My Take
Tony Goldwyn is one of those actors who pulled off the rare trick of being so convincingly hateable that audiences actually worried about him — his Carl Bruner in Ghost (1990) was genuinely chilling, and he scored a Saturn Award nomination for it, which tells you how seriously people took that performance. But then he goes and voices Tarzan for Disney in 1999, bringing this warm, searching quality to the character that made you actually feel the identity crisis underneath all the vine-swinging. The guy studied at Brandeis, came up through theater, directed films — there's a real craftsman's range here that most people overlook because they can't get past how good he was at playing the bad guy. And honestly? That's the highest compliment.
Overview
Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor and director. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and had his breakthrough starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller film Ghost (1990), which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tony Goldwyn
- Name (Japanese)
- トニー・ゴールドウィン
- Reading
- とにー・ごーるどうぃん
- Born
- May 20, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / voice actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Hamilton College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Tarzan | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.