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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 16, 1980 (45 years)
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 (2005) and Hamilton (2015), as well as the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo, and Encanto (both 2021). He has received numerous accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Grammy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018.

Miranda made his Broadway debut in 2008, writing the music and lyrics for and starring in  In the Heights, which won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater 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 for and starring in the musical Hamilton, which was praised by critics and became a widespread cultural phenomenon. Hamilton won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards, and won 11, including Miranda's first win for the Tony Award 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 earned two Academy Awards for Best Original Song nominations for "How Far I'll Go" and "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 Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He received a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton, released in 2020. Miranda debuted as a film director with Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021).

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 Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. 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. He raised funds for rescue efforts and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in 2017.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
  • Bartlett

Known For

  • Hamilton
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Encanto
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Moana
  • In the Heights
  • Vivo
  • tick, tick... BOOM!
  • His Dark Materials
  • Fosse/Verdon
  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green
  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
  • Hamilton's America
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  • Looking for Maria Sanchez
  • We the People
  • Do No Harm
  • We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
  • Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV Series) · as Hermes
    2023
    Jam Van (TV Series)
    2022
    2021
    tick, tick... BOOM! · as Diner Manager (uncredited)
    2021
    Vivo · as Vivo (voice)
    2021
    We the People (TV Series) · as (voice)
    2021
    In the Heights · as Piragüero
    2020
    Hamilton · as Alexander Hamilton
    2020
    2019
    Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker · as Soldier (uncredited)
    2019
    His Dark Materials (TV Series) · as Lee Scoresby
    2019
    2019
    Fosse/Verdon (TV Series) · as Roy Scheider
    2019
    Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail · as Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive Footage)
    2018
    2018
    Bluey (2018) (TV Series) · as Major Tom (voice)
    2018
    Bartlett (TV Series) · as Jesus
    2017
    Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice)
    2017
    DuckTales (2017) (TV Series) · as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
    2017
    2017
    Speech & Debate · as The Genie
    2017
    One Day at a Time (2017) (TV Series) · as Juanito
    2016
    Moana · as Additional Voices (voice)
    2015
    Nina's World (TV Series) · as Paquito Fernando
    2014
    BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Crackerjack Sugarman (voice)
    2014
    21 Chump Street · as Narrator
    2013
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) · as David Santiago
    2013
    2013
    Do No Harm (TV Series) · as Dr. Ruben Marcado
    2012
    The Polar Bears · as Jak (voice)
    2012
    2010
    Submissions Only (TV Series) · as Auditioner #1
    2009
    Modern Family (TV Series) · as Guillermo
    2005
    How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Gus
    2004
    House (TV Series) · as Juan 'alvie' Alvarez
    1999
    The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Bellman
    1969
    Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Freddy Flapman

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