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.
Movies (62)
Satisfied
2025
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025
Hamilton
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023
In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
2023
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
2022
Broadway Rising
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
Betty White: A Celebration
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Vivo
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
In the Heights
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Celebrating America
2021
The Candlenights 2020 Special
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
An Evening with Alan Menken
2020
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
2020
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
2020
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
2020
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
The Happy Accident
2020
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
2020
Siempre, Luis
2020
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
On Broadway
2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2018
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018
Rock Rubber 45s
2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
2018
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
2017
Speech & Debate
2017
Residente
2017
Millennials: The Musical
2016
Moana
2016
Hamilton's America
2016
This American Life: Live at BAM
2014
200 Cartas
2013
The Polar Bears
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
Celebrity Habla
2009
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
2009
Britney: For the Record
2008
Broadway: The Next Generation
Merrily We Roll Along
TV Shows (56)
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread
2025
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
Jam Van
2023
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
2022
Sherri
2022
We the People
2021
Song Exploder
2020
Dear...
2020
Some Good News
2020
Stars in the House
2020
His Dark Materials
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Bluey
2018
American Idol
2018
Big Mouth
2017
DuckTales
2017
DuckTales
2017
DuckTales
2017
DuckTales
2017
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
2017
My Brother, My Brother and Me
2017
One Day at a Time
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Difficult People
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
BoJack Horseman
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Drunk History
2013
Do No Harm
2013
Smash
2012
Conan
2010
Modern Family
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
How I Met Your Mother
2005
House
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Sopranos
1999
The Daily Show
1996
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Charlie Rose
1991
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953