Jonathan Groff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1985 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Groff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
Molly and the Moon
Movie · as Brian
Frozen IV
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
Octet
Movie · as Henry
Trust the Man
Movie
Just in Time
Movie · as Bobby Darin
Sprunki: The Movie
Movie · as Tunner
Pretty/Handsome
TV · as Patrick Fitzpayne · 1 ep
Frozen III
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
Bad Fairies
Movie · as Robin Goodfellow (voice)
Disney Off the Page Adventures: The night before the royal fitting
Movie · as Kristoff
A Nice Indian Boy
Movie · as Jay Kurundkar
Merrily We Roll Along
Movie · as Franklin Shepard
Hamilton
Movie · as King George
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie · as Rogue
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found
Movie · as Kristoff
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Movie · as Self
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Movie · as Self
The American Revolution
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ultraman: Rising
Movie · as Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · as Rogue (archive footage)
Disney Off the Page Adventures: Arendelle Ice Calamity
Movie · as Kristoff
Doctor Who
TV · as Rogue, Rogue (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps
Doctor Who: Unleashed
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Knock at the Cabin
Movie · as Eric
Once Upon a Studio
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Movie · as Self - Melchior
Lost Ollie
TV · as Ollie (voice) · 4 eps
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie · as Smith
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self - Host
And Just Like That…
TV · as Dr. Paul David · 1 ep
INVINCIBLE
TV · as Rick Sheridan (voice) · 1 ep
Once Upon a Snowman
Movie · as Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
An Evening With Audra McDonald
Movie
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Some Good News
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Visible: Out on Television
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Frozen II
Movie · as Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
Movie · as Himself
Blindspotting
Movie · as Man by Fence (uncredited)
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie · as Self
MINDHUNTER
TV · as Holden Ford · 19 eps
Looking: The Movie
Movie · as Patrick Murray
Hamilton's America
Movie · as Self
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
TV · as Kristoff (voice) · 4 eps
Frozen Fever
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest · 6 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 1 ep
IMDb on the Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Normal Heart
Movie · as Craig
Showing Up
Movie · as Self
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Movie · as Self
American Sniper
Movie · as Young Vet-Mads
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie
Looking
TV · as Patrick Murray · 18 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Frozen
Movie · as Kristoff (voice)
C.O.G.
Movie · as David
Maron
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
The Conspirator
Movie · as Louis Weichmann
Glee Encore
Movie · as Jesse St. James
Twelve Thirty
Movie · as Jeff
Boss
TV · as Ian Todd · 10 eps
Taking Woodstock
Movie · as Michael Lang
Glee
TV · as Jesse St. James · 14 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Good Wife
TV · as Jimmy Fellner · 1 ep
Pretty/Handsome
Movie · as Patrick Fitzpayne
Spring Awakening
Movie · as Melchior Gabor
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Actor Playing Bart (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps