Hey everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome back to work in progress.

Today's guest is the in-immutable Tony Goldwyn, a phenomenal screen and voice actor,

Peabody Award-winning director, and an incredible philanthropic force for good in the world.

Tony has played iconic characters in films like The Last Samurai, to the divergent films,

even to the voice of Tarzan and Disney's animated Tarzan, but you might know him best.

From his, shall we say, spicy portrayal of President Fitzgerald Grant III on Scandal.

Tony is a born and raised Angelino and a child of Hollywood, the son of an actor mother

and a producer father. He joined the family business and pursuit a career in acting,

eventually getting his breakout moment as Carl Bruner, the antagonist of the 90s

Instaclastic Ghost, one of my personal favorites, by the way. From there he went under-perform

Miriad roles in TV, film, and on the stage, including in one of my favorite performances I was

able to see on Broadway, pre-pandemic, network, also starring Brian Cranston and Tatiana Maslani.

Oh, you guys, it was phenomenal. But those aren't the only ways he's followed in his family's footsteps.

Like his parents and grandparents, Tony is also an avid philanthropist. He sits on the board of

three separate charity organizations, and as if that wasn't enough, he's also an ambassador

for stand-up to cancer, a nonprofit that is dedicating to funding cancer research, treatment,

and cure options. Today we're going to find out more about his life, his career, his pursuit of

his own creativity, his advocacy, and more. Enjoy.

Well, hi, Tony. I'm so excited to have you today.

Hi, Sophia. Yeah, thanks for having me on.

Thank you for being willing to join me from your vacation.

It's nice. Yeah, and we're, we are, and it's quite kind of remote. And I was just

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