Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Groff

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
    Birthday
    26 March 1985
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
6.198
Frozen III
Frozen III
0
The Conspirator
The Conspirator
6.55
Glee Encore
Glee Encore
8.1
A Nice Indian Boy
A Nice Indian Boy
7.403
Twelve Thirty
Twelve Thirty
4.667
Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin
6.263
Frozen
Frozen
7.248
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
7.739
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
7.2
C.O.G.
C.O.G.
5.516
Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio
8.282
Showing Up
Showing Up
9.2
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
7.9
Frozen Fever
Frozen Fever
6.83
Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center
Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center
0
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation
10
American Sniper
American Sniper
7.418
Looking: The Movie
Looking: The Movie
7.162
Ultraman: Rising
Ultraman: Rising
8.196
Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along
0
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
6.5
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
6.463
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
6.325
Blindspotting
Blindspotting
7.341
The Matrix Resurrections
The Matrix Resurrections
6.36
Frozen II
Frozen II
7.242
Hamilton
Hamilton
7.372
Hamilton's America
Hamilton's America
6.6
Once Upon a Snowman
Once Upon a Snowman
6.916
An Evening With Audra McDonald
An Evening With Audra McDonald
10
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Russian Broadway Shut Down
0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
0
Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
0
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms
7.2
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found | Frozen Stories
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found | Frozen Stories
0