Lin-Manuel Miranda

StageContemporary

Hamilton creator

Facts

Born: 1980
Country: United States
Field: Stage
Era: Contemporary

Overview

Wrote and starred in In the Heights, which won the Tony for Best Musical in 2008, and in Hamilton 2015, which won eleven Tony Awards and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Hamilton cast album won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, and the filmed version premiered on streaming in 2020. He received Oscar nominations for songs from Moana 2016 and Encanto 2021.

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