Tony Goldwyn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1960
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare TBA
as Self
- Box Office Champ
Box Office Champ TBA
Actor
Billion Dollar Spy TBA
as Burton Gerber
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play 2026
as American TV Host (voice)
One Battle After Another 2025
as Virgil Throckmorton
Ezra 2024
as Bruce, Director, Producer
Oppenheimer 2023
as Gordon Gray
Murder Mystery 2 2023
as Silverfox
Plane 2023
as Scarsdale
The People We Hate at the Wedding 2022
as Dr. Goulding
King Richard 2021
as Paul Cohen
but i'm here too 2021
as Him, Director, Producer
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
as Self
All I Wish 2018
as Adam
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017
as Ed Miller
The Belko Experiment 2017
as Barry Norris
Insurgent 2015
as Andrew Prior
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs 2014
as Warren Jeffs
Divergent 2014
as Andrew
The Mechanic 2011
as Dean Sanderson
Conviction 2010
Producer, Director
The Last House on the Left 2009
as John Collingwood
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic 2007
as Self
The Last Kiss 2006
Director
Romance & Cigarettes 2006
as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
American Gun 2005
as Frank
The Sisters 2005
as Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay 2005
as Big Jake Norquist
Ghosts Never Sleep 2005
as Jared Dolan
The Last Samurai 2003
as Col. Benjamin Bagley
Ash Tuesday 2003
as Elliott
Abandon 2002
as David Schaffer
Joshua 2002
as Joshua
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies 2001
as Self
An American Rhapsody 2001
as Peter
Someone Like You... 2001
Director
The 6th Day 2000
as Michael Drucker
Bounce 2000
as Greg Janello
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins 1999
as Self
Tarzan 1999
as Tarzan (voice)
A Walk on the Moon 1999
Director, Producer
The Lesser Evil 1998
as Frank
Trouble on the Corner 1997
as Jeff Stewart
Kiss the Girls 1997
as Dr. Will Rudolph
The Substance of Fire 1996
as Aaron Geldhart
The Boys Next Door 1996
as Jack Palmer
Nixon 1995
as Harold Nixon
Reckless 1995
as Tom
Truman 1995
as Clark Clifford
The Last Word 1995
as Stan
Pocahontas: The Legend 1995
as Sir Edwin Wingfield
Doomsday Gun 1994
as Duvall
Vault of Horror I 1994
as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
The Last Tattoo 1994
as Captain Mike Starwood
Love Matters 1993
as Geoffrey
The Pelican Brief 1993
as Fletcher Coal
Taking the Heat 1993
as Michael
Traces of Red 1992
as Steve Frayn
The Last Mile 1992
as Scott
Kuffs 1992
as Ted Bukovsky
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers 1991
as Reader
Ghost 1990
as Carl Bruner
Dark Holiday 1989
as Ken Horton
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood 1988
as David (archive footage)
Gaby: A True Story 1987
as David
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI 1986
as Darren
Credits from TMDB.