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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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order
Nicholas Baxter
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Dexter
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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One Battle After Another
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The Good Wife
Judge Henry Baxter
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Frasier
Roger
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
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The View
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Scandal
President Fitzgerald Grant
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Without a Trace
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Sherri
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L.A. Law
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The L Word
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Drop Dead Diva
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Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
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Hunter
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Murphy Brown
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Divergent
Andrew Prior
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From the Earth to the Moon
Neil Armstrong
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Tarzan
Tarzan (voice)
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Ghost
Carl Bruner
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The Last Samurai
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Designing Women
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Insurgent
Andrew Prior
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The Mechanic
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Lovecraft Country
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Bounce
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Iran: Days of Crisis
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Reckless
Tom
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King Richard
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Pocahontas: The Legend
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Romance & Cigarettes
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Vault of Horror I
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Harold Nixon
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The Pelican Brief
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The Lesser Evil
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The 6th Day
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Kiss the Girls
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Darren
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The Belko Experiment
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
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Ghosts Never Sleep
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A Woman of Independent Means
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Love Matters
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
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The Last Word
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Traces of Red
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An American Rhapsody
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All I Wish
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The Boys Next Door
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Blue Sky Metropolis
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The Last Tattoo
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Ash Tuesday
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
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Billion Dollar Spy
Burton Gerber
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Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
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The Substance of Fire
Aaron Geldhart
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Gaby: A True Story
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Taking the Heat
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The Sisters
Vincent Antonelli
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Trouble on the Corner
Jeff Stewart
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Dark Holiday
Ken Horton
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
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The Last Mile
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The Godfather of Green Bay
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Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
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but i'm here too
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