Lin-Manuel Miranda Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the first incarnation of "In the Heights" his sophomore year at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Off-Broadway, "In The Heights" received nine Drama Desk nominations, including best music, best lyrics, and it won the award for outstanding ensemble performance; received the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle ...
Hunter College High School, Wesleyan University, We Know the Way, Alexander Hamilton, My Shot
Nationality
American
Spouse
Vanessa Nadal
Children
Sebastian Miranda
Parents
Luz Towns-Miranda, Luis A. Miranda, Jr.
Siblings
Luz Miranda-Crespo
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Original Score, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music, Drama De...
Movies
Speech & Debate, Looking for Maria Sanchez, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Little Mermaid, The Polar Bears
TV Shows
Do No Harm
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Trademark
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Incorporates rapping in his speeches
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Witty personality
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Quote
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[Miranda's February 15, 2016, acceptance speech (in the form of a freestyle rap) after winning a a Grammy for Best Musical Theater album for "Hamilton: An American Musical] We write music, we write songs to tell the story. Whether you're King, Kendrick, or Jeanine Tesori. I'm sorry if I start screaming these thanks hysterically: John Buzzetti, Tim Latham, Tom Coyne and Derek Lee. Tommy Kail set the stage to kick our boots through. Bill Sherman, Quest, and Tariq, the whole Roots crew. Sean at Warner Chapel, Riggs and Craig at Atlantic. Lacamoire my right-hand man. This frantic Hispanic is non-stop. The best idea goes in the pot. The cast unstoppable; the band is unbeatable; inimitable, inevitable, always inspiring me to pull through. Vanessa, Angie, Illie, Ellie, we adore you. Sebastian, daddy's bringing home a Grammy for you!
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[Miranda's June 12, 2016, acceptance speech (in the form of a sonnet) after winning a Best Score Tony Award for "Hamilton: An American Musical." The speech was a tribute to the almost fifty people who had been murdered earlier that day in an attack on a gay club in Orlando, Florida.] My wife's the reason anything gets done. She nudges me towards promise by degrees. She is a perfect symphony of one. Our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us / Until they're finished songs and start to play When senseless acts of tragedy remind us / That nothing here is promised, not one day. This show is proof that history remembers / We lived through times when hate and fear seemed stronger; We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa's symphony, Eliza tells her story. Now fill the world with music, love and pride.
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[Miranda's June 15, 2008, acceptance speech (in the form of a freestyle rap) after winning a Best Score Tony Award for "In the Heights." The speech contained a reference to an earlier piece of musical theater, Stephen Sondheim's 1984 show Sunday in the Park with George--specifically, its song "Finishing the Hat," in which an artist relates the difficulties of creating art and balancing his personal life to the act of painting a hat.] I used to dream about this moment, now I'm in it. Tell the conductor to hold the baton a minute. I'll start with Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman; Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, and Jill Furman. Quiara, for keeping the pages turning. Tommy Kail for keeping the engine burning. For being so discerning through every all-nighter. Dr. Herbert for telling me, "You're a writer." I have to thank Andy Blank for every spank. Matter of fact, thank John Buzzetti for every drink. Thank the cast and crew for having each other's backs, son. I don't know about God but I believe in Chris Jackson. I don't know what else I got, I'm off the dome. I know I wrote a little show about home. Mr. Sondheim, look, I made a hat! Where there never was a hat! It's a Latin hat at that! Mom, Dad, and Cita, I wrote a play! Y'all came to every play. Thanks for being here today. Vanessa, who still leaves me breathless; thanks for loving me when I was broke and making breakfast And with that, I want to thank all my Latino people: this is for Abuelo Wisin and Puerto Rico! Thank you!
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[re favorite episode of The Twilight Zone (1959)] Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that "I'm the only one sane in the world" character. What "Twilight Zone" did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil. In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.
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Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.
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Fact
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Amanda Green (Lyricist); Tom Kitt (Music) and he were awarded the 2012 Back Stage Garland Award for Adaptation for "Bring It On: The Musical," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Amanda Green (Lyricist); Tom Kitt (Music) and he were awarded the 2012 Back Stage Garland Award for Musical Score for "Bring It On: The Musical," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Miranda won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing the book, music, and lyrics for Hamilton: An American Musical. The citation read, "A landmark American musical about the gifted and self-destructive founding father whose story becomes both contemporary and irresistible." Since the drama Pulitzer was first awarded in 1918, it has only been given to a musical nine times; the musicals before Hamilton to win a Pulitzer were: George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing (opened in 1931; awarded in 1932), Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (opened in 1949; awarded in 1950), Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's Fiorello! (opened in 1959; awarded in 1960), Frank Loesser's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (opened in 1961; awarded in 1962), Marvin Hamlisch, Ed Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante's A Chorus Line (opened in 1975; awarded in 1976), Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George (opened in 1984; awarded in 1985), Jonathan Larson's Rent (workshopped in 1993; opened and awarded in 1996), and Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's Next to Normal (opened in 2008; awarded in 2010).
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Was awarded a MacArthur "genius grant" on September 29, 2015.
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Miranda and his wife, Vanessa Nadal-Miranda, welcomed their first child, a son named Sebastian, on November 10, 2014.
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Completely rhymed his Tony acceptance speech for original score (Music or Lyrics) for "In the Heights" in 2008.
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Won the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) for "In the Heights" in 2008.
