His numerous accolades include three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, five Grammy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, an Annie Award, a MacArthur Fellowship Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, and a Pulitzer Prize. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005), and Hamilton (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Encanto, and Vivo (both 2021). Lin-Manuel Miranda ( / l ɪ n m æ n ˈ w ɛ l m ɪ ˈ r æ n d ə/ born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, director and producer.
