10 Things You Didn’t Know about Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

He is one of the most famous faces in all of the acting community, but that is not what makes Lin-Manuel Miranda so famous. He’s a little bit of everything, and a lot talented at all of it. He raps, he acts, he composes, he writes, he is hilarious and he is just down-to-earth no matter how famous he becomes, how amazing he is or how many awards he takes home. He’s not always someone we see on the red carpet or in the spotlight. He keeps to himself, and he does his job. But he does it so well that it’s nearly impossible not to know who he is and what he does for a living. He’s everything that is good about the creative types of the world, and he is one of the most impressive men we’ve ever had to pleasure to discuss. Yet there is still so much we don’t know about him.

He’s not that old

He has a distinguished look about him, and it leads many people to believe that Lin Manuel-Miranda is much older than he is. Perhaps it is his sheer list of accomplishments that allows us to go on believing that he is so much older than he is. After all, how many people can really accomplish all he has accomplished in such a short period of time? Believe it or not, however, he was born in 1980. He’s in his 30s.

He’s got numerous awards

Many people have awards. Some people have an Emmy. Some have an Oscar. Some have lived passed the age of 25 after dealing with addiction, accidents, drama and the like; and that’s impressive for some people in Hollywood (we aren’t naming names, but we have a feeling you might be able to name four or five off the top of your head). Lin-Manuel Miranda, however, has a little bit of everything. He has a bunch of Tony Awards. He has Grammy Awards. He has a Pulitzer Prize. He’s really just that talented.

He’s married

Did you know that Lin-Manuel Miranda is married? He didn’t make a big deal of it when he wed his wife, Vanessa Nadal, in 2010. He likes his privacy and he is not all that interested in being a public figure outside of work. He and his wife married and had a lovely ceremony in which they did not allow photographers to leak their photos to the press. It was really quite nice.

He met his wife in high school

If you are a millionaire with a successful career and everything going for you, you can have anyone in the world almost. However, Lin-Manuel Miranda was not all that interested in finding just any famous face to be with. He met his wife in high school and they were friends long before anything else happened between them. They decided to begin dating and they began to fall in love long before they got married.

His wife is in law

She doesn’t have to work with her husband and his career providing nicely for the family, but Vanessa Nadal doesn’t mind the work. She’s actually an attorney at a law firm called Jones Day, and she likes what she does. She doesn’t need her husband to take care of her when she is able to care for herself.

He’s got some records going for him

When Lin-Manuel Miranda was only 29, he was given an honorary degree from Yeshiva University. He and his friend were both given the same degree, and Miranda actually became the youngest person in the history of the university to receive such an honor. Not a bad deal for a guy in his 20s at the time.

He’s funny

He is a very serious actor and can do almost anything you ask him to do, and he’s very passionate about the things he does for a living and the things he believes in. Many people are unsure whether or not he is a funny person or a serious one because of it. It turns out, he’s hilarious and he’s really good at Carpool Karaoke. In fact, the world wants to see him host that hilarious bit.

He’s a father

Back in 2014, Lin-Manuel Miranda became a father for the first time. So far, he’s only the father of one child, and he is quite happy to have his son in his life. He named his child Sebastian, and he has managed to keep photos of his baby to himself and never once made it a habit to sell them to the highest bidder. We think that’s a nice thing about his parenting. At the moment, he is happy with one child though he has said in the past that he has no issue with a big family.

Net Worth

Lin-Manuel Miranda is not the wealthiest actor in all of Hollywood, but he’s also doing quite well for himself. His estimated net worth is more than $10 million as of 2016, and it looks that his net worth will only increase as time goes on. It’s been reported that he is leaving his Broadway Musical, Hamilton, which he pretty much created all by himself from start to finish, and ticket sales are going through the roof. People want to see him in his final days on stage, so they are willing to spend more than $10,000 per ticket to make sure they can do just that. It seems he might see his net worth increase significantly as it becomes closer to the time in which he will end his reign.

He thought his wife was out of his league

Lin-Manuel Miranda apparently peaked at 25. He went to high school with his wife, but he said she was way out of his league at that point. They did not meet again until he was 25 and was suddenly someone who had grown into his body and his mind, and that’s when he thought he might have a chance. Who knows; if he’d spoken up sooner he might have married her a long time ago.

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