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.
Born: 20 May 1960
Played In
Movie
Sep 2025
One Battle After Another
Virgil Throckmorton
Movie
May 2024
Ezra
Bruce
Movie
Jul 2023
Oppenheimer
Gordon Gray
Movie
Mar 2023
Murder Mystery 2
Mr. Silverfox
Movie
Jan 2023
Plane
Scarsdale
Movie
Nov 2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Dr. Goulding
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
TV Show
Sep 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Movie
Nov 2021
King Richard
Paul Cohen
Movie
May 2021
but i'm here too
Him
TV Show
May 2021
Hacks
Bob Lipka
TV Show
Aug 2020
Lovecraft Country
Samuel Braithwhite
Movie
Oct 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
TV Show
Aug 2019
Blue Sky Metropolis
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
May 2019
The Hot Zone
Bruce Ivins
TV Show
Apr 2019
Chambers
Ben Lefevre
Movie
Feb 2018
All I Wish
Adam
Movie
Sep 2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Ed Miller
Movie
Mar 2016
The Belko Experiment
Barry Norris
Movie
Mar 2015
Insurgent
Andrew Prior
Movie
Jun 2014
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Warren Jeffs
Movie
Mar 2014
Divergent
Andrew Prior
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
TV Show
Apr 2012
Scandal
President Fitzgerald Grant
Movie
Jan 2011
The Mechanic
Dean Sanderson
TV Show
Mar 2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Good Wife
Judge Henry Baxter
TV Show
Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jul 2009
Drop Dead Diva
Alan Roberts
Movie
Mar 2009
The Last House on the Left
John Collingwood
Movie
Mar 2007
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Self
TV Show
Oct 2006
Dexter
Dr. Emmett Meridian
Movie
Sep 2005
American Gun
Frank
Movie
Sep 2005
Romance & Cigarettes
Kitty's First Love (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 2005
The Sisters
Vincent Antonelli
Movie
Apr 2005
The Godfather of Green Bay
Big Jake Norquist
Movie
Apr 2005
Ghosts Never Sleep
Jared Dolan
TV Show
Jan 2004
The L Word
Burr Connor
Movie
Dec 2003
The Last Samurai
Col. Benjamin Bagley
TV Show
Jul 2003
Working Shakespeare
Movie
May 2003
Ash Tuesday
Elliott
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Movie
Oct 2002
Abandon
David Schaffer
TV Show
Sep 2002
Without a Trace
Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles
Movie
Apr 2002
Joshua
Joshua
Movie
Oct 2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
TV Show
Sep 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Frank Goren
Movie
Jun 2001
An American Rhapsody
Peter
Movie
Nov 2000
The 6th Day
Michael Drucker
Movie
Nov 2000
Bounce
Greg Janello
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nicholas Baxter
Movie
Jun 1999
Tarzan
Tarzan (voice)
Movie
Oct 1998
The Lesser Evil
Frank
TV Show
Apr 1998
From the Earth to the Moon
Neil Armstrong
Movie
Oct 1997
Trouble on the Corner
Jeff Stewart
Movie
Sep 1997
Kiss the Girls
Dr. Will Rudolph
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 1996
The Substance of Fire
Aaron Geldhart
Movie
Feb 1996
The Boys Next Door
Jack Palmer
Movie
Dec 1995
Nixon
Harold Nixon
Movie
Nov 1995
Reckless
Tom
Movie
Sep 1995
Truman
Clark Clifford
Movie
Aug 1995
The Last Word
Stan
Movie
Jun 1995
Pocahontas: The Legend
Sir Edwin Wingfield
TV Show
Feb 1995
A Woman of Independent Means
Robert Steed
Movie
Jul 1994
Doomsday Gun
Duvall
Movie
Jul 1994
Vault of Horror I
Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)
Movie
Jul 1994
The Last Tattoo
Captain Mike Starwood
Movie
Oct 1993
Love Matters
Geoffrey
Movie
Sep 1993
The Pelican Brief
Fletcher Coal
TV Show
Sep 1993
Frasier
Roger
Movie
Jun 1993
Taking the Heat
Michael
Movie
Nov 1992
Traces of Red
Steve Frayn
Movie
Oct 1992
The Last Mile
Scott
Movie
Jan 1992
Kuffs
Ted Bukovsky
Movie
Sep 1991
Iran: Days of Crisis
Jody Powell
Movie
Jan 1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Reader
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Nicholas Baxter
Movie
Jul 1990
Ghost
Carl Bruner
TV Show
Jun 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Carl Fairbanks
Movie
May 1989
Dark Holiday
Ken Horton
TV Show
Nov 1988
Murphy Brown
Bobby Powell
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Movie
May 1988
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
David (archive footage)
Movie
Oct 1987
Gaby: A True Story
David
TV Show
Sep 1986
Designing Women
TV Show
Sep 1986
L.A. Law
Chris Arnett
Movie
Aug 1986
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Darren
TV Show
Mar 1986
Matlock
Mark Campion
TV Show
Sep 1984
Hunter
Byron Loire
TV Show
Oct 1982
St. Elsewhere
Henry Orr
TV Show
Sep 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jack Palmer
TV Show
Jan 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self
Movie
Billion Dollar Spy
Burton Gerber