Josh Groban

Josh Groban

Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, with over 22.3 million records. As of 2012, he had sold over 25 million records worldwide. David Foster called Josh to stand in for an ailing Andrea Bocelli to rehearse a duet, "The Prayer", with Celine Dion at the rehearsal for the 1998 Grammy Awards. Rosie O'Donnell immediately invited him to appear on her talk show. Foster asked him to sing at California Governor Gray Davis' 1999 inauguration. He was cast on Ally McBeal by the show's creator, David E. Kelley, performing "You're Still You" for the 2001 season four finale. After his appearance in two professional productions of the musical Chess, he made his Broadway debut in 2016 as Pierre Bezukhov in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, to critical acclaim and nomination for a 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. His performance at the 72nd Tony Awards earned him two Primetime Emmy nominations, one for Outstanding Live Variety Special and one for Original Music and Lyrics for the song "This One's for You". Groban co-starred as Tony Caruso Jr. in the Netflix original series,The Good Cop. He was also the host of Rising Star, he also appeared in the films, Coffee Town, Muppets Most Wanted, The Hollars, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. He also appeared on TV as Danny Chase in The Crazy Ones, as well as Walter Bernard Jr. in The Office.

Known For

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Filmography

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Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City poster

Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City

Movie · as Self

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Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale poster

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

Movie · as Josh Groban

2026
Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel poster

Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel

Movie

2024
Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry poster

Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry

Movie

2024
Christmas with Delta in Hollywood poster

Christmas with Delta in Hollywood

Movie

2024
Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays poster

Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Self

2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Movie · as Waiter

2022
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration poster

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Movie · as Beast / Prince Adam

2022
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? poster

Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?

Movie · as Self

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2021
Eye Candy poster

Eye Candy

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2021
That's My Jam poster

That's My Jam

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
The Disney Family Singalong poster

The Disney Family Singalong

Movie · as Self - Performer

2020
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend poster

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Movie · as Josh Groban

2020
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway poster

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

Movie · as Self

2020
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente poster

Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo poster

The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Celebrity IOU poster

Celebrity IOU

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Die Helene Fischer Show 2019 poster

Die Helene Fischer Show 2019

Movie · as Self

2019
David Foster: Off the Record poster

David Foster: Off the Record

Movie · as Self

2019
Josh Groban Bridges: In Concert from Madison Square Garden poster

Josh Groban Bridges: In Concert from Madison Square Garden

Movie · as Self

2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting poster

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 3 eps

2018
Mickey's 90th Spectacular poster

Mickey's 90th Spectacular

Movie · as Self - Performance

2018
Silent Night: A Song for the World poster

Silent Night: A Song for the World

Movie · as Self

2018
American Idol poster

American Idol

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Good Cop poster

The Good Cop

TV · as Tony Caruso Jr. · 10 eps

2017
The 19th Annual A Home For The Holidays poster

The 19th Annual A Home For The Holidays

Movie · as Self

2017
Julie's Greenroom poster

Julie's Greenroom

TV · 2 eps

2016
The Hollars poster

The Hollars

Movie · as Reverend Dan

2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Rising Star

Rising Star

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show poster

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

TV · as Self - Interviewed Guest · 1 ep

2015
Josh Groban: Stages Live poster

Josh Groban: Stages Live

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · 1 ep

2015
The Muppets poster

The Muppets

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend poster

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

TV · as Josh Groban · 1 ep

2015
Life in Pieces poster

Life in Pieces

TV · as Ian · 1 ep

2014
Muppets Most Wanted poster

Muppets Most Wanted

Movie · as Maximum Security Prisoner

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Coffee Town poster

Coffee Town

Movie · as Sam

2013
The Crazy Ones poster

The Crazy Ones

TV · as Danny Chase · 2 eps

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch poster

One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch

Movie

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love. poster

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Movie · as Richard

2011
A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young poster

A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young

Movie · as Self

2010
Masterclass poster

Masterclass

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Chess in Concert poster

Chess in Concert

Movie · as Anatoly Sergievsky

2009
Chris Botti in Boston poster

Chris Botti in Boston

Movie · as Self

2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial poster

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Movie · as Self

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Josh Groban · 2 eps

2009
Skavlan poster

Skavlan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Josh Groban · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2008
Josh Groban - Awake Live poster

Josh Groban - Awake Live

Movie · as Self

2008
Hit Man: David Foster & Friends poster

Hit Man: David Foster & Friends

Movie · as Self

2008
Celine Dion: That's Just The Woman In Me poster

Celine Dion: That's Just The Woman In Me

Movie · as Self

2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who poster

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Movie · as Self

2008
The Best Of Sound Stage poster

The Best Of Sound Stage

Movie

2008
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts poster

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Concert for Diana poster

Concert for Diana

Movie · as Self

2007
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade poster

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade

Movie · as Self

2007
Any Dream Will Do poster

Any Dream Will Do

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
Fredag hela veckan poster

Fredag hela veckan

TV · as Self - Music guest · 1 ep

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2006
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 poster

Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1

Movie · as Self

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
America's Got Talent poster

America's Got Talent

TV · as Self - Guest Performer · 1 ep

2005
Live 8 poster

Live 8

Movie · as Self

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Walter Bernard Jr. · 2 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Josh Groban (voice), Daniel (voice), Whiny Parishioner (voice) · 1 ep

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Josh Groban · 1 ep

2004
Josh Groban: Live At The Greek poster

Josh Groban: Live At The Greek

Movie · as Self

2004
Open Access

Open Access

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Josh Groban · 1 ep

2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert) poster

Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)

Movie · as Anatoly Sergievsky

2003
Soundstage poster

Soundstage

TV · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Mean Tweets (uncredited), Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Concert For World Children's Day poster

The Concert For World Children's Day

Movie · as Self

2002
Charlotte Church: Enchantment poster

Charlotte Church: Enchantment

Movie

2002
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church poster

Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church

Movie · as Self

2002
Josh Groban: In Concert poster

Josh Groban: In Concert

Movie · as Self

2002
American Idol poster

American Idol

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert poster

Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert

Movie · as Himself

2001
Star Academy poster

Star Academy

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Malcolm Wyatt · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 1 ep

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Professor Frink's Singing Voice (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
NDR Talk Show poster

NDR Talk Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
3 nach 9

3 nach 9

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self, Self - Performer · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep