Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • Birthday: 1980-01-16
  • Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, USA
  • Also know as: 林-曼努尔·米兰达

Biography

Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He was a songwriter for Moana (2016) and Encanto (2021). He also starred in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Miranda's awards include a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards. Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which premiered on Broadway in 2008. For this work, he won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score, the show's cast album won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the show won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Miranda was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in the show's lead role. Miranda prepared Spanish translations used in the 2009 Broadway production of West Side Story and was co-composer and lyricist for Bring It On the Musical, which played on Broadway in 2012. His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company (2009–2010) and Do No Harm (2013). He hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016. Among other film work, Miranda contributed music and vocals for a scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Miranda also wrote the book, music and lyrics for another Broadway musical, Hamilton. The show earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, of which it won 11, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book. For his performance in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The Hamilton cast recording spent ten weeks atop Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart in 2015, while The Hamilton Mixtape, an album of covers of songs from the musical, developed by and featuring Miranda, reached number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in December 2016.

Filmography

200 Cartas

2013

As Raul

The Polar Bears

2012

As Jak

21 Chump Street

2014

As Narrator

Rock Rubber 45s

2018

As Self

Hamilton

2020

As Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton's America

2016

As Self

Vivo

2021

As Vivo (voice)

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

2022

As Host - Self

Crossing the Line to Broadway

2015

As himself (Music and Lyrics)

Residente

2017

As Himself

Britney: For the Record

2008

As Himself

Siempre, Luis

2020

As Self

The Happy Accident

2020

As Himself

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

2019

As Cactus (voice)

Celebrity Habla

2009

As Self

Millennials: The Musical

2016

As Himself

Celebrating America

2021

As Self

Moana

2016

As Additional Voices (voice)

In the Heights

2021

As Piragüero

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

2019

As Lin-Manuel Miranda (archive footage)

Broadway Rising

2022

As Self

Speech & Debate

2017

As The Genie

On Broadway

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

As Soldier (uncredited)

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2021

As Diner Manager (uncredited)

Production

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2021

As Director

Hamilton's America

2016

As Executive Producer

Millennials: The Musical

2016

As Producer

The Little Mermaid

2023

As Producer

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2021

As Producer

In the Heights

2021

As Producer

Neptune Frost

2022

As Executive Producer

Hamilton

2020

As Producer

Vivo

2021

As Executive Producer

Moana

2016

As Songs

Vivo

2021

As Music

21 Chump Street

2014

As Original Music Composer

In the Heights

2021

As Songs

In the Heights

2021

As Original Music Composer

Encanto

2021

As Songs

Hamilton

2020

As Songs

Vivo

2021

As Songs

Hamilton

2020

As Music Arranger

21 Chump Street

2014

As Writer

21 Chump Street

2014

As Lyricist

In the Heights

2021

As Lyricist

In the Heights

2021

As Musical

In the Heights

2021

As Idea

Hamilton

2020

As Musical

Encanto

2021

As Story

The Little Mermaid

2023

As Lyricist

Hamilton

2020

As Lyricist

Hamilton

2020

As Writer

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