Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

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.

One Battle After Another
2025
Ezra
2024
Director
Murder Mystery 2
2023
Mr. Silverfox
Oppenheimer
2023
Gordon Gray
Plane
2023
Scarsdale
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Dr. Goulding
King Richard
2021
Paul Cohen
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
Self
All I Wish
2018
Adam
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
Ed Miller
The Belko Experiment
2016
Barry Norris
Insurgent
2015
Andrew Prior
Divergent
2014
Andrew Prior
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
2014
Warren Jeffs
The Mechanic
2011
Dean Sanderson
Conviction
2010
Director
The Last House on the Left
2009
John Collingwood
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
Self
The Last Kiss
2006
Director
American Gun
2005
Frank
The Sisters
2005
Vincent Antonelli
The Godfather of Green Bay
2005
Big Jake Norquist
Romance & Cigarettes
2005
Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
Ghosts Never Sleep
2005
Jared Dolan
The Last Samurai
2003
Col. Benjamin Bagley
Ash Tuesday
2003
Elliott
Abandon
2002
David Schaffer
Joshua
2002
Joshua
Someone Like You...
2001
Director
An American Rhapsody
2001
Peter
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
Self
The 6th Day
2000
Michael Drucker
Bounce
2000
Greg Janello
A Walk on the Moon
1999
Director
Tarzan
1999
Tarzan (voice)
The Lesser Evil
1998
Frank
Kiss the Girls
1997
Dr. Will Rudolph
Trouble on the Corner
1997
Jeff Stewart
The Boys Next Door
1996
Jack Palmer
The Substance of Fire
1996
Aaron Geldhart
Truman
1995
Clark Clifford
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995
Sir Edwin Wingfield
Reckless
1995
Tom
The Last Word
1995
Stan
Nixon
1995
Harold Nixon
Doomsday Gun
1994
Duvall
The Last Tattoo
1994
Captain Mike Starwood
Vault of Horror I
1994
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Taking the Heat
1993
Michael
Love Matters
1993
Geoffrey
The Pelican Brief
1993
Fletcher Coal
Kuffs
1992
Ted Bukovsky
Traces of Red
1992
Steve Frayn
The Last Mile
1992
Scott
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
Reader
Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
Jody Powell
Ghost
1990
Carl Bruner
Dark Holiday
1989
Ken Horton
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
1988
David (archive footage)
Gaby: A True Story
1987
David
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
1986
Darren
Billion Dollar Spy

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