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Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 108

Gender Male

Birthday May 20, 1960 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • Anthony Howard Goldwyn
  • Anthony Goldwyn

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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.

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.

Acting

Billion Dollar Spy as Burton Gerber
2025 The Jennifer Hudson Show 1 episode as Self
2025 One Battle After Another as Virgil Throckmorton
2025 The Emmy Awards 1 episode as Self
2025 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 6 episodes as Nicholas Baxter
2024 Ezra as Bruce
2024 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode as Self
2024 Hacks 4 episodes as Bob Lipka
2024 Sherri 1 episode as Self - Guest
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 1 episode as Self
2024 Law & Order 56 episodes as Nicholas Baxter
2023 Oppenheimer as Gordon Gray
2023 Murder Mystery 2 as Mr. Silverfox
2023 Plane as Scarsdale
2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding as Dr. Goulding
2021 The View 1 episode as Self - Guest
2021 The Hot Zone 6 episodes as Bruce Ivins
2021 LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1 episode as Self
2021 King Richard as Paul Cohen
2021 but i'm here too as Him
2020 Lovecraft Country 1 episode as Samuel Braithwhite
2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019 Blue Sky Metropolis 4 episodes as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019 Chambers 10 episodes as Ben Lefevre
2018 All I Wish as Adam
2017 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Ed Miller
2016 The Belko Experiment as Barry Norris
2016 Entertainment Tonight 1 episode as Self
2015 Who Do You Think You Are? 1 episode as Self
2015 Insurgent as Andrew Prior
2015 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode as Self - Guest
2014 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs as Warren Jeffs
2014 Divergent as Andrew Prior
2013 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 6 episodes as Self - Guest
2012 Scandal 124 episodes as President Fitzgerald Grant
2011 Drop Dead Diva 1 episode as Alan Roberts
2011 The Mechanic as Dean Sanderson
2009 The Good Wife 1 episode as Judge Henry Baxter
2009 The Last House on the Left as John Collingwood
2007 Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 4 episodes as Frank Goren
2006 Dexter 1 episode as Dr. Emmett Meridian
2005 American Gun as Frank
2005 Romance & Cigarettes as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
2005 The Sisters as Vincent Antonelli
2005 The Godfather of Green Bay as Big Jake Norquist
2005 The L Word 2 episodes as Burr Connor
2005 Ghosts Never Sleep as Jared Dolan
2004 Without a Trace 2 episodes as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
2003 The Last Samurai as Col. Benjamin Bagley
2003 Working Shakespeare 5 episodes
2003 Ash Tuesday as Elliott
2002 Abandon as David Schaffer
2002 Joshua as Joshua
2001 Frasier 1 episode as Roger
2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self
2001 An American Rhapsody as Peter
2000 The 6th Day as Michael Drucker
2000 Bounce as Greg Janello
1999 Tarzan as Tarzan (voice)
1998 The Lesser Evil as Frank
1998 From the Earth to the Moon 2 episodes as Neil Armstrong
1997 Trouble on the Corner as Jeff Stewart
1997 Kiss the Girls as Dr. Will Rudolph
1996 The Substance of Fire as Aaron Geldhart
1996 Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Jack Palmer
1996 The Boys Next Door as Jack Palmer
1995 Nixon as Harold Nixon
1995 Reckless as Tom
1995 Truman as Clark Clifford
1995 The Last Word as Stan
1995 Pocahontas: The Legend as Sir Edwin Wingfield
1995 A Woman of Independent Means 3 episodes as Robert Steed
1994 Doomsday Gun as Duvall
1994 Vault of Horror I as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
1994 The Last Tattoo as Captain Mike Starwood
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1 episode as Self - Guest
1993 Love Matters as Geoffrey
1993 The Pelican Brief as Fletcher Coal
1993 Taking the Heat as Michael
1992 Traces of Red as Steve Frayn
1992 The Last Mile as Scott
1992 Kuffs as Ted Bukovsky
1991 Iran: Days of Crisis 2 episodes as Jody Powell
1991 Tales from the Crypt 1 episode as Dr. Carl Fairbanks
1991 Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers as Reader
1990 Ghost as Carl Bruner
1989 Dark Holiday as Ken Horton
1988 Murphy Brown 1 episode as Bobby Powell
1988 Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood as David (archive footage)
1988 Hunter 1 episode as Byron Loire
1988 L.A. Law 1 episode as Chris Arnett
1987 Gaby: A True Story as David
1987 Designing Women 1 episode
1987 Matlock 1 episode as Mark Campion
1987 St. Elsewhere 1 episode as Henry Orr
1986 Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI as Darren

Directing

2024 Ezra Director
2021 but i'm here too Director
2019 Chambers 10 episodesDirector
2014 Scandal 6 episodesDirector
2010 Conviction Director
2010 Justified 3 episodesDirector
2010 Damages 1 episodeDirector
2007 Dirty Sexy Money 1 episodeDirector
2007 Private Practice 2 episodesDirector
2007 Six Degrees 1 episodeDirector
2007 Kidnapped 1 episodeDirector
2006 Dexter 4 episodesDirector
2006 The Last Kiss Director
2006 Law & Order 1 episodeDirector
2005 Grey's Anatomy 2 episodesDirector
2004 Without a Trace 1 episodeDirector
2004 The L Word 3 episodesDirector
2001 Someone Like You... Director
1999 A Walk on the Moon Director

Production

2024 Ezra Producer
2021 but i'm here too Producer
2014 The Divide 8 episodesExecutive Producer
2010 Conviction Producer
1999 A Walk on the Moon Producer

Creator

2014 The Divide Creator

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