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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Michael Nation: The Movie as Himself
- 2024 · Satisfied as
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Hermes
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Hermes (uncredited)
- 2023 · Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2023 · In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self
- 2023 · Jam Van as
- 2022 · Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl as Self - Host
- 2022 · Broadway Rising as Self
- 2022 · Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self
- 2022 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Doctor
- 2022 · Platinum Party at the Palace as Self
- 2022 · Keeping Company with Sondheim as Self
- 2022 · Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! as Self
- 2022 · Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
- 2022 · Betty White: A Celebration as Self
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2021 · tick, tick... BOOM! as Diner Manager (uncredited)
- 2021 · Vivo as Vivo (voice)
- 2021 · We the People as (voice)
- 2021 · Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2021 · In the Heights as Piragüero
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2021 · Celebrating America as Self
- 2020 · The Candlenights 2020 Special as Self
- 2020 · A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Self
- 2020 · Song Exploder as Self
- 2020 · An Evening with Alan Menken as Himself
- 2020 · Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You as
- 2020 · Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
- 2020 · The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth as Self
- 2020 · Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert as
- 2020 · Dear... as Self
- 2020 · Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2020 · Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate as Self
- 2020 · Some Good News as Self
- 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
- 2020 · The Happy Accident as Himself
- 2020 · We Are Freestyle Love Supreme as Self
- 2020 · Siempre, Luis as Self
- 2020 · Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado as Self
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Soldier (uncredited)
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Lee Scoresby
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles as Himself
- 2019 · My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres as Cactus (voice)
- 2019 · Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail as Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns as Jack
- 2018 · The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic as Self
- 2018 · Bluey as Major Tom (voice)
- 2018 · Rock Rubber 45s as Self
- 2018 · Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar as Self
- 2018 · Bartlett as Jesus
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as Sheriff Marshall Cabrera (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Elves (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
- 2017 · Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway as
- 2017 · Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings as Himself - Special Guest
- 2017 · Speech & Debate as The Genie
- 2017 · Residente as Himself
- 2017 · My Brother, My Brother and Me as Himself/Narrator
- 2017 · One Day at a Time as Juanito
- 2016 · Millennials: The Musical as Himself
- 2016 · Moana as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2016 · Hamilton's America as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Crossing the Line to Broadway as himself (Music and Lyrics)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Crackerjack Sugarman (voice)
- 2014 · 21 Chump Street as Narrator
- 2014 · This American Life: Live at BAM as Narrator
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as David Santiago
- 2013 · Drunk History as Himself
- 2013 · 200 Cartas as Raul
- 2013 · Do No Harm as Dr. Ruben Marcado
- 2012 · The Polar Bears as Jak (voice)
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Reggie
- 2012 · Smash as Lin-Manuel Miranda
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2009 · Modern Family as Guillermo
- 2009 · In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams as Self
- 2008 · Britney: For the Record as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Gus
- 2004 · House as Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Lin-Manuel Miranda
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Bellman
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1991 · Charlie Rose as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Kids' Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Making Of as