Who wrote and acted in the musical Hamilton? What other musicals has this man been in?

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote Hamilton and played Alexander. He has been in Bring It On the musical, West Side Story and In The Heights.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, (born January 16, 1980, New York, New York, U. S.), American actor, composer, lyricist, and writer who created and starred in stage productions that blended modern musical forms with classic musical theatre. Perhaps his best-known work was Hamilton, a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton.