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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Acting
Known For

45 Years Old

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.

Born

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA on 16th January 1980

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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Conan
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
David Santiago
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House
Juan 'Alvie' Alvarez
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The Sopranos
Bellman
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Sherri
Self - Guest
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The Graham Norton Show
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Great Performances
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How I Met Your Mother
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Modern Family
Guillermo
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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BoJack Horseman
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Bluey
Major Tom (voice)
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DuckTales
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck (voice)
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DuckTales
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Elves (voice)
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DuckTales
Sheriff Marshall Cabrera (voice)
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Stars in the House
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Big Mouth
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Kids' Choice Awards
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Drunk History
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
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His Dark Materials
Lee Scoresby
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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Tamron Hall
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The Oscars
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Tony Awards
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My Brother, My Brother and Me
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Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
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One Day at a Time
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Do No Harm
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Charlie Rose
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Difficult People
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We the People
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Dear...
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Some Good News
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Song Exploder
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Smash
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Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
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Moana
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Jesus
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Mary Poppins Returns
Jack
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Vivo
Vivo (voice)
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Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
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tick, tick... BOOM!
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Take 5 with Zan Rowe
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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In the Heights
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Reggie
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
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Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
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Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
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Jam Van
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The Skywalker Legacy
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Broadway: The Next Generation
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Speech & Debate
The Genie
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The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
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My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Cactus (voice)
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The Candlenights 2020 Special
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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
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Roll Up Your Sleeves
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Siempre, Luis
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
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We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
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On Broadway
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Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
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Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
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Satisfied
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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
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Hamilton's America
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Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
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Reopening: The Broadway Revival
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Celebrity Habla
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The Polar Bears
Jak (voice)
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Millennials: The Musical
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The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
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Betty White: A Celebration
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Residente
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200 Cartas
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Britney: For the Record
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Keeping Company with Sondheim
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Broadway Rising
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Celebrating America
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Platinum Party at the Palace
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Crossing the Line to Broadway
himself (Music and Lyrics)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
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Hamilton Sing-Along
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Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
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The Happy Accident
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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
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This American Life: Live at BAM
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The Making Of
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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
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Rock Rubber 45s
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An Evening with Alan Menken
Himself
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In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
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