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| Born | Anthony Howard Goldwyn (1960-05-20)May 20, 1960 (age 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor and director. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher filmFriday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and had his breakthrough starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller filmGhost (1990), which earned him a nomination for theSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star asHarold Nixon in the biographical filmNixon (1995), earning him aSAG Award nomination, and asNeil Armstrong in theHBO miniseriesFrom the Earth to the Moon (1998).
Goldwyn voiced thetitular character in theDisney animated filmTarzan (1999). He portrayed Colonel Bagley inThe Last Samurai (2003), Johnathon "John" Collingwood in the horror filmThe Last House on the Left (2009), Andrew Prior in theDivergent film series (2014–2015), and Paul Cohen inKing Richard (2021), the latter netting him a second SAG Award nomination. He starred as President Fitzgerald Grant III onScandal (2012–18) while he was also directing a number of episodes, for which he won aPeabody Award. Since 2024, he has starred asDistrict Attorney Nicholas Baxter onLaw & Order.
Tony Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actressJennifer Howard and film producerSamuel Goldwyn Jr.. Goldwyn's paternal grandparents were film mogulSamuel Goldwyn, a Polish Jewish immigrant fromWarsaw, and actressFrances Howard, who was originally fromNebraska.[2][citation needed] His maternal grandparents were playwrightSidney Howard and actressClare Eames. One of his maternal great-great-grandfathers wasMaryland governor and senatorWilliam T. Hamilton.[3]
Goldwyn attendedHamilton College inClinton, New York,Brandeis University inWaltham, Massachusetts (where he received hisBachelor of Fine Arts degree), and theLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4] He additionally studied acting atHB Studio in New York City.[5]
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Following his departure from drama school, Goldwyn began acting in guest star roles in the mid-1980s. Goldwyn had his breakthrough role in playing Carl Bruner, friend-turned-betrayer ofPatrick Swayze's character Sam Wheat, in the fantasy thrillerGhost.[7][8] It was the highest grossing film of 1990[9] and the most rented videocassette of 1991.[10] For his performance, Goldwyn was nominated for theSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.[11] Goldwyn appeared in the comedy seriesDesigning Women, in which he played a young interior designer namedKendall Dobbs, an HIV-positive man dying fromAIDS who asked the women of Sugarbakers to design his funeral.[12][13] In theHBO miniseriesFrom the Earth to the Moon, Goldwyn playedastronautNeil Armstrong, commander ofApollo 11. He also voiced thetitle character in the 1999 animated feature filmTarzan, which was produced byWalt Disney Feature Animation and grossed over $400 million.[14][15][16] He reprised the role in the video gamesTarzan: Untamed andKingdom Hearts.
Goldwyn had a recurring role on the NBC-Universal dramaLaw & Order: Criminal Intent as Frank Goren, brother of lead characterRobert Goren, played byVincent D'Onofrio.[17] He also did acting and directing duties for the first season ofDexter for Showtime (brotherJohn Goldwyn is executive producer).[18][19] As a stage actor Goldwyn has appeared twice inOff-Broadway shows atSecond Stage Theatre and on Broadway atCircle in the Square Theatre. At Second Stage Theatre he appeared inTheresa Rebeck'sSpike Heels (1992) alongsideKevin Bacon andJulie White. In the summer of 2006 at Second Stage Theatre he starred oppositeKate Burton in another Rebeck play,The Water's Edge. Goldwyn played J. D. Sheldrake, the philandering business executive, in the Broadway musicalPromises, Promises, starringSean Hayes andKristin Chenoweth.[20] The cast recording was released on June 23, 2010, with Goldwyn on three tracks.[21][22]
