Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Biography
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 was a songwriter for Moana (2016) and Encanto (2021). He also starred in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). 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 (2015). 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.
Known For
Actor
as Self
as Self
as Hermes
as Hermes (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self
as Doctor
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Diner Manager (uncredited)
as Vivo (voice)
as Piragüero
as Self
as Self
as (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Alexander Hamilton
as Self - Performer
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Special Guest
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Cactus (voice)
as Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
as Lee Scoresby
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Jack
as Self
as Major Tom (voice)
as Jesus
as Self
as The Genie
as Himself
as Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice)
as Sheriff Marshall Cabrera (voice)
as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Elves (voice)
as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
as Himself - Special Guest
as Himself/Narrator
as Juanito
as Himself
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Self
as himself (Music and Lyrics)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self
as Crackerjack Sugarman (voice)
as Self
as Raul
as David Santiago
as Himself
as Dr. Ruben Marcado
as Jak (voice)
as Reggie
as Lin-Manuel Miranda
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Guillermo
as Self
as Self
as Gus
as Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez
as Lin-Manuel Miranda
as Bellman
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Winner
as Self - Presenter
as Self
Sound
as Songs
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Songs
as Music
as Main Title Theme Composer
as Music Arranger
as Songs
as Theme Song Performance
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
Writer
as Lyricist
as Lyricist
as Idea
as Musical
as Story
as Musical
as Writer
as Lyricist
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Lyricist
as Lyricist
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director