Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1985
Place of Birth
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
73 titles
Jonathan Groff
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.
Known For
Filmography
Frozen III
Kristoff (voice)
Merrily We Roll Along
Franklin Shepard
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Self
The American Revolution
(voice)
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found
Kristoff
Hamilton
King George
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Self
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Rogue
A Nice Indian Boy
Jay Kurundkar
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Doctor Who at the Proms
Rogue (archive footage)
Ultraman: Rising
Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
Doctor Who
Rogue
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
Once Upon a Studio
Kristoff (voice)
Knock at the Cabin
Eric
Lost Ollie
Ollie (voice)
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Self - Melchior
The Matrix Resurrections
Smith
And Just Like That…
Dr. Paul David
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self - Host
INVINCIBLE
Rick Sheridan (voice)
An Evening With Audra McDonald
Once Upon a Snowman
Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Self
Some Good News
Self
Stars in the House
Self
Visible: Out on Television
Self
Frozen II
Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Blindspotting
Man by Fence (uncredited)
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
Himself
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Kristoff (voice)
MINDHUNTER
Holden Ford
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Kristoff (voice)
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Kristoff (voice)
Hamilton's America
Self
Looking: The Movie
Patrick Murray
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
IMDb on the Scene
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Frozen Fever
Kristoff (voice)
American Sniper
Young Vet-Mads
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Self
The Normal Heart
Craig
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Showing Up
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self