Lin-Manuel Miranda
Acting • Born 1980-01-16
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.
Filmography
118 credits
Moana
Movie • 2016
Additional Voices (voice)
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie • 2021
Diner Manager (uncredited)
In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie • 2022
Self
Betty White: A Celebration
Movie • 2022
Self
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Movie • 2022
Self
On Broadway
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
Movie • 2020
Self
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie • 2011
Self
Platinum Party at the Palace
Movie • 2022
Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie • 2022
Self
Celebrity Habla
Movie • 2009
Self
Broadway Rising
Movie • 2022
Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2023
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie • 2023
Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie • 2022
Doctor
Crossing the Line to Broadway
Movie • 2015
himself (Music and Lyrics)
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie • 2022
Self - Host
Satisfied
Movie • 2025
Self
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Jack
This American Life: Live at BAM
Movie • 2014
Narrator
200 Cartas
Movie • 2013
Raul
The Happy Accident
Movie • 2020
Himself
Millennials: The Musical
Movie • 2016
Self
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie • 2012
Reggie
Residente
Movie • 2017
Himself
Speech & Debate
Movie • 2017
The Genie
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Movie • 2017
The Polar Bears
Movie • 2012
Jak (voice)
Britney: For the Record
Movie • 2008
Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Movie • 2018
Self
Rock Rubber 45s
Movie • 2018
Self
Hamilton
Movie • 2025
Alexander Hamilton
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Movie • 2018
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2018
Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Movie • 2019
Self
In the Heights
Movie • 2021
Piragüero
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Movie • 2019
Cactus (voice)
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
Movie • 2020
Self
Siempre, Luis
Movie • 2020
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
Soldier (uncredited)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Movie • 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
The Skywalker Legacy
Movie • 2020
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
Movie • 2020
Self
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Movie • 2020
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Movie • 2020
Self
Hamilton's America
Movie • 2016
Self
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Movie • 2020
Self
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Movie • 2009
Self
The Making Of
Movie
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Movie • 2020
Self
An Evening with Alan Menken
Movie • 2020
Himself
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Movie • 2021
Self
The Candlenights 2020 Special
Movie • 2020
Self
Celebrating America
Movie • 2021
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Movie • 2021
Self
Vivo
Movie • 2021
Vivo (voice)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie • 2021
Self - Artist
Merrily We Roll Along
Movie
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Movie • 2025
Self
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
Movie • 2011
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Movie • 2025
Self
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Bellman
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Sheriff Marshall Cabrera (voice)
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Elves (voice)
Dear...
TV • 2020
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Himself
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
We the People
TV • 2021
(voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Self - Presenter
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Guillermo
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
TV • 2022
Self
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Puerto Rican Pubic Hair (voice)
House
TV • 2004
Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
My Brother, My Brother and Me
TV • 2017
Himself/Narrator
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV • 2023
Hermes
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV • 2023
Hermes (uncredited)
Bartlett
TV • 2018
Jesus
Do No Harm
TV • 2013
Dr. Ruben Marcado
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV • 2013
David Santiago
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
TV • 2017
Himself - Special Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Special Guest
Smash
TV • 2012
Lin-Manuel Miranda
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Crackerjack Sugarman (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Gus
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Jam Van
TV • 2023
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Self
One Day at a Time
TV • 2017
Juanito
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Lin-Manuel Miranda
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Lee Scoresby
Song Exploder
TV • 2020
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Charlie Rose
TV • 1991
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Fenton Crackshell-Cabera / Gizmoduck (voice)
Bluey
TV • 2018
Major Tom (voice)
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread
TV • 2025
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter