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.

Filmography (94 Appearances)

Billion Dollar Spy

TBA

One Battle After Another

2025

Ezra

2024

Oppenheimer

2023

Murder Mystery 2

2023

Plane

2023

The People We Hate at the Wedding

2022

Sherri

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

King Richard

2021

Hacks

2021

but i'm here too

2021

Lovecraft Country

2020

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019

Blue Sky Metropolis

2019

The Hot Zone

2019

Chambers

2019

All I Wish

2018

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

2017

The Belko Experiment

2016

Insurgent

2015

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

2014

Divergent

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Scandal

2012

The Mechanic

2011

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

The Good Wife

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Drop Dead Diva

2009

The Last House on the Left

2009

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

2007

Dexter

2006

American Gun

2005

Romance & Cigarettes

2005

The Sisters

2005

The Godfather of Green Bay

2005

Ghosts Never Sleep

2005

The L Word

2004

The Last Samurai

2003

Working Shakespeare

2003

Ash Tuesday

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Abandon

2002

Without a Trace

2002

Joshua

2002

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

An American Rhapsody

2001

The 6th Day

2000

Bounce

2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Tarzan

1999

The Lesser Evil

1998

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

Trouble on the Corner

1997

Kiss the Girls

1997

The View

1997

The Substance of Fire

1996

The Boys Next Door

1996

Nixon

1995

Reckless

1995

Truman

1995

The Last Word

1995

Pocahontas: The Legend

1995

A Woman of Independent Means

1995

Doomsday Gun

1994

Vault of Horror I

1994

The Last Tattoo

1994

Love Matters

1993

The Pelican Brief

1993

Frasier

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Taking the Heat

1993

Traces of Red

1992

The Last Mile

1992

Kuffs

1992

Iran: Days of Crisis

1991

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

1991

Law & Order

1990

Ghost

1990

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Dark Holiday

1989

Murphy Brown

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

1988

Gaby: A True Story

1987

Designing Women

1986

L.A. Law

1986

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986 Debut

Matlock

1986

Hunter

1984

St. Elsewhere

1982

Entertainment Tonight

1981
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