
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Known for SoundBorn 1980-01-16 (age 46)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
2009 · Movie
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Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 · Movie
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On Broadway
2019 · Movie
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Bluey
2018 · Series
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The Sopranos
1999 · Series
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BoJack Horseman
2014 · Series
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Kids' Choice Awards
1987 · Series
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House
2004 · Series
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My Brother, My Brother and Me
2017 · Series
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Series
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This American Life: Live at BAM
2014 · Movie
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Betty White: A Celebration
2022 · Movie
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The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
2020 · Movie
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How I Met Your Mother
2005 · Series
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We the People
2021 · Series
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 · Movie
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023 · Movie
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Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022 · Movie
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
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His Dark Materials
2019 · Series
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Modern Family
2009 · Series
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The Skywalker Legacy
2020 · Movie
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DuckTales
2017 · Series
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Hamilton
2025 · Movie
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Series
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One Day at a Time
2017 · Series
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Movie
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Encanto
2021 · Movie
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tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Movie
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Big Mouth
2017 · Series
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Moana
2016 · Movie
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
2023 · Movie
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · Movie
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Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 · Movie
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Britney: For the Record
2008 · Movie
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We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
2020 · Movie
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Song Exploder
2020 · Series
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Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 · Movie
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023 · Series
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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
2020 · Movie
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My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
2019 · Movie
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Vivo
2021 · Movie
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Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023 · Movie
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In the Heights
2021 · Movie
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
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Conan
2010 · Series
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Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
2022 · Movie