Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

Additional Voices (voice)

Moana

Diner Manager (uncredited)

tick, tick... BOOM!

Self - Guest

In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda

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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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Reopening: The Broadway Revival

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Betty White: A Celebration

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

Self (archive footage)

On Broadway

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Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert

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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

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Platinum Party at the Palace

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Keeping Company with Sondheim

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Celebrity Habla

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Broadway Rising

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

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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Doctor

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

himself (Music and Lyrics)

Crossing the Line to Broadway

Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

Self - Host

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

Self

Satisfied

Jack

Mary Poppins Returns

Narrator

This American Life: Live at BAM

Raul

200 Cartas

Himself

El accidente feliz

Self

Millennials: The Musical

Reggie

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Himself

Residente

The Genie

Speech & Debate

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

Jak (voice)

The Polar Bears

Self

Britney: For the Record

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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar

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Rock Rubber 45s

Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton

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Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic

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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

Himself

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Piragüero

In the Heights

Cactus (voice)

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

Self

Siempre, Luis

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We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

Soldier (uncredited)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)

Salman Rushdie : la mort aux trousses

Self

The Skywalker Legacy

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Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado

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Hamilton's America

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The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams

The Making Of

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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Himself

An Evening with Alan Menken

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

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The Candlenights 2020 Special

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Celebrating America

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Roll Up Your Sleeves

Vivo (voice)

Vivo

Self

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

Self

The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20

Hamilton Sing-Along