Tony Goldwyn
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Tony Goldwyn

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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.

Films Featuring Tony Goldwyn

Ghost

19907.2

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

19916.3

The Last Samurai

20037.6

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

19866.3

The People We Hate at the Wedding

20226.3

Doomsday Gun

19945.6

The 6th Day

20006.0

Kiss the Girls

19976.5

The Mechanic

20116.5

Kuffs

19925.8

Tarzan

19997.4

American Gun

20055.7

Abandon

20024.8

An American Rhapsody

20016.4

The Sisters

20055.1

Truman

19957.7

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

2007

Joshua

20026.5

The Last House on the Left

20096.5

Murder Mystery 2

20236.4

The Boys Next Door

19966.7

Pocahontas: The Legend

19955.9

The Lesser Evil

19985.8

The Godfather of Green Bay

20054.1

Reckless

19956.6

Romance & Cigarettes

20056.1

Traces of Red

19925.5

Trouble on the Corner

19973.3

Divergent

20146.9

Gaby: A True Story

19876.5

The Substance of Fire

19966.4

Ash Tuesday

20036.2

Taking the Heat

19935.0

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

20146.0

The Last Tattoo

19945.6

Love Matters

19934.0

The Last Word

19953.3

Oppenheimer

20238.0

Bounce

20005.8

Plane

20236.9

Insurgent

20156.4

The Belko Experiment

20176.2

Ghosts Never Sleep

20055.7

Ezra

20247.0

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

20018.5

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

20176.2

Nixon

19956.8

The Pelican Brief

19936.6

All I Wish

20185.5

Vault of Horror I

19945.3

Dark Holiday

19898.0

King Richard

20217.6

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

20196.5

The Last Mile

19927.0

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

19885.5

One Battle After Another

20257.3

Billion Dollar Spy

but i'm here too

2021

Box Office Champ

Box Office Champ

Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins

1999

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare