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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 …
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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.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's Filmography
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COLECTIVO: The First Year
as Self
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
as Self
A Spark Into A Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop
as Himself
No Poster
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
as Self
Satisfied
as Self
Hamilton
as Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
as Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
In The Room: Leigh Sales with Lin-Manuel Miranda
as Self - Guest
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self - Host
Broadway Rising
as Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Doctor
Platinum Party at the Palace
as Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
as Self
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
as Self
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Diner Manager (uncredited)
Vivo
as Vivo (voice)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Artist
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
In the Heights
as Piragüero
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
Celebrating America
as Self
The Candlenights 2020 Special
as Self
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Self
An Evening with Alan Menken
as Himself
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
as Self
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
as Self
The Skywalker Legacy
as Self
El accidente feliz
as Himself
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
as Self
Siempre, Luis
as Self
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Soldier (uncredited)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
as Cactus (voice)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)
Mary Poppins Returns
as Jack
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
as Self
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
as Self
Rock Rubber 45s
as Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
as Self
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Speech & Debate
as The Genie
Residente
as Himself
Millennials: The Musical
as Self
Moana
as Additional Voices (voice)
Hamilton's America
as Self
No Poster
Crossing the Line to Broadway
as Self (Music and Lyrics)
This American Life: Live at BAM
as Narrator
200 Cartas
as Raul
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Reggie
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
Celebrity Habla
as Self
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
as Self
Britney: For the Record
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
No Poster
Merrily We Roll Along
No Poster