Tony Goldwyn
Acting • Born 1960-05-20
Biography
Anthony Howard 'Tony' Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, singer, producer, director, and political activist. He's known for his roles as Carl Bruner in Ghost, President Fitzgerald Grant on ABC's drama Scandal, district attorney Nicholas Baxter on Law & Order, Gordon Gray in Oppenheimer, Paul Cohen in King Richard (2021), Andrew Prior in Divergent and Insurgent, Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai, Michael Drucker in The 6th Day, Dr. William 'Will' Rudolph in Kiss the Girls, Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Harold Nixon in Nixon (1995), Fletcher Cole in The Pelican Brief, and the voice of Tarzan in the Disney animated Tarzan. He made his acting debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), and had his breakthrough for starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller film Ghost (1990), which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star as Harold Nixon in the biographical film Nixon (1995), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and as Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998). He portrayed Paul Cohen in King Richard (2021), which earned him a second nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He starred as President Fitzgerald Grant III in the ABC legal/political drama Scandal (2012–2018) and directed a number of episodes for the series, for which he won a Peabody Award. He is the son of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and actress Jennifer Howard. His paternal grandparents were film producer and movie studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish Jewish immigrant from Warsaw, and actress Frances Howard, who was originally from Nebraska. His maternal grandparents were playwright Sidney Howard and actress Clare Eames. His brother John Goldwyn is a film producer, a former executive of Paramount Pictures and the executive producer of the series Dexter. His brother Peter is also a film producer and the current President of Samuel Goldwyn Films. His half-sister Liz Goldwyn is a filmmaker. His niece is writer/producer Emily Goldwyn (John's daughter - and her mother is actress Colleen Camp). He has been married to production designer Jane Musky since 1987 and they have two daughters: Anna, a screenwriter, and Tess, an actress.
Filmography
96 credits
Ghost
Movie • 1990
Carl Bruner
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Movie • 1991
Reader
The Last Samurai
Movie • 2003
Col. Benjamin Bagley
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
Movie • 1986
Darren
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie • 2022
Dr. Goulding
Doomsday Gun
Movie • 1994
Duvall
The 6th Day
Movie • 2000
Michael Drucker
Kiss the Girls
Movie • 1997
Dr. Will Rudolph
The Mechanic
Movie • 2011
Dean Sanderson
Kuffs
Movie • 1992
Ted Bukovsky
Tarzan
Movie • 1999
Tarzan (voice)
American Gun
Movie • 2005
Frank
Abandon
Movie • 2002
David Schaffer
An American Rhapsody
Movie • 2001
Peter
The Sisters
Movie • 2005
Vincent Antonelli
Truman
Movie • 1995
Clark Clifford
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2007
Self
Joshua
Movie • 2002
Joshua
The Last House on the Left
Movie • 2009
John Collingwood
Murder Mystery 2
Movie • 2023
Mr. Silverfox
The Boys Next Door
Movie • 1996
Jack Palmer
Pocahontas: The Legend
Movie • 1995
Sir Edwin Wingfield
The Lesser Evil
Movie • 1998
Frank
The Godfather of Green Bay
Movie • 2005
Big Jake Norquist
Reckless
Movie • 1995
Tom
Romance & Cigarettes
Movie • 2005
Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
Traces of Red
Movie • 1992
Steve Frayn
Trouble on the Corner
Movie • 1997
Jeff Stewart
Divergent
Movie • 2014
Andrew Prior
Gaby: A True Story
Movie • 1987
David
The Substance of Fire
Movie • 1996
Aaron Geldhart
Ash Tuesday
Movie • 2003
Elliott
Taking the Heat
Movie • 1993
Michael
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Movie • 2014
Warren Jeffs
The Last Tattoo
Movie • 1994
Captain Mike Starwood
Love Matters
Movie • 1993
Geoffrey
The Last Word
Movie • 1995
Stan
Oppenheimer
Movie • 2023
Gordon Gray
Bounce
Movie • 2000
Greg Janello
Plane
Movie • 2023
Scarsdale
Insurgent
Movie • 2015
Andrew Prior
The Belko Experiment
Movie • 2016
Barry Norris
Ghosts Never Sleep
Movie • 2005
Jared Dolan
Ezra
Movie • 2024
Bruce
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Movie • 2001
Self
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Movie • 2017
Ed Miller
Nixon
Movie • 1995
Harold Nixon
The Pelican Brief
Movie • 1993
Fletcher Coal
All I Wish
Movie • 2018
Adam
Vault of Horror I
Movie • 1994
Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
Dark Holiday
Movie • 1989
Ken Horton
King Richard
Movie • 2021
Paul Cohen
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie • 2019
Self
The Last Mile
Movie • 1992
Scott
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
Movie • 1988
David (archive footage)
One Battle After Another
Movie • 2025
Virgil Throckmorton
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie
Burton Gerber
but i'm here too
Movie • 2021
Him
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Henry Orr
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Chris Arnett
Designing Women
TV • 1986
Matlock
TV • 1986
Mark Campion
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Bobby Powell
Frasier
TV • 1993
Roger
The L Word
TV • 2004
Burr Connor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Frank Goren
Hunter
TV • 1984
Byron Loire
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Jack Palmer
Scandal
TV • 2012
President Fitzgerald Grant
From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Neil Armstrong
The Hot Zone
TV • 2019
Bruce Ivins
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Dexter
TV • 2006
Dr. Emmett Meridian
Blue Sky Metropolis
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge Henry Baxter
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Alan Roberts
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2010
Self
Chambers
TV • 2019
Ben Lefevre
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Nicholas Baxter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Hacks
TV • 2021
Bob Lipka
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
Lovecraft Country
TV • 2020
Samuel Braithwhite
A Woman of Independent Means
TV • 1995
Robert Steed
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Nicholas Baxter
Working Shakespeare
TV • 2003
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Iran: Days of Crisis
TV • 1991
Jody Powell
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest