Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda is an actor, composer, lyricist, playwright, filmmaker and writer. He has created and starred in stage productions that blend modern musical forms with classic musical theatre Miranda is widely known for his writing, composing, and acting in In the Heights and Hamilton. Hamilton, a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton, was nominated for 16 Tony Awards and won 11, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score. His musical impact and influence also made waves in Disney’s Moana. The smash hit “How Far I’ll Go,” which Miranda wrote, earned an Oscar nomination and a Grammy Award for Best Original Song. In the animated feature Encanto, Miranda once again received an Oscar nomination. He wrote eight songs for the movie, including “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 charts, a new record for any Disney song. Miranda has stars on both the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame an