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.
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
![Ultraman: Rising](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i6JHSNF6JdjI7mpEqAcYRhu52qg.jpg)
Ultraman: Rising
![Doctor Who: Unleashed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hpDopWiJ3JjC5UwgU83lJAs0tXL.jpg)
Doctor Who: Unleashed
![A Nice Indian Boy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jsxUoQaQqfr7bCqh5bafv2rBSWa.jpg)
A Nice Indian Boy
![Once Upon a Studio](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aiy3G1cYWV3LgKZHY6a3jL8bjYL.jpg)
Once Upon a Studio
![Knock at the Cabin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dm06L9pxDOL9jNSK4Cb6y139rrG.jpg)
Knock at the Cabin
![Lost Ollie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kwx40ip5Yq24faboIBu3BaICaJa.jpg)
Lost Ollie
![Spring Awakening: Those You've Known](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fkPM2qx2zB1yZpvQJ59riWfvDPp.jpg)
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
![The Matrix Resurrections](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8c4a8kE7PizaGQQnditMmI1xbRp.jpg)
The Matrix Resurrections
![And Just Like That…](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ckl3YTckH7JeeTx55NQMFf7pMRL.jpg)
And Just Like That…
![Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2zhIhomqfZty0ggjxSs1oHxBw1F.jpg)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
![INVINCIBLE](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dMOpdkrDC5dQxqNydgKxXjBKyAc.jpg)
INVINCIBLE
![An Evening With Audra McDonald](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hRhPAhrDIlaokuYQ01CYXxqWeGU.jpg)
An Evening With Audra McDonald
![Once Upon a Snowman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hddzYJtfYYeMDOQVcH58n8m1W3A.jpg)
Once Upon a Snowman
![Hamilton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h1B7tW0t399VDjAcWJh8m87469b.jpg)
Hamilton
![Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/UcbjmltlDTxoZvTSPbQtUBeZEo.jpg)
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
![Some Good News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8KrhN7Mx6uoxFnRAaZrzYRO5TVB.jpg)
Some Good News
![Stars in the House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Cp64eLIOErysYDX2K9gHNsDVD3.jpg)
Stars in the House
![Visible: Out on Television](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xJocd94qiar0XGWUZdV6ncsoOOF.jpg)
Visible: Out on Television
![Frozen II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mINJaa34MtknCYl5AjtNJzWj8cD.jpg)
Frozen II
![The Kelly Clarkson Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![Blindspotting](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x4DRZfTqOlmzNWAvy4vcKWkgEGL.jpg)
Blindspotting
![Sutton Foster in Concert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/chkGg4SyHrihSHvubxA2wukY1XR.jpg)
Sutton Foster in Concert
![Olaf's Frozen Adventure](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/As8WTtxXs9e3cBit3ztTf7zoRmm.jpg)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
![MINDHUNTER](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fbKE87mojpIETWepSbD5Qt741fp.jpg)
MINDHUNTER
![The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gipwWEFbicLGODM9zP3DkAeycip.jpg)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
![LEGO Frozen Northern Lights](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jlk5MeGlNSiy773SWot9dGAQ2as.jpg)
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
![Hamilton's America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kYiEsmvZhjV5gXaiwbk8KprZIXa.jpg)
Hamilton's America
![Looking: The Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tQdda275rJqNi6Ifrf3ntWBsXDj.jpg)
Looking: The Movie
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![The Late Late Show with James Corden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPmVoG8G9tc1nN8ZwGV2zYcknit.jpg)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
![Frozen Fever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mPrDJ7puYzPLG5kPM96iNszF2sM.jpg)
Frozen Fever
![American Sniper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i1U46OwMc6vlm7OoSUKfqUH615e.jpg)
American Sniper
![Variety Studio: Actors on Actors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pgWZXYG0gTKkwRH9pTxoscFmq4H.jpg)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
![The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tGCTpTNwlk8WfHxgZiOipcUSbJd.jpg)
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
![The Normal Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3dfoCGiD61568Uu8wyiK7SMEZAu.jpg)
The Normal Heart
![The Making of Frozen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7BYTYpNZU7xjzZDe87koqzHEWhL.jpg)
The Making of Frozen
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![Russian Broadway Shut Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/imOIumI1Hnbq6JhdZa9v1YbpX9B.jpg)
Russian Broadway Shut Down
![Looking](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cMIRpZUOXwZcDoGyRJnwrrZQYzW.jpg)
Looking
![Frozen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/itAKcobTYGpYT8Phwjd8c9hleTo.jpg)
Frozen
![C.O.G.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sa0iJ5XAPZzxsZWo0fEoMjrujaZ.jpg)
C.O.G.
![Boss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1alxC6GZwf0Q0g1XPvVt2j9JeWQ.jpg)
Boss
![Glee Encore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d2S6oSQ6hO0jcooRHRO3t8otbOY.jpg)
Glee Encore
![The Conspirator](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A4o3natL2ozyv4Krjn0wqnguccT.jpg)
The Conspirator
![Twelve Thirty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dqnvPnHAIeqMZLJ5hpSed7gFpkk.jpg)
Twelve Thirty
![Taking Woodstock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nfvmClvZE7KhIqB74OAgLQ2L6KW.jpg)
Taking Woodstock
![Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onSD9UXfJwrMXWhq7UY7hGF2S1h.jpg)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
![Glee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/62T2vsZYTje3KhdCsiLR1K1RFJW.jpg)
Glee
![Late Night with Conan O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJZ1rhLLFpatuAeylJoUI82DKC7.jpg)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
![LIVE with Kelly and Mark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b90Z7Nlw1EzPz38oL3utlvFjmFR.jpg)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark