Jonathan Groff
Acting
Born 1985-03-26
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he has received several accolades, including a Tony Award and a Grammy Award, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2026.
He began his career on Broadway, making his debut in the musical In My Life (2005). He later received Tony Award nominations for playing Melchior Gabor in the original production of the rock musical Spring Awakening (2006), King George III in the original production of the historical musical Hamilton (2015), and Bobby Darin in the original production of the jukebox musical Just in Time (2025). In 2024, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Franklin Shepard in the musical revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. He also starred as Seymour Krelborn in the Off-Broadway musical revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2019.
On television, he began his career as a recurring guest star as Jesse St. James on the Fox musical-comedy series Glee (2009–15). He starred as Patrick Murray in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking (2014–15), the network's first series centring on the lives of gay men, as well as its subsequent television film, Looking: The Movie (2016). He portrayed FBI Special Agent Holden Ford in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter (2017–19). He was Primetime Emmy Award-nominated for his role in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton (2020).
Groff made his film debut playing Michael Lang in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009). He has since played Louis J. Weichmann in The Conspirator (2010), Smith in The Matrix Resurrections (2021), and a father held hostage in Knock at the Cabin (2023). He also voiced both Kristoff and Sven in the Disney animated Frozen franchise, including Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). 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.
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The Simpsons
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
INVINCIBLE
The Good Wife
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Glee
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Frozen II
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Frozen
MINDHUNTER
Doctor Who
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
And Just Like That…
American Sniper
The Matrix Resurrections
Stars in the House
Once Upon a Studio
Knock at the Cabin
Maron
Hamilton
Frozen Fever
The American Revolution
Boss
Looking
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Some Good News
Ultraman: Rising
Visible: Out on Television
Once Upon a Snowman
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Frozen III
Pretty/Handsome
IMDb on the Scene
Taking Woodstock
The Conspirator
Merrily We Roll Along
The Normal Heart
Lost Ollie
Blindspotting
A Nice Indian Boy
Doctor Who: Unleashed
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Looking: The Movie
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Octet
Broadway: The Next Generation
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Doctor Who at the Proms
Showing Up
C.O.G.
An Evening With Audra McDonald
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