Tony Goldwyn - wikipedia Tony Goldwyn This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2018. Tony Goldwyn Goldwyn in May 2014 Anthony Howard Goldwyn ( 1960 - 05 - 20 ) May 20, 1960 ( age 57 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alma mater Brandeis University London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Occupation Actor, television director Years active 1986 -- Present Spouse ( s ) Jane Michelle Musky ( m. 1987 ) Children Parent ( s ) Jennifer Howard Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Relatives John Goldwyn ( brother ) Samuel Goldwyn ( paternal grandfather ) Frances Howard ( paternal grandmother ) Sidney Howard ( maternal grandfather ) Clare Eames ( maternal grandmother ) Anthony Howard Goldwyn ( born May 20, 1960 ) is an American actor, producer, director and political activist. He portrayed Carl Bruner in Ghost, Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai, and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated film Tarzan. He stars in the ABC drama Scandal, as Fitzgerald Grant III, President of the United States. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Activism 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Films 5.2 Television 5.3 Director 5.4 Theater 5.5 Audiobook 5.6 Soundtrack 6 References 7 External links Early life Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Jennifer Howard and film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Goldwyn 's paternal grandparents were 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. One of his maternal great - great - grandfathers was Maryland Governor and Senator William Thomas Hamilton. Goldwyn attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts ( where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree ), and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career Goldwyn at the film premiere of Divergent in March 2014 Following his departure from drama school, Goldwyn began acting in guest star roles in the mid-1980s. Goldwyn is well known for his portrayal of Carl Bruner, friend - turned - betrayer of Patrick Swayze 's character Sam Wheat in Ghost. He is also well known for his turn on the comedy series, Designing Women in which he played a young interior designer named Kendall Dobbs who was HIV positive, and asked the women of Sugarbakers to design his funeral. In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Goldwyn played astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11. He also voiced the title character from the 1999 animated feature film, Tarzan, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and reprised the role in the video games Disney 's Tarzan Untamed and Kingdom Hearts. He had a recurring role on the NBC - Universal drama Law & Order : Criminal Intent as Frank Goren, brother of lead character Robert Goren, played by Vincent D'Onofrio. He also had acting and directing duties for the first season of Dexter for Showtime ( brother John Goldwyn is executive producer ). As a stage actor, Goldwyn has appeared twice in Off - Broadway shows at Second Stage Theatre and on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre. At Second Stage he appeared in Theresa Rebeck 's Spike Heels ( 1992 ) alongside Kevin Bacon and Julie White. Most recently, in the summer of 2006 at Second Stage Theatre he starred opposite Kate Burton in another Rebeck play, The Water 's Edge. Goldwyn played J.D. Sheldrake, the philandering business executive, in the Broadway musical Promises, Promises starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth. The cast recording was released on June 23, 2010, with Goldwyn in three tracks. Goldwyn played Captain von Trapp ( opposite Laura Osnes as Maria ) in a concert performance of The Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall on April 25, 2012. The benefit included opera singer Stephanie Blythe as the Mother Abbess, Brooke Shields as Baroness Schraeder and Patrick Page as Max. As a director, Goldwyn has directed four feature films, A Walk on the Moon, Someone Like You, The Last Kiss, and Conviction. He has also directed many episodes of television series such as Without a Trace, The L Word, Dexter, Law & Order : Criminal Intent, Grey 's Anatomy and Scandal. In 2014, he directed the pilot episode of the WE tv series, The Divide, of which he also served as executive producer along with Oscar - nominated screenwriter Richard LaGravenese. Since 2012, he has appeared as President Fitzgerald Grant III in ABC television series Scandal. In 2013, Goldwyn was cast in new Lifetime movie, Outlaw Prophet, as Warren Jeffs. In 2014, he appeared in Divergent as Andrew Prior, Caleb ( Ansel Elgort ) and Beatrice 's ( Shailene Woodley ) father. In 2015 he signed on to star in James Gunn 's horror thriller film The Belko Experiment. Activism A former President of the Creative Coalition, Goldwyn is also heavily involved with arts advocacy. He is also a spokesperson of the AmeriCares Foundation. He was an avid supporter of Hillary Clinton and in 2016 directed a commercial featuring his Scandal co-star Kerry Washington, Viola Davis ( of How to Get Away with Murder ), Ellen Pompeo, and Shonda Rhimes in support of Clinton 's presidential campaign. Personal life Goldwyn has been married to production designer Jane Michelle Musky since 1987. They have two daughters. Additionally, Goldwyn 's brother John is a former executive of Paramount Pictures and the executive producer of Dexter. His brother Peter is also a film producer and the current President of Samuel Goldwyn Films. Filmography Films Title Year Role Notes Friday the 13th Part VI : Jason Lives 1986 Darren Gaby : A True Story David Dark Holiday 1989 Ken Horton a.k.a. Passport to Terror Ghost 1990 Carl Bruner Kuffs 1992 Ted Bukovsky Traces of Red 1992 Steve Frayn The Pelican Brief 1993 Fletcher Coal The Last Tattoo 1994 Capt. Michael Starwood The Last Word 1995 Stan Nixon 1995 Harold Nixon Reckless 1995 Tom The Substance of Fire Aaron Geldhart Trouble on the Corner 1997 Jeff Stewart Kiss the Girls 1997 Dr. William ' Will ' Rudolph The Lesser Evil 1998 Frank O'Brian Tarzan 1999 Tarzan ( voice ) Pocahontas : The Legend 1999 Sir Edwin Wingfield The 6th Day 2000 Michael Drucker An American Rhapsody 2001 Peter Bounce 2001 Greg Janello Abandon 2002 Dr. David Schaffer Joshua 2002 Joshua Kingdom Hearts 2002 Tarzan ( voice ) Video game The Last Samurai 2003 Colonel Bagley Ash Tuesday 2003 Elliott The Godfather of Green Bay 2005 Big Jake Norquist American Gun 2005 Frank Romance and Cigarettes 2005 Kitty 's First Love The Sisters 2005 Vincent Antonelli Ghosts never Sleep 2005 Jared Dolan Poliwood 2009 Himself Documentary The Last House on the Left 2009 John Collingwood The Mechanic 2011 Dean Divergent 2014 Andrew Prior The Divergent Series : Insurgent 2015 Andrew Prior The Belko Experiment 2016 Barry Norris A Little Something for Your Birthday 2017 Adam Mark Felt : The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017 Ed Miller Television Title Year Episode Role St. Elsewhere Episode : `` Schwarzwald '' Henry Matlock Episode : `` The Doctors '' Dr. Mark Campion CBS Summer Playhouse Episode : `` Mabel and Max '' Paul Designing Women Episode : `` Killing All the Right People '' Kendall L.A. Law 1988 Episode : `` Fetus Completus '' Chris Arnett Hunter 1988 Episode : `` Murder He Wrote '' Byron Favorite Son 1988 TV mini series Murphy Brown 1988 Episode : `` Respect '' Bobby Powell Tales from the Crypt 1991 Episode : `` Abra Cadaver '' Dr. Carl Fairbanks L'Amérique en otage 1991 TV Movie Jody Powell The Last Mile 1992 TV Short Taking the Heat 1993 TV Movie Michael Love Matters 1993 TV Movie Geoffrey Doomsday Gun 1994 TV Movie Donald Duvall Under Fire 1995 Pilot James Warren A Woman of Independent Means 1995 TV mini series Robert Steed Truman 1995 TV Movie Clark Clifford The Boys Next Door TV Movie Jack Palmer The Song of the Lark 1997 TV Short Fred Ottenburg From the Earth to the Moon 1998 2 episodes Neil Armstrong Frasier 2001 Episode : `` Love Stinks '' Roger American Masters 2001 Documentary ; episode : `` Goldwyn The Man and His Movies '' Himself The L Word 2004 -- 2005 2 episodes Burr Connor Without a Trace 2 episodes Greg Knowles / Rick Knowles Dexter 2006 Episode : `` Shrink Wrap '' Dr. Emmett Meridian Law & Order : Criminal Intent 2007 -- 2008 4 episodes Frank Goren The Good Wife 2009 Episode : `` Lifeguard '' Judge Henry Baxter Drop Dead Diva 2011 Episode : `` Closure '' Alan Roberts The Unknown 2012 Episode : `` Spare the Child '' Bill Watson Scandal 2012 -- present Main cast President Fitzgerald Grant III Outlaw Prophet 2014 TV Movie Warren Jeffs Director Title Year Episode A Walk on the Moon 1999 Also producer Someone Like You 2001 Without a Trace Episode : `` American Goddess '' The L Word 2004 -- 2005 3 episodes Grey 's Anatomy 2006 2 episodes The Last Kiss 2006 Law & Order 2006 Episode : `` Thinking Makes It So '' Dexter 2006 -- 2007 4 episodes Private Practice 2007 Episode : `` In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor... '' Six Degrees 2007 Episode : `` Ray 's Back '' Kidnapped 2007 Episode : `` Acknowledgement '' Alibi 2007 Dirty Sexy Money 2007 Episode : `` The Nutcracker '' Conviction Also producer Damages Episode : `` Flight 's at 11 : 08 '' Justified 2010 -- 2012 3 episodes Hawthorne 2011 Episode : `` To Tell the Truth '' Scandal 2012 -- 2017 8 episodes The Divide 2014 Also producer Theater Title Year Role Tom Jones 1988 The Sum of Us 1989 Carthaginians 1990 Picnic 1991 Spike Heels 1992 Andrew Lady in the Dark 1994 Charley Johnson Holiday 1995 Johnny Case The Water 's Edge 2006 Richard Promises, Promises J.D. Sheldrake 24 Hour Plays Broadway Broadway Backwards 5 The Sound of Music 2012 Captain von Trapp Audiobook Title Author Year The Grifters Jim Thompson 1991 Tenth Commandment Lawrence Sanders 1992 Dead Irish ( Dismas Hardy Series # 1 ) John Lescroart 2000 The Millionaires Brad Meltzer 2005 The Devil in the White City Erik Larson 2007 A Death in Vienna Daniel Silva 2007 Kate Remembered A. Scott Berg 2007 Thunderstruck Erik Larson 2008 Soundtrack Title Year Album Notes `` Wanting Things '' Promises, Promises `` Christmas Day '' Promises, Promises feat. Ashley Amber `` It 's Our Little Secret '' Promises, Promises feat. Sean Hayes References Jump up ^ `` ABC picks up ' Charlie 's Angels, ' ' Good Christian Belles ' and ten more ''. Zap2It. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Jump up ^ Pfefferman, Naomi ( 25 March 1999 ). `` Rediscovering His Jewish Roots ''. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Clare Eames Dead ''. The New York Times. 9 November 1930. p. 31. Retrieved 6 February 2016. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). Jump up ^ Simon, John ( April 25, 2010 ). `` Sean Hayes Pimps Crib, Woos Chenoweth in ' Promises ' ''. Bloomberg News. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Jump up ^ Blank, Matthew ( June 23, 2010 ). `` PHOTO CALL : Promises, Promises Cast Album Release Party ''. Playbill. Retrieved July 2, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Promises, Promises Cast Recording : Track List ''. Amazon. Retrieved July 2, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Exclusive Photos ! Backstage and Onstage With Laura Osnes & Co. at the Carnegie Hall Sound of Music Concert ''. Broadway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015. Jump up ^ Robbins, Stephanie ( 6 March 2014 ). `` ' Scandal ' star Tony Goldwyn cast as polygamist in Lifetime movie ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Jump up ^ Barsanti, Sam ( May 19, 2015 ). `` Tony Goldwyn to star in James Gunn 's The Belko Experiment ''. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Jane Musky Biography ( 1954 - ) ''. filmreference.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015. Jump up ^ Gold, Sylvaine ( March 28, 1999 ). `` A Goldwyn on the Way Up in the Family Business ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tony Goldwyn. Tony Goldwyn on IMDb Films directed by Tony Goldwyn A Walk on the Moon ( 1999 ) Someone like You ( 2001 ) The Last Kiss ( 2006 ) Conviction ( 2010 ) VIAF : 42050462 LCCN : no97046964 ISNI : 0000 0001 1442 6609 GND : 129602353 SUDOC : 160166845 BNF : cb141821876 ( data ) MusicBrainz : 47e1b4e5 - 3fa1 - 43a2 - b6a6 - f18416cc9a2d BNE : XX1167494 IATH : w6v69rhw Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Goldwyn&oldid=821216938 '' Categories : 1960 births 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art American male film actors American film directors American male television actors American male voice actors American male video game actors American people of Polish - Jewish descent American people of Russian - Jewish descent American television directors Brandeis University alumni Film directors from California Goldwyn family Hamilton College ( New York ) alumni Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Hidden categories : Pages containing links to subscription - only content Wikipedia pending changes protected pages Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Kiswahili Latina Malagasy Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Tagalog 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 January 2018, at 02 : 25. 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Question: who plays the president on scandal tv show
Answer: Anthony Howard Goldwyn