Tony Goldwyn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie · as Burton Gerber
Box Office Champ
Movie
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie · as Self
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Movie · as American TV Host (voice)
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
TV · as Self · 1 ep
One Battle After Another
Movie · as Virgil Throckmorton
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ezra
Movie · as Bruce
Murder Mystery 2
Movie · as Silverfox
Oppenheimer
Movie · as Gordon Gray
Plane
Movie · as Scarsdale
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie · as Dr. Goulding
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King Richard
Movie · as Paul Cohen
but i'm here too
Movie · as Him
Hacks
TV · as Bob Lipka · 7 eps
Lovecraft Country
TV · as Samuel Braithwhite · 1 ep
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
The Hot Zone
TV · as Bruce Ivins · 6 eps
Blue Sky Metropolis
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Chambers
TV · as Ben Lefevre · 10 eps
All I Wish
Movie · as Adam
The Belko Experiment
Movie · as Barry Norris
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Movie · as Ed Miller
Insurgent
Movie · as Andrew Prior
Divergent
Movie · as Andrew
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Movie · as Warren Jeffs
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scandal
TV · as President Fitzgerald Grant · 124 eps
The Mechanic
Movie · as Dean Sanderson
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last House on the Left
Movie · as John Collingwood
The Good Wife
TV · as Judge Henry Baxter · 1 ep
Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Alan Roberts · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie · as Self
Romance & Cigarettes
Movie · as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
Dexter
TV · as Dr. Emmett Meridian · 1 ep
American Gun
Movie · as Frank
The Sisters
Movie · as Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay
Movie · as Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep
Movie · as Jared Dolan
The L Word
TV · as Burr Connor · 2 eps
The Last Samurai
Movie · as Col. Benjamin Bagley
Ash Tuesday
Movie · as Elliott
Working Shakespeare
TV · 5 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Abandon
Movie · as David Schaffer
Joshua
Movie · as Joshua
Without a Trace
TV · as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles · 2 eps
An American Rhapsody
Movie · as Peter
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Movie · as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Frank Goren · 4 eps
The 6th Day
Movie · as Michael Drucker
Bounce
Movie · as Greg Janello
Tarzan
Movie · as Tarzan (voice)
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
Movie · as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Nicholas Baxter · 7 eps
The Lesser Evil
Movie · as Frank
From the Earth to the Moon
TV · as Neil Armstrong · 2 eps
Kiss the Girls
Movie · as Dr. Will Rudolph
Trouble on the Corner
Movie · as Jeff Stewart
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Boys Next Door
Movie · as Jack Palmer
The Substance of Fire
Movie · as Aaron Geldhart
Truman
Movie · as Clark Clifford
Pocahontas: The Legend
Movie · as Sir Edwin Wingfield
Reckless
Movie · as Tom
The Last Word
Movie · as Stan
Nixon
Movie · as Harold Nixon
A Woman of Independent Means
TV · as Robert Steed · 3 eps
Doomsday Gun
Movie · as Duvall
The Last Tattoo
Movie · as Captain Mike Starwood
Vault of Horror I
Movie · as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
Taking the Heat
Movie · as Michael
Love Matters
Movie · as Geoffrey
The Pelican Brief
Movie · as Fletcher Coal
Frasier
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Kuffs
Movie · as Ted Bukovsky
Traces of Red
Movie · as Steve Frayn
The Last Mile
Movie · as Scott
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Movie · as Reader
Iran: Days of Crisis
TV · as Jody Powell · 2 eps
Ghost
Movie · as Carl Bruner
Law & Order
TV · as Nicholas Baxter · 64 eps
Dark Holiday
Movie · as Ken Horton
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Dr. Carl Fairbanks · 1 ep
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
Movie · as David (archive footage)
Murphy Brown
TV · as Bobby Powell · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gaby: A True Story
Movie · as David
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
Movie · as Darren
L.A. Law
TV · as Chris Arnett · 1 ep
Designing Women
TV · 1 ep
Matlock
TV · as Mark Campion · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Byron Loire · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Henry Orr · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Jack Palmer · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep