Name
Tony Goldwyn
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-05-20 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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- 1990 Ghost as Carl Bruner
- 1991 Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers as Reader
- 2003 The Last Samurai as Col. Benjamin Bagley
- 1986 Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI as Darren
- 2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding as Dr. Goulding
- 1994 Doomsday Gun as Duvall
- 2000 The 6th Day as Michael Drucker
- 1997 Kiss the Girls as Dr. Will Rudolph
- 2011 The Mechanic as Dean Sanderson
- 1992 Kuffs as Ted Bukovsky
- 1999 Tarzan as Tarzan (voice)
- 2005 American Gun as Frank
- 2002 Abandon as David Schaffer
- 2001 An American Rhapsody as Peter
- 2005 The Sisters as Vincent Antonelli
- 1995 Truman as Clark Clifford
- 2007 Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
- 2002 Joshua as Joshua
- 2009 The Last House on the Left as John Collingwood
- 2023 Murder Mystery 2 as Silverfox
- 1996 The Boys Next Door as Jack Palmer
- 1995 Pocahontas: The Legend as Sir Edwin Wingfield
- 1998 The Lesser Evil as Frank
- 2005 The Godfather of Green Bay as Big Jake Norquist
- 1995 Reckless as Tom
- 2006 Romance & Cigarettes as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
- 1992 Traces of Red as Steve Frayn
- 1997 Trouble on the Corner as Jeff Stewart
- 2014 Divergent as Andrew
- 1987 Gaby: A True Story as David
- 1996 The Substance of Fire as Aaron Geldhart
- 2003 Ash Tuesday as Elliott
- 1993 Taking the Heat as Michael
- 2014 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs as Warren Jeffs
- 1994 The Last Tattoo as Captain Mike Starwood
- 1993 Love Matters as Geoffrey
- 1995 The Last Word as Stan
- 2023 Oppenheimer as Gordon Gray
- 2000 Bounce as Greg Janello
- 2023 Plane as Scarsdale
- 2015 Insurgent as Andrew Prior
- 2017 The Belko Experiment as Barry Norris
- 2005 Ghosts Never Sleep as Jared Dolan
- 2024 Ezra as Bruce
- 2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self
- 2017 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Ed Miller
- 1995 Nixon as Harold Nixon
- 1993 The Pelican Brief as Fletcher Coal
- 2018 All I Wish as Adam
- 1994 Vault of Horror I as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
- 1989 Dark Holiday as Ken Horton
- 2021 King Richard as Paul Cohen
- 2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 1992 The Last Mile as Scott
- 1988 Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood as David (archive footage)
- 2025 One Battle After Another as Virgil Throckmorton
- Soon Billion Dollar Spy as Burton Gerber
- 2021 but i'm here too as Him
- Soon Box Office Champ
- 1999 Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins as Self
- Soon RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare as Self
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Henry Orr
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Chris Arnett
- 1986 Designing Women ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Mark Campion
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Bobby Powell
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Roger
- 2004 The L Word ( 2 episodes ) as Burr Connor
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 4 episodes ) as Frank Goren
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Byron Loire
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Jack Palmer
- 2012 Scandal ( 124 episodes ) as President Fitzgerald Grant
- 1998 From the Earth to the Moon ( 2 episodes ) as Neil Armstrong
- 2019 The Hot Zone ( 6 episodes ) as Bruce Ivins
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2006 Dexter ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Emmett Meridian
- 2019 Blue Sky Metropolis ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 1 episode ) as Judge Henry Baxter
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva ( 1 episode ) as Alan Roberts
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Chambers ( 10 episodes ) as Ben Lefevre
- 1990 Law & Order ( 61 episodes ) as Nicholas Baxter
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 Hacks ( 7 episodes ) as Bob Lipka
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 2 episodes ) as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
- 2020 Lovecraft Country ( 1 episode ) as Samuel Braithwhite
- 1995 A Woman of Independent Means ( 3 episodes ) as Robert Steed
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 7 episodes ) as Nicholas Baxter
- 2003 Working Shakespeare ( 5 episodes )
- 1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Iran: Days of Crisis ( 2 episodes ) as Jody Powell
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Good Hang with Amy Poehler ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
