Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn
Goldwyn in 2019
Born	Anthony Howard Goldwyn (1960-05-20) May 20, 1960 (age 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Hamilton College Brandeis University (BFA) London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (MA)
Occupations	Actor singer producer director political activist
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Jane Musky ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Parents	Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (father) Jennifer Howard (mother)
Relatives	John Goldwyn (brother) Francis Goldwyn (brother) Samuel Goldwyn (paternal grandfather) Frances Howard (paternal grandmother) Sidney Howard (maternal grandfather) Clare Eames (maternal grandmother) Liz Goldwyn (paternal half-sister)[1] Peter Goldwyn (paternal half-brother)

Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, singer, producer, director, and political activist. He made his 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).

Goldwyn voiced the main character in the Disney animated film Tarzan (1999), and portrayed Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai (2003), Johnathon "John" Collingwood in the horror film The Last House on the Left (2009), Andrew Prior in the Divergent film series (2014–2015) and Paul Cohen in King Richard (2021), the latter of 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. Since 2024, he has played the role of the Manhattan district attorney Nicholas Baxter on Law & Order.