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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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American songwriter and composer (born 1980)
Film & TV
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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,…
Known for
- You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self2026
- A Spark Into A Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop — Himself2026
- Saturday Night's Main Event XLV — Self2026
- Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America — Michael Finney2026
- Satisfied — Self2025
- Hamilton — Alexander Hamilton2025
- Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution — Self2025
- A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self2025
- Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread — Self2025
- Disney Legends Award Ceremony — Self - Honoree2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1980-01-16 ) January 16, 1980 (age 46) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Wesleyan University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Songwriter actor filmmaker librettist
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Vanessa Nadal ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
- Parents
- Luis A. Miranda Jr. (father) Luz Towns-Miranda (mother)
- Relatives
- José Miranda (cousin) Eduardo Cabra (cousin) Residente (cousin)
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- linmanuel .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Miranda
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Encanto
- Genre
- musical
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Walt Disney Records
- Official website
- linmanuel.com
- Image
- Lin-Manuel Miranda & James McAvoy (48383681926) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Manhattan
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- date of birth
- 1980-01-16
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Lin-Manuel Miranda
- social media followers
- 3502012
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Lin-Manuel Miranda (/mænˈwɛl/ man-WELL; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, filmmaker 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, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. He received the Kennedy Center Honor 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 Theater 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, as well as starring in the musical Hamilton, which was praised by critics and became a popular culture phenomenon. Hamilton won the Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for a record 16 Tonys and won 11, including Miranda's first win for the 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.
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