Lin-Manuel Miranda
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 (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin-Manuel Miranda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Hermes
as Hermes (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self
as Doctor
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Diner Manager (uncredited)
as Vivo (voice)
as Piragüero
as Self
as Self
as (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Alexander Hamilton
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
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 Musical
as Idea
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