Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lin-Manuel Miranda), born on January 16, 1980 in New York City , USA, is an American actor, composer and producer. Miranda's parents are Puerto Ricans. His mother, Luz Towns-Miranda (Luz Towns-Miranda) is a clinical psychologist, and his father, Luis A. Miranda, Jr. (Luis A. Miranda, Jr.), is a political consultant. I settled down in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan.

Miranda and his sister grew up in a music-loving family, and their parents both liked Broadway musicals. Although the Mirandas cannot watch live performances regularly, they often listen to live recordings.

Growing up, Miranda came into contact with a wide range of music genres and fell in love with hip-hop music, including the music of "Beastie Boys", "Boogie Down Productions" and Eric B. & Rakim. Miranda began performing student stage works in Hunter College’s elementary and high schools when she was a teenager. He later majored in drama studies at Wesleyan University. After graduation, he worked as a high school English teacher for a period of time. 

While at Wesleyan University, Miranda began to write the musical "In the Highlands". Miranda starred in the play and wrote the music and lyrics for the play. "In the Heights" is set in Washington Heights, with Latin music intertwined with more standard TV drama tunes. This musical made its debut in 2008 and was a great success. It has been performed for nearly two years and won four Tony Awards including the best musical.

In 2009, he did translation work for "West Side Story" (West Side Story) repertoire, and in 2012 he composed music and lyrics for "Bring It on: The Musical". In addition, he has also appeared in many TV shows, including "The Sopranos", "My Mom and Dad Romance", "Modern Family", as well as the movies "Timothy Grinch" (2012) and "200 Cartas" ( 2013). At the 67th Tony Awards ceremony in 2014, Miranda and Tom Kate's song "Bigger" won the Emmy Award. 

In 2008, while on vacation, Miranda picked up Ron Chernow's 2004 "Alexander Hamilton" (Alexander Hamilton), a critically acclaimed biography of the first US Secretary of the Treasury. Miranda has already become interested in this historical figure, and he was inspired by this to create a complete work that records Hamilton's life.

In 2009, at the first White House Poetry and Spoken Language Evening, he showed a song from " Hamilton " for the first time. The musical is also part of the 2012 American Songbook series at the Lincoln Center Theater and part of the 2013 New York City Stage and Film Awards Drama Season at Vassar College. "Hamilton" finally debuted in the public theater in early 2015, and it became popular on Broadway a few months later, and the sales of pre-sale tickets increased significantly. In the same year, he also won the MacArthur Foundation Award.

Miranda's role in the play records some important historical events related to Hamilton, from his high-profile sex scandal to his duel with Aaron Burr. "Hamilton" is widely praised for its unique charisma-the play is composed of black and Latino actors and tells the story of the American founding father in the form of hip-hop/R&B stage music. This Broadway musical has become a must-see event, not only for theater fans, but also many celebrities, including US President Barack Obama and music star Stephen Joshua Sondheim .

In April 2016, "Hamilton" won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama . In May, this musical set a new record of 16 Tony Award nominations, which is also the most nominated in Broadway history. The film finally won 11 Tony Awards. "Hamilton" won the Best Musical Award and the Best Director Award, and Miranda himself won two Tony Awards for original music and original work. Miranda In his acceptance speech for best music, recited a dedicated gay clubs in Orlando, Fla. Shooting victims Sonnet . 

In 2016, Miranda brought his talents to the big screen, writing the lyrics and music of "How Far I'll Go" for the animated film "Moana". The song was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 and won the Grammy Award for Best Visual Media Song the following year.

Miranda has extended his tentacles to the film industry. He played the role of Jack the Lamplighter in the critically acclaimed "New Happy Manchuria" (2018). 

In November 2021, he composed and dubbed the original song for the Hollywood family animation "Musical Adventure of Honey Bear"   .

On May 26, 2023, the live-action Disney movie "The Little Mermaid" that participated in the composition was released in North America. 

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lin-Manuel Miranda) was born on January 16, 1980 in New York City , USA . His parents are Puerto Rican. His mother, Luz Towns-Miranda, is a clinical psychologist, and his father, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., is a political consultant.

Miranda married Vanessa, a scientist, lawyer, and MIT graduate in 2010. The couple have two sons, Sebastian and Francisco.