Lin-Manuel Miranda

LinManuel 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 and five Grammy Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards He received the Kennedy Centre Honour 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 Theatre 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 and starring in the musical Hamilton which was praised by critics and became a widespread cultural phenomenon Hamilton won the Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for a record 16 Tonys and 11 including Mirandas first win for  Best Book of a Musical The Hamilton cast recording spent 10 weeks atop Billboards Top Rap Albums chart and became the eleventhbiggest album of the 2010s A frequent collaborator of the Walt Disney Company Miranda has written original songs for the studio He won two Oscar nominations for How Far Ill Go Dos Oruguitas from Moana and Encanto Encantos song We Dont Talk About Bruno  broke various records It marked Mirandas first numberone song on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles charts He starred as Jack in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns 2018 for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe For his performance in the Disney live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020 he received a Golden Globe  Primetime Emmy nomination Miranda debuted as a film director with Tick TickBoom His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company 20092010 and His Dark Materials 20192022 Miranda hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016 and had a guest role on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2018 he was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy He has been politically active on behalf of Puerto Rico Miranda met with politicians in 2016 to speak out in favour of debt relief for Puerto Rico  raised funds for rescue efforts and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in 2017 Description above from the Wikipedia article LinManuel Miranda licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia