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