
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.
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Acting (58 movies)

Moana
2016

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021

In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
2023

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022

Betty White: A Celebration
2022

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022

On Broadway
2019

Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
2020

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011

Platinum Party at the Palace
2022

Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022

Celebrity Habla
2009

Broadway Rising
2022

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022

Broadway: The Next Generation
2017

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
2022

Satisfied
2025

Mary Poppins Returns
2018

200 Cartas
2013

The Happy Accident
2020

Millennials: The Musical
2016

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012

Residente
2017

Speech & Debate
2017

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
2017

The Polar Bears
2012

Britney: For the Record
2008

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
2018

Rock Rubber 45s
2018

Hamilton
2025

Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2018

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019

In the Heights
2021

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
2019

Siempre, Luis
2020

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019

The Skywalker Legacy
2020

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
2020

Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
2020

Hamilton's America
2016

The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
2020

In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
2009

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020

An Evening with Alan Menken
2020

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021

The Candlenights 2020 Special
2020

Celebrating America
2021

Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021

Vivo
2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| This American Life: Live at BAM | 2014 | Writer |
| Hamilton's America | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Millennials: The Musical | 2016 | Producer |
| We Are Freestyle Love Supreme | 2020 | Producer |
| Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You | 2020 | Writer |
| In the Heights | 2021 | Original Music Composer |
| In the Heights | 2021 | Producer |
| Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Vivo | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| tick, tick... BOOM! | 2021 | Producer |
| Neptune Frost | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| The Little Mermaid | 2023 | Producer |
| Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | 2023 | Producer |
| El Tiguere | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Hamilton | 2025 | Writer |
| Hamilton | 2025 | Producer |