Actor

Tony Kushner

July 16, 1956 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work Angels in America which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn of the 21st Century he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.

Kushner made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. He then adapted it into a 2003 miniseries directed by Mike Nichols for which Kushner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie.

Notable work

7.6
The Fabelmans (2022)
Writer
7.5
Hacks (2021)
as Tony Kushner

Often works with

Paul Dano
2 titles together
The Fabelmans, The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Jeffrey Wright
2 titles together
Angels in America, In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway

Full filmography · 6

The Fabelmans
Writer
20227.6
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Writer
2020
The Royal Road
as (archive sound)
2015
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
cast
1993