Lin-Manuel Miranda
Sound
- Born:
- 1980-01-16
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
COLECTIVO: The First Year
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
A Spark Into A Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread
Satisfied
Hamilton
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jam Van
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Broadway Rising
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Sherri
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Platinum Party at the Palace
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Betty White: A Celebration
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
tick, tick... BOOM!
Vivo
We the People
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
In the Heights
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Celebrating America
The Candlenights 2020 Special
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Song Exploder
An Evening with Alan Menken
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
Dear...
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
Some Good News
The Skywalker Legacy
Stars in the House
El accidente feliz
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
Siempre, Luis
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
His Dark Materials
On Broadway
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Mary Poppins Returns
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Bluey
Rock Rubber 45s
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
American Idol
Bartlett
Big Mouth
DuckTales
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
Speech & Debate
Residente
My Brother, My Brother and Me
One Day at a Time
Millennials: The Musical
Moana
Hamilton's America
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Difficult People
Crossing the Line to Broadway
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
BoJack Horseman
This American Life: Live at BAM
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Drunk History
200 Cartas
Do No Harm
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Smash
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
Conan
Celebrity Habla
Modern Family
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Britney: For the Record
The Graham Norton Show
How I Met Your Mother
House
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Sopranos
The Daily Show
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Charlie Rose
Kids' Choice Awards
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Broadway: The Next Generation
The Making Of
Merrily We Roll Along