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Tony Goldwyn

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
One Battle After Another poster
One Battle After Another
2025 • Virgil Throckmorton
Ezra poster
Ezra
2024 • Bruce
Oppenheimer poster
Oppenheimer
2023 • Gordon Gray
Murder Mystery 2 poster
Murder Mystery 2
2023 • Mr. Silverfox
Plane poster
Plane
2023 • Scarsdale
The People We Hate at the Wedding poster
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 • Dr. Goulding
King Richard poster
King Richard
2021 • Paul Cohen
but i'm here too poster
but i'm here too
2021 • Him
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth poster
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 • Self
All I Wish poster
All I Wish
2018 • Adam
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House poster
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017 • Ed Miller
The Belko Experiment poster
The Belko Experiment
2016 • Barry Norris
Insurgent poster
Insurgent
2015 • Andrew Prior
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs poster
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
2014 • Warren Jeffs
Divergent poster
Divergent
2014 • Andrew Prior
The Mechanic poster
The Mechanic
2011 • Dean Sanderson
The Last House on the Left poster
The Last House on the Left
2009 • John Collingwood
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic poster
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007 • Self
American Gun poster
American Gun
2005 • Frank
Romance & Cigarettes poster
Romance & Cigarettes
2005 • Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
The Sisters poster
The Sisters
2005 • Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay poster
The Godfather of Green Bay
2005 • Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep poster
Ghosts Never Sleep
2005 • Jared Dolan
The Last Samurai poster
The Last Samurai
2003 • Col. Benjamin Bagley
Ash Tuesday poster
Ash Tuesday
2003 • Elliott
Abandon poster
Abandon
2002 • David Schaffer
Joshua poster
Joshua
2002 • Joshua
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies poster
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 • Self
An American Rhapsody poster
An American Rhapsody
2001 • Peter
The 6th Day poster
The 6th Day
2000 • Michael Drucker
Bounce poster
Bounce
2000 • Greg Janello
Tarzan poster
Tarzan
1999 • Tarzan (voice)
The Lesser Evil poster
The Lesser Evil
1998 • Frank
Trouble on the Corner poster
Trouble on the Corner
1997 • Jeff Stewart
Kiss the Girls poster
Kiss the Girls
1997 • Dr. Will Rudolph
The Substance of Fire poster
The Substance of Fire
1996 • Aaron Geldhart
The Boys Next Door poster
The Boys Next Door
1996 • Jack Palmer
Nixon poster
Nixon
1995 • Harold Nixon
Reckless poster
Reckless
1995 • Tom
Truman poster
Truman
1995 • Clark Clifford
The Last Word poster
The Last Word
1995 • Stan
Pocahontas: The Legend poster
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995 • Sir Edwin Wingfield
Doomsday Gun poster
Doomsday Gun
1994 • Duvall
Vault of Horror I poster
Vault of Horror I
1994 • Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
The Last Tattoo poster
The Last Tattoo
1994 • Captain Mike Starwood
Love Matters poster
Love Matters
1993 • Geoffrey
The Pelican Brief poster
The Pelican Brief
1993 • Fletcher Coal
Taking the Heat poster
Taking the Heat
1993 • Michael
Traces of Red poster
Traces of Red
1992 • Steve Frayn
The Last Mile poster
The Last Mile
1992 • Scott
Kuffs poster
Kuffs
1992 • Ted Bukovsky
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers poster
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991 • Reader
Ghost poster
Ghost
1990 • Carl Bruner
Dark Holiday poster
Dark Holiday
1989 • Ken Horton
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood poster
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988 • David (archive footage)
Gaby: A True Story poster
Gaby: A True Story
1987 • David
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI poster
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986 • Darren
Billion Dollar Spy poster
Billion Dollar Spy
— • Burton Gerber