Tony Goldwyn
ActingAlso Known As
토니 골드윈, 托尼·戈德溫, تونی گلدوین
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.
Movies
(58 total)
Divergent
as Andrew Prior
Oppenheimer
as Gordon Gray
Insurgent
as Andrew Prior
The Last Samurai
as Col. Benjamin Bagley
Tarzan
as Tarzan (voice)
Ghost
as Carl Bruner
The Mechanic
as Dean Sanderson
One Battle After Another
as Virgil Throckmorton
King Richard
as Paul Cohen
Plane
as Scarsdale
The 6th Day
as Michael Drucker
Murder Mystery 2
as Mr. Silverfox
The Last House on the Left
as John Collingwood
Kiss the Girls
as Dr. Will Rudolph
The Pelican Brief
as Fletcher Coal
The Belko Experiment
as Barry Norris
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
as David (archive footage)
Bounce
as Greg Janello
TV Shows
(38 total)
Dexter
as Dr. Emmett Meridian
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nicholas Baxter
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Frasier
as Roger
The L Word
as Burr Connor
Lovecraft Country
as Samuel Braithwhite
Law & Order
as Nicholas Baxter
The Good Wife
as Judge Henry Baxter
Scandal
as President Fitzgerald Grant
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Frank Goren
Hacks
as Bob Lipka
Drop Dead Diva
as Alan Roberts
Without a Trace
as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Chambers
as Ben Lefevre
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Hot Zone
as Bruce Ivins
Matlock
as Mark Campion
From the Earth to the Moon
as Neil Armstrong