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Lin-Manuel Miranda

1980-01-16 (44 years old) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

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Satisfied
0 %|Jun 15, 2024
Documentary, Music
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
95 %|Dec 21, 2023
Music, Documentary, Family
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Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
71 %|Dec 28, 2022
Music, Documentary
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Broadway Rising
72 %|Dec 5, 2022
Documentary
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
67 %|Sep 8, 2022
Music, Comedy, Crime
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Platinum Party at the Palace
60 %|Jun 4, 2022
Music
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Keeping Company with Sondheim
90 %|May 27, 2022
Documentary, Music
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Betty White: A Celebration
80 %|Jan 17, 2022
Documentary
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
0 %|Nov 20, 2021
Music, Documentary
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tick, tick... BOOM!
76 %|Nov 11, 2021
Drama, Music
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Vivo
73 %|Jul 30, 2021
Animation, Family, Comedy
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In the Heights
72 %|Jun 10, 2021
Drama, Romance
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Roll Up Your Sleeves
75 %|Apr 18, 2021
Documentary, TV Movie
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Celebrating America
60 %|Jan 20, 2021
TV Movie, Documentary
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The Candlenights 2020 Special
0 %|Dec 19, 2020
Comedy, Family
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
82 %|Oct 15, 2020
Drama, TV Movie, Documentary
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Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
70 %|Jul 10, 2020
Documentary
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Hamilton
82 %|Jul 3, 2020
History, Drama
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Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
50 %|Apr 14, 2020
Family
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The Skywalker Legacy
77 %|Mar 18, 2020
Documentary
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The Happy Accident
0 %|Feb 13, 2020
Documentary
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We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
74 %|Jan 28, 2020
Documentary
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Siempre, Luis
74 %|Jan 25, 2020
Documentary
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
63 %|Dec 18, 2019
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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On Broadway
87 %|Oct 12, 2019
Documentary
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
69 %|Aug 23, 2019
Documentary
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My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
71 %|Aug 10, 2019
Comedy
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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
66 %|Jan 8, 2019
Documentary, TV Movie
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Mary Poppins Returns
65.13 %|Dec 13, 2018
Fantasy, Family, Comedy
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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
0 %|Nov 28, 2018
Family, Music, TV Movie
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Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
62 %|Nov 22, 2018
Documentary
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Rock Rubber 45s
0 %|Jun 29, 2018
Documentary
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
60 %|Mar 28, 2018
Music, Documentary
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Broadway: The Next Generation
100 %|Nov 16, 2017
TV Movie, Documentary
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Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
67 %|May 9, 2017
Documentary
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Speech & Debate
60 %|Apr 7, 2017
Comedy, Drama
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Residente
68 %|Mar 11, 2017
Music, Documentary
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Millennials: The Musical
68 %|Nov 29, 2016
Comedy
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Moana
76 %|Oct 13, 2016
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Animation
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Hamilton's America
68 %|Oct 1, 2016
Documentary
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Crossing the Line to Broadway
70 %|Aug 1, 2015
Comedy, Documentary, Music
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This American Life: Live at BAM
81 %|Jun 20, 2014
Comedy, Drama, Music
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21 Chump Street
83 %|Jun 20, 2014
Music, Drama, Comedy
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200 Cartas
62 %|Jun 14, 2013
Romance, Comedy
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The Polar Bears
63 %|Dec 31, 2012
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
70 %|Aug 15, 2012
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
0 %|Nov 15, 2011
Music, Documentary
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Celebrity Habla
0 %|Sep 25, 2009
Documentary
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Britney: For the Record
74 %|Nov 30, 2008
Music, Documentary
actor
The Making Of
0 %|Invalid Date
Romance, Drama

Series

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
74.07 %|Dec 19, 2023
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
74.07 %|Dec 19, 2023
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family
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Jam Van
0 %|Jan 19, 2023
Animation, Kids
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Take 5 with Zan Rowe
30 %|Sep 20, 2022
Talk
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We the People
67 %|Jul 4, 2021
Animation, Kids
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Song Exploder
78 %|Oct 2, 2020
Documentary
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Dear...
50 %|Jun 5, 2020
Documentary
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Some Good News
63 %|Mar 29, 2020
News, Talk, Comedy
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Stars in the House
0 %|Mar 16, 2020
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His Dark Materials
79.06 %|Nov 3, 2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Bluey
86.13 %|Oct 1, 2018
Animation, Kids, Comedy
actor
Bartlett
0 %|Jan 30, 2018
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Big Mouth
76.96 %|Sep 29, 2017
Comedy, Animation
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DuckTales
78 %|Aug 12, 2017
Family, Comedy, Animation
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DuckTales
78 %|Aug 12, 2017
Family, Comedy, Animation
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DuckTales
78 %|Aug 12, 2017
Family, Comedy, Animation
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Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings
72 %|May 7, 2017
Documentary
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My Brother, My Brother and Me
85 %|Feb 23, 2017
Comedy
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One Day at a Time
79 %|Jan 6, 2017
Comedy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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BoJack Horseman
85.58999999999999 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
78.91 %|Apr 27, 2014
Talk, Comedy, News
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
82.2 %|Sep 17, 2013
Comedy, Crime
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Drunk History
68 %|Jul 9, 2013
Comedy, Talk
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Do No Harm
62 %|Jan 31, 2013
Drama
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Smash
66 %|Feb 6, 2012
Drama
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Billy on the Street
66 %|Dec 18, 2011
Comedy
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Conan
70 %|Nov 8, 2010
Talk, Comedy, News
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Modern Family
79 %|Sep 23, 2009
Comedy
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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How I Met Your Mother
81.59 %|Sep 19, 2005
Comedy
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House
85.91 %|Nov 16, 2004
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
80 %|Oct 15, 2000
Comedy
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The Sopranos
86 %|Jan 10, 1999
Drama
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Charlie Rose
56 %|Sep 30, 1991
Talk
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Kids' Choice Awards
88 %|Jan 18, 1987
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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Tony Awards
50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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Tony Awards
50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953