Daughters named Anna Goldwyn and Tess Frances.

His grandfathers, Samuel Goldwyn and Sidney Howard, were frequent collaborators for many years. They worked on a total of eight films together: Bulldog Drummond (1929), Raffles (1930), One Heavenly Night (1931), Arrowsmith (1931), The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932), Dodsworth (1936) and Raffles (1930).

In the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini), he played astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon. Later, he had the chance to direct Armstrong in a film called A Walk on the Moon (1999), in which Armstrong was a narrator.

Brother-in-law of actress Colleen Camp.

Attended Brandeis University, Massachusetts

Brother of Paramount Studios president John Goldwyn.

Son of actress Jennifer Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Grandson of actress Clare Eames and playwright Sidney Howard on his mother's side; grandson of actress Frances Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn on his father's side.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42. [1990]

Uncle of Emily Goldwyn.

He won an Obie Award in 1991 for his performance in The Sum of Us

Grandson of actress Clare Eames and playwright Sidney Howard on his mother's side.

Grandson of actress Frances Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn on his father's side.

Attended Hamilton College, New York