movie In the Heights Piragüero 2021-06-10
Movie Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Self 2021-06-18
Movie tick, tick... BOOM! Diner Manager (uncredited) 2021-11-11
Movie Vivo Vivo (voice) 2021-07-30
Movie 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self 2021-11-20
Series We the People (voice) 2021-07-04
Movie Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Self 2021-07-02
Movie The Happy Accident Himself 2020-02-13
Movie Siempre, Luis Self 2020-01-25
Movie Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado Self 2020-01-24
Movie The Skywalker Legacy Self 2020-03-18
Movie Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration Self - Performer 2020-04-26
Movie The Candlenights 2020 Special Self 2020-12-19
Movie A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote Self 2020-10-15
Movie Hamilton Alexander Hamilton 2020-07-03
Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate Self 2020-04-14
Movie Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Himself 2019-08-23
Movie Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage) 2019-01-08
Movie On Broadway Self (archive footage) 2019-10-12
Series His Dark Materials Lee Scoresby 2019-11-03
Movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Soldier (uncredited) 2019-12-18
Movie Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar Self 2018-03-28
Movie Rock Rubber 45s Self 2018-06-29
Movie Mary Poppins Returns Jack 2018-12-13
Movie The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration Self 2018-11-28
Movie Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic Himself 2018-11-22
Series My Brother, My Brother and Me Himself/Narrator 2017-02-23
Movie Residente Himself 2017-03-11
Movie Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway 2017-05-09
Movie Speech & Debate The Genie 2017-04-07
Series DuckTales Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera (voice) 2017-08-12
Movie Hamilton's America Self 2016-10-01
Movie Moana Additional Voices (voice) 2016-10-13
Movie Millennials: The Musical Himself 2016-11-29
Movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shag Kava 2015-12-15
Movie Crossing the Line to Broadway himself (Music and Lyrics) 2015-08-01
Movie This American Life: Live at BAM Narrator 2014-06-20
Movie 21 Chump Street Narrator 2014-06-20
Series Do No Harm Dr. Ruben Marcado 2013-01-31
Movie 200 Cartas Raul 2013-06-14
Movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green Reggie 2012-08-15
Movie The Polar Bears Jak 2012-12-31
Movie A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy Self 2011-11-15
Series Modern Family Guillermo 2009-09-23
Movie In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams Self 2009-05-27
Movie Britney: For the Record Himself 2008-11-30
Series House Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez 2004-11-16
Series The Sopranos Unknown 1999-01-10