Board Member
Mr. Goldwyn joined the board in 2018. An actor, director and producer, Mr. Goldwyn is currently starring in the critically acclaimed feature, “One Battle After Another” as well as the popular television series “Law & Order” as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter and has a recurring role on the Emmy Award-winning HBO comedy, “Hacks.” He recently launched a new podcast, “Far from the Tree,” co-hosting conversations with his daughter, screenwriter Anna Musky-Goldwyn, and other parent/child duos who work in the same business.
Mr. Goldwyn’s latest feature directing project, “Ezra,” with Bobby Cannavale and Robert DeNiro, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Boulder International Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival. He was also seen in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture “Oppenheimer” and the award-winning ensemble of “King Richard” with Will Smith.
Mr. Goldwyn first caught audiences’ attention in the box office smash “Ghost.” He went on to appear in numerous films including, “The Pelican Brief,” “Kiss The Girls,” “Nixon,” “The Substance of Fire,” “The Last Samurai” and “Divergent.” He is familiar to children as the title voice in Disney’s “Tarzan” and is widely recognized for playing President Fitzgerald Grant III on seven seasons of the hit show “Scandal.”
A longtime Americares supporter, Mr. Goldwyn has served as an Americares ambassador since 2014 and has traveled with the organization to Guatemala and Puerto Rico. He also serves as an ambassador for Stand Up To Cancer and is a trustee for the Second Stage Theater and the Innocence Project. Additionally, Mr. Goldwyn serves on the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Board of Governors. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brandeis University and trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
