Jonathan Groff
Born: 1985-03-26 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer. He began his career on Broadway, rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of Spring Awakening (2006-2008), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award, at age 21. He returned to Broadway to portray King George III in the original production of Hamilton (2015), for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. For the original cast album of Hamilton, he, along with the other singers on the recording, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Branching out into film and television roles, Groff made his film debut in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009), and became a recurring guest star in the Fox musical-comedy series Glee (2009–2015) as Jesse St. James. He voiced the roles of Kristoff and Sven in Disney's Frozen franchise, including Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019), two of the highest-grossing films of all time, as well as the short films Frozen Fever (2015) and Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017). Groff starred as Patrick Murray in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking (2014–2015), the network's first TV series centering around the lives of gay men, as well as its subsequent television film, Looking: The Movie (2016), and portrayed FBI Special Agent Holden Ford in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter (2017–2019), produced by David Fincher, for which he won a Satellite Award. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Anthology Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton. Groff starred in the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise—The Matrix Resurrections (2021)—as Smith, replacing Hugo Weaving from the original trilogy. In 2022, he executive produced the HBO documentary film Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, which saw the 15 year reunion of the original cast of the musical, and voiced the lead role of Ollie in the Netflix series Lost Ollie. He stars in M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic horror film Knock at the Cabin (2023) and will return to Broadway in fall 2023 in the first revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
Filmography
2027
- Frozen III as Kristoff (voice)
2025
- Hamilton as King George
- The American Revolution as voice
- Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shepard
- A Nice Indian Boy as Jay Kurundkar
- The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as Self
- Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution as Self
- Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found as Kristoff
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Rogue
2024
- Doctor Who as Rogue
- Ultraman: Rising as Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
- Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- Doctor Who at the Proms as Rogue (archive footage)
2023
- Once Upon a Studio as Kristoff (voice)
- Knock at the Cabin as Eric
2022
- Lost Ollie as Ollie (voice)
- Spring Awakening: Those You've Known as Self - Melchior
2021
- INVINCIBLE as Rick Sheridan (voice)
- And Just Like That… as Dr. Paul David
- The Matrix Resurrections as Smith
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self - Host
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- Once Upon a Snowman as Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
- Some Good News as Self
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
- Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II as Self
- An Evening With Audra McDonald
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Frozen II as Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
2018
- Lie Detector as Self
- Blindspotting as Man by Fence (uncredited)
- Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center as Himself
2017
- MINDHUNTER as Holden Ford
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure as Kristoff (voice)
- Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- LEGO Frozen Northern Lights as Kristoff (voice)
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self
2016
- Hamilton's America as Self
- Looking: The Movie as Patrick Murray
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Frozen Fever as Kristoff (voice)
- IMDb on the Scene as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- American Sniper as Young Vet-Mads
- Looking as Patrick Murray
- The Normal Heart as Craig
- The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic as Self
- Showing Up as Self
- Russian Broadway Shut Down
2011
- Twelve Thirty as Jeff
- The Conspirator as Louis Weichmann
- Boss as Ian Todd
- Glee Encore as Jesse St. James
2009
- The Good Wife as Jimmy Fellner
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Glee as Jesse St. James
- Taking Woodstock as Michael Lang
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien ... (Writer)
1989
- The Simpsons as Actor Playing Bart (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer