Lin-Manuel Miranda
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.
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ActingBirthday
January 16, 1980Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
79Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
林-曼努尔·米兰达, 林-曼努爾·米蘭達, Лин-Мануэль МирандаCast credits
200 Cartas
RaulMary Poppins Returns
JackThe Happy Accident
HimselfMillennials: The Musical
HimselfThe Odd Life of Timothy Green
ReggieResidente
HimselfSpeech & Debate
The GenieHamilton: One Shot to Broadway
The Polar Bears
JakBritney: For the Record
Himself21 Chump Street
NarratorAndrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
SelfRock Rubber 45s
SelfHamilton
Alexander HamiltonMary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
HimselfThe Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
SelfFiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
HimselfIn the Heights
PiragüeroMy Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Cactus (voice)Crew credits
Hamilton's America
Executive ProducerMoana
SongsMillennials: The Musical
Producer21 Chump Street
Writer, Lyricist, Original Music ComposerThe Little Mermaid
Producer, Lyricisttick, tick... BOOM!
Producer, DirectorIn the Heights
Producer, Songs, Lyricist, Musical, Idea, Original Music ComposerWe Are Freestyle Love Supreme
ProducerNeptune Frost
Executive ProducerHamilton
Producer, Musical, Songs, Music Arranger, Lyricist, WriterVivo
Music, Executive Producer, SongsRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Executive ProducerEncanto
Songs, StoryHamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
WriterAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
ProducerMufasa: The Lion King
Songs