Tony Goldwyn

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Biography

The go-to performer for complicated and often conniving professionals throughout the 1990s and beyond, Tony Goldwyn essayed well-paid men with deep rivers of conflict in "Ghost" (1990), "The Pelican Brief" and "Kiss the Girls" (1997) before becoming the director of thoughtful dramas like "A Walk on the Moon" (1999), "The Last Kiss" (2007) and "Conviction" (2010). The grandson of Paramount Pictures chief and MGM's namesake Samuel Goldwyn, he …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

Anthony Howard Goldwyn on May 20, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Career Milestones

2012

Returned to series television as the president on ABC's "Scandal"

2010

Directed Hilary Swank in "Conviction," based on the true story of a woman who puts herself through law school in order to represent her brother who was wrongfully convicted of murder

2010

Cast as the philandering business executive in the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"

2007

Cast in a recurring role on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" as Frank Goren, brother of lead character Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio)

2006

Directed Zach Braff in "The Last Kiss," based on the 2001 film "L' Ultimo Bacio"

2006

Directed several episodes of the Showtime series "Dexter"

2006

Portrayed a deputy haunted by regrets in the IFC project "American Gun"; written and directed by Aric Avelino

2005

Cast in John Turturro's "Romance & Cigarettes" with James Gandolfini

2003

Starred as Colonel Benjamin Bagley in "The Last Samurai"

2001

Directed second feature "Someone Like You" based on the novel Animal Husbandry

1999

Feature directorial debut, "A Walk on the Moon"; also produced

1998

Played Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon"

1995

Made Broadway debut in revival of Philip Barry's "Holiday"

1993

Played smarmy presidential aide in "The Pelican Brief"

1990

Landed breakthrough role as Carl Bruner, Patrick Swayze's villainous friend in "Ghost"

1990

Starred off-Broadway in "The Sum of Us"

1989

Created role of Jeff in David Stevens' "The Sum of Us" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

1988

TV mini-series debut, "Favorite Son" (NBC)

1987

Made TV debut on the CBS pilot "Mabel and Max"

1986

Film debut, "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives"

1985

Had featured role in the L.A. production of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing"

1985

Made his off-Broadway debut in "Digby"

Awards

1996

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Nixon