Tony Goldwyn attends Bleeker Street's 'Ezra' New York premiere at DGA Theater on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment 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. Related Stories News Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn and Nate Burleson Join 2025 Global Citizen Festival TV 'Scandal' Cast to Reunite for Live Reading Benefitting North Carolina Hurricane Victims (Exclusive) "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. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Collective Talent Incubator Announces 2026 Class Theater 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' Will Come to Broadway This Spring Nobel Prize for Literature László Krasznahorkai, Whose Novels Have Been Adapted by Hungarian Auteur Béla Tarr, Wins Nobel Prize for Literature sponsored Audible's Best Promo of the Year Returns: How to Get Three Months of Star-Narrated Audiobooks for $3 shopping This Prime Day Deal on Apple AirTags Is Even Better Than Black Friday Prices wellness Final Hours to Save: Kourtney Kardashian Barker's Lemme Gummies Get a Rare Prime Day Price Drop Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Collective Talent Incubator Announces 2026 Class Theater 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' Will Come to Broadway This Spring Nobel Prize for Literature László Krasznahorkai, Whose Novels Have Been Adapted by Hungarian Auteur Béla Tarr, Wins Nobel Prize for Literature sponsored Audible's Best Promo of the Year Returns: How to Get Three Months of Star-Narrated Audiobooks for $3 shopping This Prime Day Deal on Apple AirTags Is Even Better Than Black Friday Prices wellness Final Hours to Save: Kourtney Kardas