# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-kushner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:25:27.075Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-kushner"
name: "Tony Kushner"
slug: "tony-kushner"
description: "Anthony Robert Kushner is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaimed HBO miniseries of the same name. 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 is among the few writers in history nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award."
tagline: "American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Kushner_and_Angels_in_America's_20th_Anniversary.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1956-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump