What is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
{{Infobox person | name = Lin-Manuel Miranda | image = Lin-Manuel Miranda during an interview, March 2022 (3) (croppped).jpg | caption = Miranda in March 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|16}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Composer, playwright, lyricist, actor, singer}} | years_active = 1999–present | spouse = Vanessa Nadal (m. 2010) | children = 2 | awards = [[Emmy Award]]<br />[[Grammy Award]]s<br />[[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]]<br />[[Pulitzer Prize]]<br />[[Tony Award]]s | website = {{URL|http://www.linmanuel.com}} | alma mater = [[Wesleyan University]] }} '''Lin-Manuel Miranda''' (born January 16, 1980)<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/lin-manuel-miranda-041416|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda: Theater Actor, Songwriter, Playwright (1980–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date=November 8, 2017|archive-date=November 8, 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6upLbQkCr?url=https://www.biography.com/people/lin-manuel-miranda-041416|url-status=live}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[composer]], [[Lyrics|lyricist]], [[playwright]], [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[actor]]. He was born in [[New York City|New York]] to [[Puerto Rican]] parents. He is best known for creating and starring in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals ''[[In the Heights]]'' and ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haynes|first=Clarence|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda|url=https://www.biography.com/writer/lin-manuel-miranda|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Biography|language=en-us}}</ref> He co-wrote the songs for the [[Disney]] animated movies ''[[Moana]]'' and ''[[Encanto (movie)|Encanto]]''. He directed his first movie in 2021 with ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (movie)|Tick, Tick... Boom!]]''. He starred in the [[Hamilton (2020 movie)|movie based on his play]] in 2020. His awards include a [[Pulitzer Prize]], three [[Grammy Award]]s, an [[Emmy