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 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.
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Films (66)
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
2026 · American TV Host (voice)
Une Bataille après l'autre
2025 · Virgil Throckmorton
Siempre Juntos
2024 · Bruce, Director, Producer
Oppenheimer
2023 · Gordon Gray
Meurtre et mystère 2
2023 · Silverfox
Mayday
2023 · Scarsdale
Los odiosos invitados a la Boda
2022 · Dr. Goulding
La Méthode Williams
2021 · Paul Cohen
but i'm here too
2021 · Him, Director, Producer
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Self
Happy Birthday
2018 · Adam
The Secret Man : Mark Felt
2017 · Ed Miller
El experimento de Belko
2017 · Barry Norris
Divergente 2 : L'Insurrection
2015 · Andrew Prior
Warren Jeffs : le gourou polygame
2014 · Warren Jeffs
Divergente
2014 · Andrew
Le Flingueur
2011 · Dean Sanderson
Conviction
2010 · Producer, Director
La Dernière Maison sur la gauche
2009 · John Collingwood
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007 · Self
Last kiss
2006 · Director
Infidelidad y Romance en Nueva York
2006 · Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
American Gun
2005 · Frank
The Sisters
2005 · Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay
2005 · Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep
2005 · Jared Dolan
Le Dernier Samouraï
2003 · Col. Benjamin Bagley
Ash Tuesday
2003 · Elliott
Abandon
2002 · David Schaffer
Joshua
2002 · Joshua
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 · Self
An American Rhapsody
2001 · Peter
Attraction animale
2001 · Director
À l'aube du 6ème jour
2000 · Michael Drucker
Un amour infini
2000 · Greg Janello
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
1999 · Self
Tarzan
1999 · Tarzan (voice)
Le Choix d'une vie
1999 · Director, Producer
The Lesser Evil
1998 · Frank
Trouble on the Corner
1997 · Jeff Stewart
Le Collectionneur
1997 · Dr. Will Rudolph
Revers de fortune
1996 · Aaron Geldhart
The Boys Next Door
1996 · Jack Palmer
Nixon
1995 · Harold Nixon
Reckless
1995 · Tom
Truman
1995 · Clark Clifford
The Last Word
1995 · Stan
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995 · Sir Edwin Wingfield
La Mort au bout du canon
1994 · Duvall
Vault of Horror I
1994 · Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
The Last Tattoo
1994 · Captain Mike Starwood
Love Matters
1993 · Geoffrey
L'Affaire Pélican
1993 · Fletcher Coal
Taking the Heat
1993 · Michael
Traces de sang
1992 · Steve Frayn
The Last Mile
1992 · Scott
Kuffs
1992 · Ted Bukovsky
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991 · Reader
Mon fantôme d'amour
1990 · Carl Bruner
Dark Holiday
1989 · Ken Horton
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988 · David (archive footage)
Gaby: A True Story
1987 · David
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986 · Darren
Billion Dollar Spy
· Burton Gerber
Box Office Champ
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
· Self
Séries (49)
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
2026 · Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Hacks
2021 · Bob Lipka
Territorio Lovecraft
2020 · Samuel Braithwhite
Blue Sky Metropolis
2019 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hot Zone
2019 · Bruce Ivins
Chambres
2019 · Ben Lefevre, Director
The Divide
2014 · Executive Producer, Creator
Le Tonight Show
2014 · Self
Scandale
2012 · President Fitzgerald Grant, Director
Justifié
2010 · Director
Généalogie V.I.P
2010 · Self
Une femme exemplaire
2009 · Judge Henry Baxter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Diva de l'au-delà
2009 · Alan Roberts
Private Practice
2007 · Director
Dirty Sexy Money
2007 · Director
Damages
2007 · Director
Dexter
2006 · Dr. Emmett Meridian, Director
Six Degrees
2006 · Director
Kidnapped
2006 · Director
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie
2005 · Director
Elles
2004 · Burr Connor, Director
Working Shakespeare
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
FBI : Portés Disparus
2002 · Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles, Director
New York Section Criminelle
2001 · Frank Goren
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Nicholas Baxter
De la Terre à la Lune
1998 · Neil Armstrong
La Vue
1997 · Self - Guest
A Woman of Independent Means
1995 · Robert Steed
Frasier
1993 · Roger
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
L'Amérique en otage
1991 · Jody Powell
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Nicholas Baxter, Director
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Murphy Brown
1988 · Bobby Powell
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
1986 · Chris Arnett
Matlock
1986 · Mark Campion
Hunter
1984 · Byron Loire
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Henry Orr
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Jack Palmer
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self