Goldwyn playedCaptain von Trapp (oppositeLaura Osnes as Maria) in a concert performance ofThe Sound of Music atCarnegie Hall on April 25, 2012. The benefit included opera singerStephanie Blythe as the Mother Abbess,Brooke Shields as Baroness Schraeder, andPatrick Page as Max.[23] As a director Goldwyn has done four feature films,A Walk on the Moon,[24]Someone Like You,The Last Kiss, andConviction.[25] He has also directed many episodes of television series such asWithout a Trace,The L Word,Dexter,Law & Order: Criminal Intent,Grey's Anatomy, andScandal. In 2014, he directed the pilot episode of theWE tv seriesThe Divide, for which he also served as executive producer along with Oscar-nominated screenwriterRichard LaGravenese.[26] Goldwyn starred as President Fitzgerald Grant III in theABC legal/political dramaScandal from 2012 to 2018.[27][28] In 2013 Goldwyn was cast in the Lifetime original filmOutlaw Prophet asWarren Jeffs.[29] In 2014, he appeared inDivergent as Andrew Prior, Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and Tris' (Shailene Woodley) father. In 2015, he signed on to star inJames Gunn's horror thriller filmThe Belko Experiment.[30] In June 2018, Goldwyn was cast as Ben Lefevre in theNetflix supernatural seriesChambers.[31] On 20 January 2021, during theinauguration of Joe Biden, Goldwyn was the host of the Virtual Parade Across America aired on television networks, organized by the Biden Inaugural Committee. Also in 2021, Goldwyn appeared inKing Richard, which was acclaimed and earned several accolades.[32][33][34][35][36][37] In 2023, Goldwyn playedTheodore Roosevelt in anAudibleaudiobook recording of the autobiography ofAlice Roosevelt Longworth,[38] and had a supporting role inChristopher Nolan'sOppenheimer.[39] In 2024, Goldwyn joined the cast ofLaw & Order, portraying Manhattan District Attorney Nicholas Baxter.[40]
Goldwyn has been married to Jane Michelle Musky, a production designer, since 1987.[41] They have two daughters.[42]
Goldwyn's brotherJohn is a former executive ofParamount Pictures and the executive producer ofDexter. His brother Peter is also a film producer and the current President ofSamuel Goldwyn Films. A former president of theCreative Coalition, Goldwyn is also heavily involved with arts advocacy. He is a spokesperson of theAmeriCares Foundation.
Goldwyn was an avid supporter ofHillary Clinton and in 2016 directed a commercial featuring hisScandal co-starKerry Washington as well asViola Davis,Ellen Pompeo, andShonda Rhimes to supportClinton's presidential campaign. Goldwyn also serves as an ambassador forThe Innocence Project, a non-profit organization that works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted and reform the criminal justice system,[43] and on the Board of Governors for theMotion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF).[44]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | St. Elsewhere | Henry | Episode: "Schwarzwald" |
| Matlock | Dr. Mark Campion | Episode: "The Doctors" | |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Paul | Episode: "Mabel and Max" | |
| Designing Women | Kendall | Episode: "Killing All the Right People" | |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | Chris Arnett | Episode: "Fetus Completus" |
| Hunter | Byron | Episode: "Murder He Wrote" | |
| Favorite Son | Tim | Miniseries | |
| Murphy Brown | Bobby Powell | Episode: "Respect" | |
| 1989 | Dark Holiday | Ken Horton | Television film |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Dr. Carl Fairbanks | Episode: "Abra Cadaver" |
| L'Amérique en otage | Jody Powell | Television film | |
| 1992 | The Last Mile | Scott | Short |
| 1993 | Taking the Heat | Michael | Television film |
| Love Matters | Geoffrey | ||
| 1994 | Doomsday Gun | Donald Duvall | |
| 1995 | Under Fire | James Warren | Pilot |
| A Woman of Independent Means | Robert Steed | Miniseries | |
| Truman | Clark Clifford | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Jack Palmer | |
| 1997 | The Song of the Lark | Fred Ottenburg | Short |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Neil Armstrong | Miniseries |
| 2001 | Frasier | Roger | Episode: "Love Stinks" |
| American Masters | Himself | Episode: "Goldwyn The Man and His Movies" | |
| 2004–2005 | The L Word | Burr Connor | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles | |
| 2006 | Dexter | Dr. Emmett Meridian | Episode: "Shrink Wrap" |
| 2007–2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Frank Goren | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Henry Baxter | Episode: "Lifeguard" |
| 2011 | Drop Dead Diva | Alan Roberts | Episode: "Closure" |
| 2012 | The Unknown | Bill Watson | Episode: "Spare the Child" |
