Lin-Manuel Miranda
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
118
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-01-16 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Biography
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.
Known For
House
The Daily Show
Modern Family
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Sopranos
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Conan
How I Met Your Mother
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Graham Norton Show
Bluey
Curb Your Enthusiasm
BoJack Horseman
Great Performances
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
DuckTales
DuckTales
DuckTales
DuckTales
Big Mouth
Sherri
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Oscars
His Dark Materials
Tamron Hall
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
One Day at a Time
Drunk History
Stars in the House
Kids' Choice Awards
Smash
Siempre, Luis
Celebrating America
200 Cartas
Charlie Rose
Merrily We Roll Along
Hamilton
The Polar Bears
Difficult People
Mary Poppins Returns
Moana
Satisfied
Millennials: The Musical
tick, tick... BOOM!
Vivo
Some Good News
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Dear...
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The Candlenights 2020 Special
In the Heights
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
Do No Harm
We the People
My Brother, My Brother and Me
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
The Skywalker Legacy
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Hamilton's America
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Broadway: The Next Generation
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread
Betty White: A Celebration
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Jam Van
Song Exploder
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
On Broadway
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Speech & Debate
Britney: For the Record
Broadway Rising
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
This American Life: Live at BAM
Bartlett
Platinum Party at the Palace
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Crossing the Line to Broadway
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
An Evening with Alan Menken
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
The Happy Accident
Residente
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
The Making Of
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
Celebrity Habla
Rock Rubber 45s
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
