Tony Goldwyn
Acting
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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Tony Goldwyn
Virgil Throckmorton
... 2025
Bruce
... 2024
Gordon Gray
... 2023
Mr. Silverfox
... 2023
Scarsdale
... 2023
Dr. Goulding
... 2022
Paul Cohen
... 2021
... 2019
Adam
... 2018
... 2017
Barry Norris
... 2016
Andrew Prior
... 2015
Warren Jeffs
... 2014
Andrew Prior
... 2014
Dean Sanderson
... 2011
John Collingwood
... 2009
... 2007
Frank
... 2005
Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
... 2005
Vincent Antonelli
... 2005
Big Jake Norquist
... 2005
Jared Dolan
... 2005
Col. Benjamin Bagley
... 2003
Elliott
... 2003
David Schaffer
... 2002
Joshua
... 2002
... 2001
Peter
... 2001
Michael Drucker
... 2000
Greg Janello
... 2000
Tarzan (voice)
... 1999
Frank
... 1998
Jeff Stewart
... 1997
Dr. Will Rudolph
... 1997
Aaron Geldhart
... 1996
Jack Palmer
... 1996
Harold Nixon
... 1995
Tom
... 1995
Clark Clifford
... 1995
Stan
... 1995
Sir Edwin Wingfield
... 1995
Duvall
... 1994
Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
... 1994
Captain Mike Starwood
... 1994
Geoffrey
... 1993
Fletcher Coal
... 1993
Michael
... 1993
Steve Frayn
... 1992
Scott
... 1992
Ted Bukovsky
... 1992
Jody Powell
... 1991
... 1991
Carl Bruner
... 1990
Ken Horton
... 1989
David (archive footage)
... 1988
David
... 1987
... 1986
Burton Gerber