Tony Goldwyn has a high-profile date on his calendar for 2026.
The actor, director, producer and longtime philanthropist has been selected to receive the Bob and Leila Macauley Humanitarian Spirit Award from Americares during the organization’s Airlift Benefit, scheduled to take place at New York’s Pier Sixty on April 16.
Per Americares, the honor “recognizes outstanding individuals who demonstrate exceptional courage and a deep commitment to humanitarian causes, leveraging their talents and influence to improve lives and inspire change.” Previous honorees include President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the vaccine development teams at Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
“No one exemplified the call to public service more than Americares founders Bob and Leila Macauley,” said Goldwyn. “They saw communities in crisis and took action, period. Being a part of this organization has been one of the great privileges of my life and I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this award in Bob and Leila’s name.”
Praised Americares president and CEO Christine Squires: “He has generously given his time and used his platform to support a number of causes, including organizations that help disaster survivors, people in poverty, cancer patients and those wrongly convicted of crimes. Tony truly personifies the spirit of compassion and action that this award celebrates.”
Goldwyn’s history with Americares can be traced back more than two decades when he attended a fundraiser and heard about how the org’s founder, Connecticut businessman Bob Macauley, chartered a plane to rescue stranded children amid the Vietnam War. He joined the Americares board of directors in 2018, and has volunteered by hosting fundraisers, packing emergency kits for disaster survivors and traveling to Guatemala and Puerto Rico to see Americares work on the ground.
Goldwyn’s other philanthropic endeavors include serving as an ambassador for Stand Up To Cancer, as a trustee for the Innocence Project and the Second Stage Theater, and serving on the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s board of governors. Many of those partners have only glowing things to say about Goldwyn.
“Tony truly embodies and brilliantly carries on the tradition, started by his grandfather Sam and embraced by his father Sam Jr., of taking care of our own, the entertainment industry workers who need the safety net provided by the Motion Picture & Television Fund,” said MPTF president and CEO Bob Beitcher. Added Entertainment Industry Foundation president and CEO Nicole Sexton: “Tony upholds a philanthropic legacy that leverages platform for purpose — like those before him, he seizes the opportunities afforded to him to lift up others and create positive social change.”
Goldwyn is now on the big screen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, and on the small screen as district attorney Nicholas Baxter on Law & Order. He recently launched a podcast, Far from the Tree, co-hosting chats with his screenwriter daughter, Anna Musky-Goldwyn, and other parent/child duos in the same business.
More information about the Americares Airlift Benefit, produced by STAMP Event Co., can be found here.
