Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper and librettist known for creating the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015) as well as his work on the films Moana (2016), Encanto (2021) and Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021).
Among his numerous accolades, Miranda has won a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammys, three Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Olivier Awards and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. In 2015, he was the recipient of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2016, Time magazine included Miranda in its annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World" and he received a star on the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame.[1][2] Miranda received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2018.[3] In December 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for creating Hamilton.[4]
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- ^ "Time 100: Lin-Manuel Miranda". Time. April 21, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ Flores, Griselda (July 18, 2016). "Lin-Manuel Miranda to Receive Star on Puerto Rico's Walk of Fame". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ McPhee, Ryan (November 30, 2018). "Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Receive His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame". Playbill. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (July 25, 2018). "Hamilton Creators Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire Will Receive Special Kennedy Center Honors". Playbill. Retrieved July 26, 2018.