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Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

Actor and director, also producer and writer · Born May 20, 1960 (66) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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.

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Born
May 20, 1960 (66)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor and director, also producer and writer
Titles
76 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Tony Goldwyn's films like?

Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Morality
22%
Self
20%
Survival
16%
Society
11%
Power
7%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 38 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 14 · Dark 14

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 27 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 19 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 16

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 8 of 23 analyzed roles.

Shadow
8 of 23
Hero
6 of 23
Herald
3 of 23
Mentor
2 of 23
Ally
1 of 23
Shapeshifter
1 of 23
Trickster
1 of 23
Threshold guardian
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
29
Melancholic
22
Hopeful
8
Thrilling
9
Dread
9
Other
41

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tony Goldwyn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 59 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tony Goldwyn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • One Battle After Another(2025)

    as Virgil Throckmorton

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Ezra(2023)

    Director · Producer · as Bruce

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Oppenheimer(2023)

    as Gordon Gray

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Murder Mystery 2(2023)

    as Mr. Silverfox

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Plane(2023)

    as Scarsdale

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The People We Hate at the Wedding(2022)

    as Dr. Goulding

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • King Richard(2021)

    as Paul Cohen

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • but i'm here too (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Producer · as Him

  • Hacks(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · as Bob Lipka

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Lovecraft Country(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Samuel Braithwhite

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Hot Zone(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bruce Ivins

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Chambers(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · as Ben Lefevre

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • All I Wish(2017)

    as Adam

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

    as Ed Miller

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Belko Experiment(2016)

    as Barry Norris

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee(2016)

    Show as Bus Driver

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • The Divergent Series: Insurgent(2015)

    as Andrew Prior

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Divide(2014)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs(2014)

    as Warren Jeffs

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Divergent(2014)

    as Andrew

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Scandal(2012)

    Show 124 episodes · Director · as President Fitzgerald Grant

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Mechanic(2011)

    as Dean Sanderson

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Conviction(2010)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Justified(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Henry Baxter

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Drop Dead Diva(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Alan Roberts

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Last House on the Left(2009)

    as John Collingwood

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dirty Sexy Money(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Private Practice(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Dexter(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · as Dr. Emmett Meridian

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Six Degrees(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Kidnapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Last Kiss(2006)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • American Gun(2005)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Romance & Cigarettes(2005)

    as Kitty's First Love (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Sisters(2005)

    as Vincent Antonelli

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Godfather of Green Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Big Jake Norquist

  • Ghosts Never Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jared Dolan

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The L Word(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · as Burr Connor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Last Samurai(2003)

    as Col. Benjamin Bagley

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Working Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Ash Tuesday(2003)

    as Elliott

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Abandon(2002)

    as David Schaffer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Without a Trace(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · as Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Joshua(2002)

    as Joshua

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 4 episodes · as Frank Goren

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • An American Rhapsody(2001)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Someone Like You(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The 6th Day(2000)

    as Michael Drucker

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Bounce(2000)

    as Greg Janello

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · as Nicholas Baxter

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Tarzan(1999)

    as Tarzan (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Walk on the Moon(1999)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Lesser Evil(1998)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • From the Earth to the Moon(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Neil Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Trouble on the Corner(1997)

    as Jeff Stewart

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Kiss the Girls(1997)

    as Dr. Will Rudolph

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Substance of Fire(1996)

    as Aaron Geldhart

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Boys Next Door(1996)

    as Jack Palmer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Nixon(1995)

    as Harold Nixon

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Reckless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Tom

  • Truman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Clark Clifford

  • The Last Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Stan

  • Pocahontas: The Legend(1995)

    as Sir Edwin Wingfield

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • A Woman of Independent Means(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Robert Steed

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Doomsday Gun(1994)

    as Duvall

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Vault of Horror I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Dr. Carl Fairbanks (archive footage)

  • The Last Tattoo(1994)

    as Captain Mike Starwood

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Love Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Geoffrey

  • The Pelican Brief(1993)

    as Fletcher Coal

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Roger

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Taking the Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Michael

  • Traces of Red(1992)

    as Steve Frayn

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Last Mile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Scott

  • Kuffs(1992)

    as Ted Bukovsky

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Iran: Days of Crisis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jody Powell

  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Reader

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 56 episodes · Director · as Nicholas Baxter

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost(1990)

    as Carl Bruner

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Carl Fairbanks

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Holiday(1989)

    as Ken Horton

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Bobby Powell

  • Friday the 13th: The New Blood(1988)

    as David (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Gaby: A True Story(1987)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Designing Women(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • L.A. Law(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Chris Arnett

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives(1986)

    as Darren

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Matlock(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark Campion

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Hunter(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Byron Loire

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • St. Elsewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Orr

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Palmer

  • Billion Dollar Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Burton Gerber

  • Box Office Champ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 94 titles, 92 of them dated from 1951 to 2025; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

Ghost (1990)

$506M worldwide

Highest rated

The Last Samurai (2003)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Scandal (2012)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19512025

Peak 2000 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 13 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 94: 74 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting19 of 94: 9 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thProducing5 of 94: 0 only producing, 5 with another roleOther crew1 of 94: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

94 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s29 · 28 acting · 2 crew2000s28 · 20 acting · 11 crew2010s13 · 10 acting · 5 crew2020s10 · 10 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 10% of 30 roles
86960616

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 1996–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 1996
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Tony Goldwyn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 47; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Midcredits score across 76 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th23
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

37 of their 76 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser37
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

Ash Tuesday (2003)

91st percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Oppenheimer (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 36 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tony Goldwyn's work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles29–92 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles12–65 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles33–84 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs17 titles14–60 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles39–85 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tony Goldwyn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tony Goldwyn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ashley Judd shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers