Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Born: January 16, 1980
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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.

Works

68 films

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

20196.3

In the Heights

20217.1

Hamilton

20257.8

Moana

20167.6

Mary Poppins Returns

20186.5

Vivo

20217.2

tick, tick... BOOM!

20217.6

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

20227.0

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

20226.7

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

20127.0

El accidente feliz

2020

Saturday Night's Main Event XLV

20266.0

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

20217.4

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar

20186.0

Celebrating America

20216.7

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

20217.6

This American Life: Live at BAM

20148.1

Betty White: A Celebration

20228.0

The Skywalker Legacy

20207.8

Broadway: The Next Generation

2026

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

20255.0

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2026

On Broadway

20198.7

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

20237.0

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

20197.0

Britney: For the Record

20087.5

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

20205.0

Merrily We Roll Along

2026

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20214.0

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures

2011

The Candlenights 2020 Special

2020

Roll Up Your Sleeves

20217.5

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

20207.0

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

20207.4

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

20237.1

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

20196.6

In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda

2023

Speech & Debate

20175.9

Platinum Party at the Palace

20226.0

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

2022

Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution

2025

Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado

20207.3

The Making Of

2026

Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic

20186.2

Millennials: The Musical

20166.8

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

20207.9

An Evening with Alan Menken

2020

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

20176.4

The Polar Bears

20126.3

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

20196.5

Crossing the Line to Broadway

20157.0

Keeping Company with Sondheim

20229.0

Hamilton's America

20166.6

In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams

200910.0

The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

20208.0

Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert

2020

Siempre, Luis

20206.3

Rock Rubber 45s

2018

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

20227.8

Celebrity Habla

2009

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011

200 Cartas

20136.2

Residente

20177.0

Satisfied

2025

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

2018

A Spark Into A Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop

20261.0

Broadway Rising

20225.5

2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2026