Lin-Manuel Miranda
Miranda in March 2022
Born	( 1980-01-16 ) January 16, 1980 (age 44) New York City , New York , U.S.
Alma mater	Wesleyan University
Occupation	Composer, playwright, lyricist, actor, singer
Years active	1999?present
Spouse	Vanessa Nadal (m. 2010)
Children	2
Awards	Emmy Award Grammy Awards MacArthur Fellowship Pulitzer Prize Tony Awards
Website	www .linmanuel .com

Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) ^[1] is an American composer , lyricist , playwright , singer , songwriter and actor . He was born in New York to Puerto Rican parents. He is best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton . ^[2] He co-wrote the songs for the Disney animated movies Moana and Encanto . He directed his first movie in 2021 with Tick, Tick... Boom! . He starred in the movie based on his play in 2020.

His awards include a Pulitzer Prize , three Grammy Awards , an Emmy Award , a MacArthur Fellowship , and three Tony Awards . ^[3]

Acting Roles [ change | change source ]

He played the starring role of Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton . He played a small role of the Piraguero in the movie In the Heights . He played Jack in Mary Poppins Returns .

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Media related to Lin-Manuel Miranda at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Lin-Manuel Miranda on IMDb
• Interview with Quiara Alegria Hudes in Guernica, July 2012
• Manuel Miranda Appearances on C-SPAN
• Interview with Charlie Rose Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Lin-Manuel Miranda at Discogs
• Lin-Manuel Miranda lyrics Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Lin-Manuel Miranda at Last.fm
• Lin-Manuel Miranda at Genius.com

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