Tony Goldwyn
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1960-05-20 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Anthony Howard Goldwyn · Anthony Goldwyn
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
TV Shows (38)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Nicholas Baxter
Law & Order
1990
as Nicholas Baxter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Frank Goren
Dexter
2006
as Dr. Emmett Meridian
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Henry Baxter
Frasier
1993
as Roger
Without a Trace
2002
as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Hacks
2021
as Bob Lipka
Scandal
2012
as President Fitzgerald Grant
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
L.A. Law
1986
as Chris Arnett
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Henry Orr
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Matlock
1986
as Mark Campion
Hunter
1984
as Byron Loire
The L Word
2004
as Burr Connor
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Alan Roberts
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Murphy Brown
1988
as Bobby Powell
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Neil Armstrong
Designing Women
1986
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Hot Zone
2019
as Bruce Ivins
Lovecraft Country
2020
as Samuel Braithwhite
Chambers
2019
as Ben Lefevre
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Jack Palmer
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Working Shakespeare
2003
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
as Robert Steed
Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
as Jody Powell
Blue Sky Metropolis
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movies (60)
Oppenheimer
2023
as Gordon Gray
One Battle After Another
2025
as Virgil Throckmorton
Ghost
1990
as Carl Bruner
Divergent
2014
as Andrew
The Last Samurai
2003
as Col. Benjamin Bagley
Tarzan
1999
as Tarzan (voice)
Insurgent
2015
as Andrew Prior
The Mechanic
2011
as Dean Sanderson
Plane
2023
as Scarsdale
The Last House on the Left
2009
as John Collingwood
King Richard
2021
as Paul Cohen
Kiss the Girls
1997
as Dr. Will Rudolph
Murder Mystery 2
2023
as Mr. Silverfox
The 6th Day
2000
as Michael Drucker
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986
as Darren
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Fletcher Coal
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988
as David (archive footage)
The Belko Experiment
2017
as Barry Norris
Nixon
1995
as Harold Nixon
Ezra
2024
as Bruce
Bounce
2000
as Greg Janello
American Gun
2005
as Frank
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Ed Miller
Romance & Cigarettes
2005
as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
Kuffs
1992
as Ted Bukovsky
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
as Dr. Goulding
Abandon
2002
as David Schaffer
Joshua
2002
as Joshua
Truman
1995
as Clark Clifford
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
2014
as Warren Jeffs
An American Rhapsody
2001
as Peter
The Sisters
2005
as Vincent Antonelli
All I Wish
2018
as Adam
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Vault of Horror I
1994
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995
as Sir Edwin Wingfield
Reckless
1995
as Tom
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self
Billion Dollar Spy
as Burton Gerber
Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Jeff Stewart
Doomsday Gun
1994
as Duvall
Ash Tuesday
2003
as Elliott
The Last Tattoo
1994
as Captain Mike Starwood
The Substance of Fire
1996
as Aaron Geldhart
The Boys Next Door
1996
as Jack Palmer
Gaby: A True Story
1987
as David
Traces of Red
1992
as Steve Frayn
Taking the Heat
1993
as Michael
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
as Self
The Godfather of Green Bay
2005
as Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep
2005
as Jared Dolan
Love Matters
1993
as Geoffrey
The Lesser Evil
1998
as Frank
The Last Word
1995
as Stan
Dark Holiday
1989
as Ken Horton
The Last Mile
1992
as Scott
but i'm here too
2021
as Him
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
1999
as Self
Box Office Champ
About 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 t… With 98 credits spanning from 1949 to 2025, Tony Goldwyn has appeared in 60 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Oppenheimer (2023) — as Gordon Gray
- One Battle After Another (2025) — as Virgil Throckmorton
- Ghost (1990) — as Carl Bruner
- Divergent (2014) — as Andrew
- The Last Samurai (2003) — as Col. Benjamin Bagley
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