| 2012–2018 | Scandal | President Fitzgerald Grant III | Main role |
| 2014 | Outlaw Prophet | Warren Jeffs | Television film |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Bus Driver | Episode: "Special: Full Frontal Election Documentary" |
| 2019 | Chambers | Ben Lefevre | Main role |
| Blue Sky Metropolis | Narrator | Miniseries | |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Samuel Braithwhite | Episode: "Whitey's on the Moon" |
| 2021 | The Hot Zone: Anthrax | Bruce Edwards Ivins | 6 episodes[52] |
| 2024–2025 | Hacks | Bob Lipka | 4 episodes |
| 2024–present | Law & Order | DA Nicholas Baxter | Main role (seasons 23–present) |
| 2025 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 4 episodes |
| Year | Title | Voice role |
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| 1999 | Tarzan | Tarzan[45] |
| 2001 | Tarzan: Untamed | |
| 2002 | Kingdom Hearts |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1999 | A Walk on the Moon | Also producer |
| 2001 | Someone like You | |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Episode: "American Goddess" |
| 2004–2005 | The L Word | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | 2 episodes: Episode: "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" (S01 E03) and "Damage Case" (S02 E24) |
| The Last Kiss | ||
| Law & Order | Episode: "Thinking Makes It So" | |
| 2006–2007 | Dexter | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Episode: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor..." |
| Six Degrees | Episode: "Ray's Back" | |
| Kidnapped | Episode: "Acknowledgement" | |
| Alibi | ||
| Dirty Sexy Money | Episode: "The Nutcracker" | |
| 2010 | Conviction | Also producer |
| Damages | Episode: "Flight's at 11:08" | |
| 2010–2012 | Justified | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Hawthorne | Episode: "To Tell the Truth" |
| 2012–2018 | Scandal | 9 episodes |
| 2014 | The Divide | 2 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2019 | Chambers | Episode: "In the Gloaming" |
| 2023 | Ezra | Also producer |
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Grifters | Jim Thompson |
| 1992 | Tenth Commandment | Lawrence Sanders |
| 2000 | Dead Irish (Dismas Hardy Series #1) | John Lescroart |
| 2005 | The Millionaires | Brad Meltzer |
| 2007 | The Devil in the White City | Erik Larson |
| A Death in Vienna | Daniel Silva | |
| Kate Remembered | A. Scott Berg | |
| 2008 | Thunderstruck | Erik Larson |
| 2023 | Crowded Hours: The True Story of Alice Roosevelt and America’s First Political Dynasty | Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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| 1988 | Tom Jones | Tom Jones | |
| 1989 | The Sum of Us | Jeff | |
| 1990 | Carthaginians | Hark | |
| 1991 | Picnic | Hal Carter | |
| 1992 | Spike Heels | Andrew | Second Stage Theater |
| 1994 | Lady in the Dark | Charley Johnson | New York City Center |
| 1995–1996 | Holiday | Johnny Case | Circle in the Square Theatre |
| 2006 | The Water's Edge | Richard | Second Stage Theater |
| 2010–2011 | Promises, Promises | J. D. Sheldrake | Broadway Theatre |
| 2010 | 24 Hour Plays Broadway | Performer | |
| Broadway Backwards 5 | |||
| 2012 | The Sound of Music | Captain von Trapp | Carnegie Hall |
| 2018 | Network | Max Schumacher | Belasco Theatre |
| 2020 | The Inheritance | Henry Wilcox | Ethel Barrymore Theatre |
| Year | Title | Album | Notes |
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| 2010 | "Wanting Things" | Promises, Promises | |
| "Christmas Day" | feat. Ashley Amber | ||
| "It's Our Little Secret" | feat. Sean Hayes |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1991 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ghost | Nominated |
| 1996 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nixon | |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Film Festival | Philadelphia Film Festival for Audience Award — Honorable Mention | Conviction | Won |
| 2013 | Peabody Awards | Excellence in Radio and Television | Scandal | |
| 2014 | Prism Awards | Performance in a Drama Series | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Ensemble | King Richard | |
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | |||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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