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Tony Goldwyn

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65 Years Old

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.

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 20th May 1960

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Image
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nicholas Baxter
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Without a Trace
Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
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Law & Order
Nicholas Baxter
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Sherri
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The View
Self - Guest
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Dexter
Dr. Emmett Meridian
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The Good Wife
Judge Henry Baxter
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Frasier
Roger
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Drop Dead Diva
Alan Roberts
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The L Word
Burr Connor
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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The Hot Zone
Bruce Ivins
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Hacks
Bob Lipka
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Hunter
Byron Loire
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Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
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From the Earth to the Moon
Neil Armstrong
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Murphy Brown
Bobby Powell
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Scandal
President Fitzgerald Grant
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Lovecraft Country
Samuel Braithwhite
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Oppenheimer
Gordon Gray
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Designing Women
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Matlock
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St. Elsewhere
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L.A. Law
Chris Arnett
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jack Palmer
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Chambers
Ben Lefevre
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Tarzan
Tarzan (voice)
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Plane
Scarsdale
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The Last Samurai
Col. Benjamin Bagley
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Divergent
Andrew Prior
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Ghost
Carl Bruner
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Insurgent
Andrew Prior
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Entertainment Tonight
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Kiss the Girls
Dr. Will Rudolph
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The Mechanic
Dean Sanderson
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The Belko Experiment
Barry Norris
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Murder Mystery 2
Mr. Silverfox
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The Last House on the Left
John Collingwood
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King Richard
Paul Cohen
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One Battle After Another
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Blue Sky Metropolis
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Darren
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
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The Pelican Brief
Fletcher Coal
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A Woman of Independent Means
Robert Steed
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Ezra
Bruce
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
Dr. Goulding
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The 6th Day
Michael Drucker
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Working Shakespeare
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Nixon
Harold Nixon
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Ed Miller
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Bounce
Greg Janello
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Kuffs
Ted Bukovsky
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An American Rhapsody
Peter
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Romance & Cigarettes
Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
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Abandon
David Schaffer
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All I Wish
Adam
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Warren Jeffs
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Truman
Clark Clifford
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American Gun
Frank
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The Sisters
Vincent Antonelli
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
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The Lesser Evil
Frank
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Doomsday Gun
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Joshua
Joshua
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Ash Tuesday
Elliott
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The Last Tattoo
Captain Mike Starwood
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Billion Dollar Spy
Burton Gerber
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Vault of Horror I
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
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The Boys Next Door
Jack Palmer
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Pocahontas: The Legend
Sir Edwin Wingfield
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Traces of Red
Steve Frayn
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Reckless
Tom
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The Substance of Fire
Aaron Geldhart
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The Godfather of Green Bay
Big Jake Norquist
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Trouble on the Corner
Jeff Stewart
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Gaby: A True Story
David
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The Last Word
Stan
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Dark Holiday
Ken Horton
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Love Matters
Geoffrey
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Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Reader
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The Last Mile
Scott
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Taking the Heat
Michael
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Iran: Days of Crisis
Jody Powell
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Ghosts Never Sleep
Jared Dolan
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Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
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