Thomas Kail Net Worth

What is Thomas Kail's Net Worth?

Thomas Kail is a director and producer who has a net worth of $40 million. Thomas Kail is best known for directing Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit stage musicals "In the Heights" and "Hamilton," winning a Tony Award for the latter. He has also directed episodes of such television series as "2 Broke Girls," "Fosse/Verdon," and "Up Here."

Early Life and Education

Thomas Kail was born on January 20, 1977, in Alexandria, Virginia. As a teenager, he attended Sidwell Friends School, graduating in 1995. Kail went on to attend Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1999.

Career Beginnings

After graduating from college, Kail joined the American Stage Company in New Jersey as an assistant stage manager. In 2004, he joined Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale to form the improv hip-hop comedy group Freestyle Love Supreme. Kail served as the director of the group's performances.

Theater Career

Kail rose to fame as the director of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights," which got its start at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in 2005 before going off-Broadway in 2007 and premiering on Broadway in 2008. The Broadway production won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and earned Kail his first Tony nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. After "In the Heights," Kail directed the off-Broadway play "Broke-ology" in 2009 and Eric Simonson's Broadway play "Lombardi" in 2010. In early 2011, he mounted the off-Broadway production of "When I Come to Die." Later in the year, Kail directed productions of "In the Heights" during its US tour. In 2012, he reunited with Eric Simonson to direct his Broadway play "Magic/Bird," about the lives and careers of the eponymous NBA players.

In 2015, Kail mounted his second musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda: "Hamilton." The show premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater before soon transferring to Broadway. "Hamilton" was a massive hit, playing to sold-out crowds and going on to earn a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations and 13 Drama Desk Award nominations. It won both Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. Kail would go on to direct "Hamilton" on the West End, earning him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. While he was enjoying his success with "Hamilton," he directed such other productions as "Dry Powder," "Daphne's Dive," and "Tiny Beautiful Things." The latter, based on the self-help book of the same name by Cheryl Strayed, premiered in late 2016.

In 2018, Kail directed "Kings" at the Public Theater. The next year, he began directing both off-Broadway and Broadway productions of "Freestyle Love Supreme," starring the eponymous improv hip-hop comedy group he had formed with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale 15 years prior. Also in 2019, Kail mounted productions of "Derren Brown: Secret" and "The Wrong Man." Later, in 2023, he directed the Broadway revival of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," which earned him his second career Drama Desk Award for Best Direction of a Musical. A couple of years later, Kail directed an off-Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's play "Anna Christie" at St. Ann's Warehouse.

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Television and Film

In 2012, Kail directed a few episodes of the CBS sitcom "2 Broke Girls." A few years later, he directed two episodes of the short-lived Adult Swim sitcom "The Jack and Triumph Show." In early 2016, Kail directed the Fox live television special "Grease Live!," a remake of the musical film "Grease." Concluding the decade, he directed five of the eight episodes of the FX biographical miniseries "Fosse/Verdon," about the relationship between stage giants Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. For his work, Kail earned an Emmy Award nomination. He went on to win an Emmy for the live stage recording of "Hamilton," which was released on Disney+ in 2020.

Continuing his partnership with Disney, Kail co-produced the Disney+ musical comedy film "World's Best" in 2023. Also that year, he directed the first two episodes of the short-lived Hulu musical romcom series "Up Here." In 2024, Kail directed two episodes of the Hulu historical drama miniseries "We Were the Lucky Ones," based on Georgia Hunter's book about a Polish Jewish family surviving the Holocaust. Kail went on to make his feature-film directorial debut with Disney's live-action remake of "Moana," which came out in 2026. He was previously attached to direct a remake of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," but the project was scrapped.

Personal Life

From 2006 to 2019, Kail was in a relationship with actress and singer Angela Christian. He subsequently dated actress Michelle Williams, whom he married in 2020. They had their first child together later that year, followed by a second child in 2022 and a third, via surrogate, in 2025.

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