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Was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a leading actor in a musical in 2008.
lyrics: "In the Heights", "Breathe", "Benny's Dispatch", "It Won't Be Long Now", "Inutil", "No Me Diga", "96,000", "Paciencia Y Fe Patience & Faith", "When You're Home", "Piragua", "The Club", "Blackout", "Sunrise", "Hundreds of Stories", "Enough", "Carnaval Del Barrio", "Atencion", "Alabanza", "Everything I Know", "Piragua Reprise", "Champagne", "When The Sun Goes Down", "Finale" / music: "In the Heights", "Breathe", "Benny's Dispatch", "It Won't Be Long Now", "Inutil", "No Me Diga", "96,000",
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2016 performer - 1 episode, 2016
Moana
2016/I
lyrics: "Where You Are", "How Far I'll Go", "We Know The Way", "How Far I'll Go Reprise", "You're Welcome", "Shiny", "I Am Moana Song Of The Ancestors", "Know Who You Are", "We Know The Way Finale" / music: "Where You Are", "How Far I'll Go", "How Far I'll Go Reprise", "You're Welcome", "Shiny", "I Am Moana Song Of The Ancestors", "Know Who You Are" / performer: "We Know The Way", "We Know The Way Finale", "You're Welcome Jordan Fisher/Lin-Manuel Miranda Version" / writer: "How Far I'll Go Aless
Saturday Night Live
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015
writer: "Jabba Flow", "Dobra Doompa"
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Bigger!", "It's All Happening", "New York State of Mind" / music: "It's All Happening"
Good Morning, Texas
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The 65th Annual Tony Awards
2011
TV Special writer: "Closing Number"
KTLA Morning News
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2010 music - 1 episode, 2010
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2009
TV Special lyrics: "The Rumble Tonight"
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
TV Special lyrics: "96.000" / music: "96.000" / performer: "96.000"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Heights
announced
The Little Mermaid
announced
Moana
2016/I
original songs by
The Electric Company
2006
TV Series 2009
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moana
2016/I
original songs by
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015
composer: additional music
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
TV Movie documentary composer: closing number / composer: opening number
Freestyle Love Supreme
2012
TV Movie composer: additional music / lyrics
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Heights
producer announced
The Kingkiller Chronicle
producer announced
The Little Mermaid
producer announced
Hamilton's America
2016
TV Movie documentary executive producer
Clayton's Friends
1996
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
This American Life: One Night Only at BAM
2014
Video
Clayton's Friends
1996
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Clayton's Friends
1996
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Clayton's Friends
1996
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: The Next Generation
2018
Documentary filming
Himself
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition
2016
TV Series
Himself
Drunk History
2016
TV Series
Himself - Narrator
Made in Hollywood
2016
TV Series
Himself
Good Morning America
2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The View
2016
TV Series
Himself
Conan
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Insider
2016
TV Series
Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2016
TV Series
Himself
Extra
2016
TV Series
Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Saturday Night Live
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host / Dustin Henderson / Various
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest / ...
Today
2016
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Entertainment Tonight
2016
TV Series
Himself
Broadway.com 2016 Tony Awards Special
2016
TV Movie
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Williams
2016
TV Movie
Himself
60 Minutes
2015-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Composer (segment "Hamilton") / Himself - Playwright (segment "Hamilton")
Live from the Red Carpet: The 2016 Tony Awards
2016
TV Movie
Himself
The 70th Annual Tony Awards
2016
TV Special
Himself - Winner
Jeopardy!
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself - Video Clue Presenter
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Tony Beat
2016
TV Series
Himself
Rachael Ray
2016
TV Series
Himself
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2016
TV Series
Himself
Inside Amy Schumer
2016
TV Series
Himself
CBS This Morning
2016
TV Series
Himself - Co-Author, Hamilton: The Revolution
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Performer and Winner
38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
2015
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
PBS NewsHour
2015
TV Series
Himself
CBS News Sunday Morning
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Playwright
Charlie Rose
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Freestyle Love Supreme: Pivot
2014
TV Movie
Himself
2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Co-Winner: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
The Broadway.com Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself
Spotlight on Broadway
2013
TV Series
Himself
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Smash
2013
TV Series
Himself
The 56th Annual Obie Awards
2011
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
West Side Story: A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy
2011
Documentary short
Himself
Show People with Paul Wontorek
2010
TV Series
Himself
Good Day L.A.
2010
TV Series
Himself
So You Think You Can Dance
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Electric Company
2009-2010
TV Series
Himself
Side by Side by Susan Blackwell
2010
TV Series
Himself
Celebrity Habla
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2009
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: West Side Story
Great Performances
2009
TV Series
Himself
Britney: For the Record
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Actor / Co-Creator, 'In the Heights'
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
TV Special
Himself - Performer, Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Musical & Winner: Best Score
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hamilton's America
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Extra
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Insider
2016
TV Series
Himself
Entertainment Tonight
2016
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Composer (segment "Hamilton")
Charlie Rose
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013)
2009
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Musical Theater Album
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Wilde Artist of the Year
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2016
HMMA Award
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
Best Original Score - Animated Film
Moana (2016)
2016
HMMA Award
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
Best Original Song - Animated Film
Moana (2016)
2014
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Original Song
Sesame Street (1969)
Known for movies
Moana (2016) as Composer
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) as Music Department
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) as Reggie
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008) as Himself - Performer, Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Musical & Winner: Best Score
$10 Million
