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 co-wrote the songs for Disney's Moana soundtrack (2016) and is set to star in their upcoming film Mary Poppins Returns. 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 (2016). 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.

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General Info

Date of Birth: 16/01/1980 (46 years old)

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography:

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 co-wrote the songs for Disney's Moana soundtrack (2016) and is set to star in their upcoming film Mary Poppins Returns. 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 (2016). 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.

Movies:

Director
0/1 (1 unseen)

Name Grade

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) (AKA "tick, tick… BOOM!") (Not seen)

	Name	Grade
	tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) (AKA "tick, tick… BOOM!")	(Not seen)

Actor

0/35 (35 unseen)

	Name	Grade
	Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023) As Hermes (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Little Mermaid (2023) As Chef Louis	(Not seen)
	Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022) As Self - Host	(Not seen)
	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) As Doctor	(Not seen)
	Vivo (2021) As Vivo (voice)	(Not seen)
	tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) (AKA "tick, tick… BOOM!") As Diner Manager (uncredited)	(Not seen)
	In the Heights (2021) As Piragüero	(Not seen)
	Song Exploder (2020) As Self (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020) As Self	(Not seen)
	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020) As Self	(Not seen)
	Hamilton (2020) As Alexander Hamilton	(Not seen)
	His Dark Materials (2019) As Lee Scoresby (13 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) (AKA "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker") As Soldier (uncredited)	(Not seen)
	Bluey (2018) As Major Tom (voice) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Mary Poppins Returns (2018) As Jack	(Not seen)
	One Day at a Time (2017) As Juanito (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Big Mouth (2017) As Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Moana (2016) As Additional Voices (voice)	(Not seen)
	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) As Self - Guest (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) As Self (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	BoJack Horseman (2014) As Crackerjack Sugarman (voice) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) As Self (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) As Self (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) As Self (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) As David Santiago (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) As Reggie	(Not seen)
	Modern Family (2009) As Guillermo (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	The Graham Norton Show (2007) As Self (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	How I Met Your Mother (2005) As Gus (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	House (2004) As Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) As Lin-Manuel Miranda (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Sopranos (1999) As Bellman (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	The Daily Show (1996) As Self (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Saturday Night Live (1975) As Self - Host (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Oscars (1953) As Self (2 episodes)	(Not seen)

Writer
0/3 (3 unseen)

Name Grade

In the Heights (2021) (Not seen)

Encanto (2021) (Not seen)

Hamilton (2020) (Not seen)

	Name	Grade
	In the Heights (2021)	(Not seen)
	Encanto (2021)	(Not seen)
	Hamilton (2020)	(Not seen)

Composer

0/5 (5 unseen)

	Name	Grade
	The Little Mermaid (2023)	(Not seen)
	Vivo (2021)	(Not seen)
	In the Heights (2021)	(Not seen)
	Hamilton (2020)	(Not seen)
	Moana (2016)	(Not seen)

Producer

0/6 (6 unseen)

	Name	Grade
	Moana (2026)	(Not seen)
	The Little Mermaid (2023)	(Not seen)
	Vivo (2021)	(Not seen)
	tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) (AKA "tick, tick… BOOM!")	(Not seen)
	In the Heights (2021)	(Not seen)
	Hamilton (2020)	(Not seen)