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Tony Goldwyn

Born 1960-05-20
📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography 97

Silent Hymns
2028
One Battle After Another
as Virgil Throckmorton
2025
Ezra
as Bruce
2024
Oppenheimer
as Gordon Gray
2023
Murder Mystery 2
as Mr. Silverfox
2023
Plane
as Scarsdale
2023
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Dr. Goulding
2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
King Richard
as Paul Cohen
2021
but i'm here too
as Him
2021
Hacks
as Bob Lipka
2021
Lovecraft Country
as Samuel Braithwhite
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
Blue Sky Metropolis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
The Hot Zone
as Bruce Ivins
2019
Chambers
as Ben Lefevre
2019
All I Wish
as Adam
2018
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Ed Miller
2017
The Belko Experiment
as Barry Norris
2016
Insurgent
as Andrew Prior
2015
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
as Warren Jeffs
2014
Divergent
as Andrew Prior
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Scandal
as President Fitzgerald Grant
2012
The Mechanic
as Dean Sanderson
2011
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
The Good Wife
as Judge Henry Baxter
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Drop Dead Diva
as Alan Roberts
2009
The Last House on the Left
as John Collingwood
2009
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
2007
Dexter
as Dr. Emmett Meridian
2006
American Gun
as Frank
2005
Romance & Cigarettes
as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
2005
The Sisters
as Vincent Antonelli
2005
The Godfather of Green Bay
as Big Jake Norquist
2005
Ghosts Never Sleep
as Jared Dolan
2005
The L Word
as Burr Connor
2004
The Last Samurai
as Col. Benjamin Bagley
2003
Working Shakespeare
2003
Ash Tuesday
as Elliott
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Abandon
as David Schaffer
2002
Without a Trace
as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
2002
Joshua
as Joshua
2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Frank Goren
2001
An American Rhapsody
as Peter
2001
The 6th Day
as Michael Drucker
2000
Bounce
as Greg Janello
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nicholas Baxter
1999
Tarzan
as Tarzan (voice)
1999
The Lesser Evil
as Frank
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
as Neil Armstrong
1998
Trouble on the Corner
as Jeff Stewart
1997
Kiss the Girls
as Dr. Will Rudolph
1997
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The Substance of Fire
as Aaron Geldhart
1996
The Boys Next Door
as Jack Palmer
1996
Nixon
as Harold Nixon
1995
Reckless
as Tom
1995
Truman
as Clark Clifford
1995
The Last Word
as Stan
1995
Pocahontas: The Legend
as Sir Edwin Wingfield
1995
A Woman of Independent Means
as Robert Steed
1995
Doomsday Gun
as Duvall
1994
Vault of Horror I
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
1994
The Last Tattoo
as Captain Mike Starwood
1994
Love Matters
as Geoffrey
1993
The Pelican Brief
as Fletcher Coal
1993
Frasier
as Roger
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Taking the Heat
as Michael
1993
Traces of Red
as Steve Frayn
1992
The Last Mile
as Scott
1992
Kuffs
as Ted Bukovsky
1992
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Reader
1991
Law & Order
as Nicholas Baxter
1990
Ghost
as Carl Bruner
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
1989
Dark Holiday
as Ken Horton
1989
Murphy Brown
as Bobby Powell
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
as David (archive footage)
1988
Gaby: A True Story
as David
1987
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
as Chris Arnett
1986
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
as Darren
1986
Matlock
as Mark Campion
1986
Hunter
as Byron Loire
1984
St. Elsewhere
as Henry Orr
1982
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jack Palmer
1951
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
Billion Dollar Spy
as Burton Gerber