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Aliases: 林-曼努尔·米兰达 , لین-منوئل میراندا

Gender: Male

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

Homepage: http://www.linmanuel.com/

Movie Involvements: 75

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Sopranos
Average
9

The Sopranos

(1999) Bellman
His Dark Materials
Average
8

His Dark Materials

(2019) Lee Scoresby
Tony Awards
Average
5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter
Stars in the House
Average
0

Stars in the House

(2020) Self - Special Guest
Kids' Choice Awards
Average
9

Kids' Choice Awards

(1987) Self - Presenter
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Average
7

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

(2023) Hermes (uncredited)
Smash
Average
7

Smash

(2012) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Average
6

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

(2019) Soldier (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Self
Self
2023 Self
Hermes
Hermes (uncredited)
Self
Self - Guest
N/A
2022 Self - Host
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Doctor
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
2021 Self
Diner Manager (uncredited)
Vivo (voice)
(voice)
Self
Self
Piragüero
Self
Self
2020 Self
Self
Self
Himself
N/A
Alexander Hamilton
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self - Special Guest
Himself
Self
Self
Self
2019 Soldier (uncredited)
Lee Scoresby
Self (archive footage)
Self - Guest
Self
N/A
Himself
Cactus (voice)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
2018 Jack
Self
Self
Major Tom (voice)
Self
Self
Jesus
2017 Self
Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice)
Sheriff Marshall Cabrera (voice)
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Elves (voice)
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
N/A
Himself - Special Guest
The Genie
Himself
Himself/Narrator
Juanito
2016 Himself
Additional Voices (voice)
Self
2015 N/A
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
himself (Music and Lyrics)
2014 Self
Crackerjack Sugarman (voice)
Narrator
Self
Self
Self
N/A
2013 David Santiago
Himself
Raul
Dr. Ruben Marcado
2012 Jak (voice)
Reggie
Lin-Manuel Miranda
2011 Self
2010 Self
2009 Self
Guillermo
Self
2008 Self
2007 Self
2005 Gus
2004 Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez
2000 Lin-Manuel Miranda
1999 Bellman
1996 Self
1991 Self - Guest
1987 Self - Presenter
1975 Self - Host
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self
1971 Self
1956 Self - Winner
Self - Presenter
1953 Self
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Sound

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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