Jonathan Groff
Acting • Born 1985-03-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
71 credits
Taking Woodstock
Movie • 2009
Michael Lang
Frozen III
Movie • 2027
Kristoff (voice)
The Conspirator
Movie • 2011
Louis Weichmann
Glee Encore
Movie • 2011
Jesse St. James
A Nice Indian Boy
Movie • 2025
Jay Kurundkar
Twelve Thirty
Movie • 2011
Jeff
Knock at the Cabin
Movie • 2023
Eric
Frozen
Movie • 2013
Kristoff (voice)
The Normal Heart
Movie • 2014
Craig
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Movie • 2022
Self - Melchior
C.O.G.
Movie • 2013
David
Once Upon a Studio
Movie • 2023
Kristoff (voice)
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Movie • 2014
Self
Frozen Fever
Movie • 2015
Kristoff (voice)
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
Movie • 2018
Himself
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
American Sniper
Movie • 2014
Young Vet-Mads
Looking: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Patrick Murray
Ultraman: Rising
Movie • 2024
Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
Merrily We Roll Along
Movie • 2025
Franklin Shepard
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Movie • 2017
Kristoff (voice)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Movie • 2017
Kristoff (voice)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie • 2017
Self
Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Man by Fence (uncredited)
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie • 2021
Smith
Frozen II
Movie • 2019
Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
Hamilton
Movie • 2025
King George
Hamilton's America
Movie • 2016
Self
Once Upon a Snowman
Movie • 2020
Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
Molly and the Moon
Movie
Brian
An Evening With Audra McDonald
Movie • 2020
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie • 2014
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self - Host
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2024
Rogue (archive footage)
Frozen IV
Movie
Kristoff / Sven (voice)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie • 2025
Rogue
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found
Movie • 2025
Kristoff
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Movie • 2025
Self
Little Shop Of Horrors
Movie • 2019
Seymour Krelborn
Boss
TV • 2011
Ian Todd
Glee
TV • 2009
Jesse St. James
Looking
TV • 2014
Patrick Murray
And Just Like That…
TV • 2021
Dr. Paul David
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
MINDHUNTER
TV • 2017
Holden Ford
Lost Ollie
TV • 2022
Ollie (voice)
Pretty/Handsome
TV
Patrick Fitzpayne
Invincible
TV • 2021
Rick Sheridan (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Doctor Who
TV • 2024
Rogue
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
Self
Doctor Who: Unleashed
TV • 2024
Self
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
TV • 2020
Self
IMDb on the Scene
TV • 2015
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Actor Playing Bart (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Jimmy Fellner
Doctor Who
TV • 2024
Rogue (archive footage) (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
(voice)
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
TV • 2016
Kristoff (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest