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. Miranda received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2018. In December 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for creating Hamilton.
Accolades Awards and nominations Award / Organization / Film festival Year Category Nominated work Result Academy Awards2017Best Original Song "How Far I'll Go" 2022 "Dos Oruguitas" Annie Awards2022Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production Encanto VivoASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2017 Top Box Office Films Moana Audie Awards 2022 Best Male Narrator Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Black Reel Awards 2021 Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series Hamilton Outstanding Music 2022 Outstanding Original Score In the Heights Children's and Family Emmy Awards2022 Outstanding Short Form Program We the People Clarence Derwent Awards 2007 Outstanding Debut PerformanceIn the Heights Columbia University Libraries 2016 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American HistoryHamilton Critics' Choice Movie Awards2022Best Song"Dos Oruguitas" Daytime Emmy Awards2014Outstanding Original Song"Rhymes with Mando" Detroit Film Critics Society 2021 Best Director Tick, Tick... Boom! Directors Guild of America Awards2022Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director Tick, Tick... Boom!Dorian Awards2016Wilde Artist of the Year20172022Drama Desk Awards2007Outstanding Ensemble PerformanceIn the HeightsOutstanding MusicOutstanding Lyrics2013Bring It On: The Musical2015Outstanding Actor in a MusicalHamiltonOutstanding Book of a MusicalOutstanding MusicOutstanding LyricsDrama League Awards2007Distinguished PerformanceIn the Heights2015Hamilton2016Dramatists Guild of America2008Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic CompositionIn the Heights2016HamiltonFred and Adele Astaire Awards 2016 Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway ShowHamilton Georgia Film Critics Association 2017 Best Original Song "How Far I'll Go" 2022 "Dos Oruguitas" GLAAD Media Awards 2013 Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway and Off-BroadwayBring It On: The Musical Golden Globe Awards2017Best Original Song"How Far I'll Go" 2019Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyMary Poppins Returns2021Hamilton2022Best Original Song"Dos Oruguitas" Grammy Awards2009Best Musical Theater Album In the Heights 2016Hamilton2018Best Song Written for Visual Media"How Far I'll Go" Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaMoana2021Best Music FilmWe Are Freestyle Love Supreme2022Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaIn the Heights2023Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling RecordingAristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaEncantoBest Song Written for Visual Media "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2019Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" 2022 "Dos Oruguitas" 2024 Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television "Esperando Pelitos" HOLA Awards2008Outstanding Performance by a Male ActorIn the HeightsOutstanding Achievement in PlaywritingHollywood Critics Association 2022 Best DirectorTick, Tick... Boom! Best First Feature Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2016 Best Original Score – Animated Moana Best Original Song – Animated "We Know the Way" 2021 Best Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical In the Heights Tick, Tick... Boom! 2023 Best Music Themed Film or Musical The Little Mermaid Best Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy "For The First Time" "Wild Uncharted Waters" Houston Film Critics Society 2017 Best Original Song "How Far I'll Go" 2022 "Dos Oruguitas" iHeartRadio Music Awards 2023 Best Lyrics "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Imagen Awards 2019 Best Actor – Television DuckTales 2022 Best Music Composition for Film or Television Encanto Kids' Choice Awards 2021 Favorite Movie Actor Hamilton Laurence Olivier Awards2016Outstanding Achievement in MusicIn the Heights2018HamiltonLucille Lortel Awards2015Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical HamiltonNAACP Image Awards 2016 Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration Hamilton 2021 Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Hamilton Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special 2022 Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Tick, Tick... Boom! 2024 Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album The Little Mermaid Obie Awards2007Music and Lyrics In the Heights2015Best New American Theatre WorkHamiltonOuter Critics Circle Awards2007Outstanding New Score In the Heights2015HamiltonOutstanding Book of a MusicalPalm Springs International Film Festival 2019 Best Ensemble Cast Mary Poppins Returns People's Choice Awards 2020 The Male Movie Star of 2020 Hamilton The Drama Movie Star of 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards2014Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics"Bigger!" 2017Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live2018Curb Your Enthusiasm2019Outstanding Limited SeriesFosse/Verdon2021Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)HamiltonOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieProducers Guild of America Awards2017Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television Hamilton's America2020Outstanding Producer of Limited Series TelevisionFosse/Verdon2021Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised MoviesHamilton2022Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesTick, Tick... Boom!Pulitzer Prize2009Drama In the Heights2016HamiltonSanta Barbara International Film Festival 2022 Variety Artisans Award (Song) Encanto Satellite Awards2019Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Mary Poppins Returns2021 HamiltonBest Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical2022Best Director Tick, Tick... Boom!Best Original Song "Colombia, Mi Encanto" Saturn Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actor Mary Poppins Returns Society of Composers & Lyricists 2022 Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production "Home All Summer" St. Louis Film Critics Association 2016 Best Song "How Far I'll Go" "You're Welcome" Teen Choice Awards 2019 Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor Mary Poppins Returns Theatre World Awards 2007 Outstanding Debut PerformanceIn the Heights Tony Awards2008Best Actor in a MusicalIn the HeightsBest Original Score2016Best Actor in a MusicalHamiltonBest Book of a MusicalBest Original ScoreWorld Soundtrack Awards 2017 Best Original Song Written for a Film "How Far I'll Go"
Special awards and other honors Year Award Recognized work 2015 MacArthur Fellowship George Washington Book Prize Special Achievement AwardHamiltonSmithsonian American Ingenuity Award in the category "History" 2017 Imagen President's Award Latin Grammy President's Merit Award United States Capitol Historical Society Freedom Award 2018 Actors' Equity Association Rosetta LeNoire Award Kennedy Center HonorHamilton Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category "Live Performance" 2019 National Portrait Gallery Portrait of A Nation Prize 2021 Critics Choice Association Celebration of Latino Cinema – Visionary Award Hollywood Critics Association Inspire Award 2022 Greenwich International Film Festival Changemaker Award Satellite Auteur Award 2026Disney Legend Honoree
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