Tony Goldwyn
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Biography
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.
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Known For
Without a Trace
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Hallmark Hall of Fame
L.A. Law
Dexter
Matlock
The Good Wife
Frasier
Hacks
Drop Dead Diva
From the Earth to the Moon
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The L Word
Hunter
Tales from the Crypt
St. Elsewhere
Who Do You Think You Are?
Murphy Brown
Lovecraft Country
Law & Order
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Insurgent
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Nixon
Oppenheimer
Abandon
Murder Mystery 2
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
A Woman of Independent Means
Scandal
Doomsday Gun
Divergent
King Richard
The Pelican Brief
Kiss the Girls
The Mechanic
The Last Samurai
Ghost
The 6th Day
Chambers
Plane
An American Rhapsody
The Belko Experiment
The Last House on the Left
Tarzan
Production Credits
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