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 onΒ 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 ArmstrongΒ in theΒ HBOΒ miniseriesΒ 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 filmΒ Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason LivesΒ (1986), and had his breakthrough for starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller filmΒ GhostΒ (1990), which earned him a nomination for theΒ Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star asΒ Harold NixonΒ in the biographical filmΒ NixonΒ (1995), which earned him aΒ Screen Actors Guild AwardΒ nomination, and asΒ Neil ArmstrongΒ in theΒ HBOΒ miniseriesΒ From the Earth to the MoonΒ (1998).
He portrayed Paul Cohen inΒ King RichardΒ (2021), which earned him a second nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He starred as President Fitzgerald Grant III in theΒ ABCΒ legal/political dramaΒ ScandalΒ (2012β2018) and directed a number of episodes for the series, for which he won aΒ Peabody Award.
He is the son of film producerΒ Samuel Goldwyn Jr. andΒ actressΒ Jennifer Howard. His paternal grandparents were film producer and movie studio mogulΒ Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish Jewish immigrant fromΒ Warsaw, and actressΒ Frances Howard, who was originally fromΒ Nebraska.Β His maternal grandparents were playwrightΒ Sidney HowardΒ and actressΒ Clare Eames. His brother John Goldwyn is a film producer, a former executive of Paramount Pictures and the executive producer ofΒ the series Dexter. His brother Peter is also a film producer and the current President ofΒ Samuel Goldwyn Films.Β 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.
