Lin-Manuel Miranda
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About
Singer, composer, and rapper who created the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton. In 2018, he'd star as Jack in Mary Poppins Returns, and in 2019, he'd begin starring in HBO's His Dark Materials. He has received multiple Tony Awards and the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Hamilton.
Before Fame
He started his musical career in a comedy hip hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme.
Trivia
He has written and released independent films as well, including Clayton's Friends in 1996.
Family Life
He married his high school friend Vanessa Nadal in 2010. They welcomed a son named Sebastian in November of 2014. In February 2018, they welcomed a second son named Francisco.
Associated With
The inspiration for what eventually became Hamilton was Miranda reading Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton.