Tony Goldwyn
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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Billion Dollar Spy
as Burton Gerber
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
as Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
One Battle After Another
as Virgil Throckmorton
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest
Ezra
as Bruce
Murder Mystery 2
as Silverfox
Plane
as Scarsdale
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Dr. Goulding
Sherri
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
King Richard
as Paul Cohen
but i'm here too
as Him
Hacks
as Bob Lipka
Lovecraft Country
as Samuel Braithwhite
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Blue Sky Metropolis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hot Zone
as Bruce Ivins
Chambers
as Ben Lefevre
All I Wish
as Adam
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Ed Miller
The Belko Experiment
as Barry Norris
Insurgent
as Andrew Prior
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
as Warren Jeffs
Divergent
as Andrew
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Scandal
as President Fitzgerald Grant
The Mechanic
as Dean Sanderson
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
The Good Wife
as Judge Henry Baxter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Drop Dead Diva
as Alan Roberts
The Last House on the Left
as John Collingwood
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
Romance & Cigarettes
as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
American Gun
as Frank
The Sisters
as Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay
as Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep
as Jared Dolan
The L Word
as Burr Connor
Working Shakespeare
as Unknown
Ash Tuesday
as Elliott
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Abandon
as David Schaffer
Without a Trace
as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
Joshua
as Joshua
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Frank Goren
An American Rhapsody
as Peter
The 6th Day
as Michael Drucker
Bounce
as Greg Janello
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nicholas Baxter
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
as Self
Tarzan
as Tarzan (voice)
The Lesser Evil
as Frank
From the Earth to the Moon
as Neil Armstrong
Trouble on the Corner
as Jeff Stewart
Kiss the Girls
as Dr. Will Rudolph
The View
as Self - Guest
The Substance of Fire
as Aaron Geldhart
The Boys Next Door
as Jack Palmer
Nixon
as Harold Nixon
Reckless
as Tom
Truman
as Clark Clifford
The Last Word
as Stan
Pocahontas: The Legend
as Sir Edwin Wingfield
A Woman of Independent Means
as Robert Steed
Doomsday Gun
as Duvall
Vault of Horror I
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
The Last Tattoo
as Captain Mike Starwood
Love Matters
as Geoffrey
The Pelican Brief
as Fletcher Coal
Frasier
as Roger
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Taking the Heat
as Michael
Traces of Red
as Steve Frayn
The Last Mile
as Scott
Kuffs
as Ted Bukovsky
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Reader
Law & Order
as Nicholas Baxter
Ghost
as Carl Bruner
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Dark Holiday
as Ken Horton
Murphy Brown
as Bobby Powell
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
as David (archive footage)
Gaby: A True Story
as David
Designing Women
as Unknown
L.A. Law
as Chris Arnett
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
as Darren
Matlock
as Mark Campion
Hunter
as Byron Loire
St. Elsewhere
as Henry Orr
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jack Palmer
The Emmy Awards
as Self