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Date of Birth

20 May 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Anthony Howard Goldwyn

Nickname

Gold

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse

Jane Musky

(1989 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Daughters named Anna Goldwyn and Tess Frances Goldwyn.

In the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998), he played astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon. Later, he had the chance to direct Armstrong in a film called A Walk on the Moon (1999), in which Armstrong was a narrator.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42. [1990]

Attended Brandeis University, Massachusetts

Attended Hamilton College, New York

Son of actress Jennifer Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Grandson of actress Clare Eames and playwright Sidney Howard on his mother's side; grandson of actress Frances Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn on his father's side.

Brother-in-law of actress Colleen Camp.

Brother of Paramount Studios president John Goldwyn.

He won an Obie Award in 1991 for his performance in "The Sum of Us".

His grandfathers, Samuel Goldwyn and Sidney Howard, were frequent collaborators for many years. They worked on a total of eight films together: Bulldog Drummond (1929), Raffles (1930), One Heavenly Night (1931), Arrowsmith (1931), The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932), Dodsworth (1936) and Raffles (1930).

Uncle of Emily Goldwyn.

Personal Quotes

I got skewered through the chest after uttering about three words. (referring to his inauspicious film debut in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)).

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