Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals ''In the Heights'' (2005) and ''Hamilton'' (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films ''Moana'' (2016), ''Vivo'', and ''Encanto'' (both 2021). He has received numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Grammy Awards, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018.

Miranda made his Broadway debut in 2008, writing the music and lyrics for and starring in the musical ''In the Heights'', which won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. It was later adapted as a 2021 film of the same name. Miranda returned to Broadway in 2015, writing the script, music, and lyrics for as well as starring in the musical ''Hamilton'', which was praised by critics and became a popular culture phenomenon. ''Hamilton'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards and won 11, including Miranda's first win for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. The ''Hamilton'' cast recording spent 10 weeks atop ''Billboard''s Top Rap Albums chart and became the eleventh-biggest album of the 2010s.

A frequent collaborator of the Walt Disney Company, Miranda has written original songs for the studio. He gained two Academy Award for Best Original Song nominations for "How Far I'll Go" and "Dos Oruguitas" from ''Moana'' and ''Encanto'', respectively. The song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from ''Encanto'' broke various records and marked Miranda's first number-one song on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and the UK Singles charts. He starred as Jack in the musical fantasy ''Mary Poppins Returns'' (2018), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. For his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of ''Hamilton'' released in 2020, he received a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Miranda debuted as a film director with ''Tick, Tick...Boom!'' (2021).

His television work includes recurring roles on ''The Electric Company'' (2009–2010) and ''His Dark Materials'' (2019–2022). Miranda hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' in 2016 and had a guest role on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' in 2018; he was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He has been politically active on behalf of Puerto Rico. Miranda met with politicians in 2016 to speak out in favor of debt relief for Puerto Rico and raised funds for rescue efforts and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Provided by Wikipedia