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