Acting · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 26, 1985
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.
MovieFrozen III
2027
as Kristoff (voice)
MovieMerrily We Roll Along
2025
as Franklin Shepard
MovieThe 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2025
as Self
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
MovieAnimals of Arendelle: Lost and Found
2025
as Kristoff
MovieHamilton
2025
as King George
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
2025
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as Rogue
MovieA Nice Indian Boy
2025
as Jay Kurundkar
TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
as Rogue (archive footage)
MovieUltraman: Rising
2024
as Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
TVDoctor Who
2024
as Rogue
TVDoctor Who: Unleashed
2024
as Self
MovieOnce Upon a Studio
2023
as Kristoff (voice)
MovieKnock at the Cabin
2023
as Eric
TVLost Ollie
2022
as Ollie (voice)
MovieSpring Awakening: Those You've Known
2022
as Self - Melchior
MovieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Smith
TVAnd Just Like That…
2021
as Dr. Paul David
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self - Host
TVINVINCIBLE
2021
as Rick Sheridan (voice)
MovieAn Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
MovieOnce Upon a Snowman
2020
as Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
TVInto the Unknown: Making Frozen II
2020
as Self
TVSome Good News
2020
as Self
TVStars in the House
2020
as Self
TVVisible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
MovieFrozen II
2019
as Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieBlindspotting
2018
as Man by Fence (uncredited)
MovieLive from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
2018
as Himself
MovieOlaf's Frozen Adventure
2017
as Kristoff (voice)
TVMINDHUNTER
2017
as Holden Ford
MovieThe Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self
MovieLEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2017
as Kristoff (voice)
TVLEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2016
as Kristoff (voice)
MovieHamilton's America
2016
as Self
MovieLooking: The Movie
2016
as Patrick Murray
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVIMDb on the Scene
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
MovieFrozen Fever
2015
as Kristoff (voice)
MovieAmerican Sniper
2014
as Young Vet-Mads
MovieThe Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
2014
as Self
MovieThe Normal Heart
2014
as Craig
MovieShowing Up
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieRussian Broadway Shut Down
2014
TVLooking
2014
as Patrick Murray
MovieFrozen
2013
as Kristoff (voice)
MovieC.O.G.
2013
as David
TVMaron
2013
as Himself
TVBoss
2011
as Ian Todd
MovieGlee Encore
2011
as Jesse St. James
MovieThe Conspirator
2011
as Louis Weichmann
MovieTwelve Thirty
2011
as Jeff
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Jimmy Fellner
MovieTaking Woodstock
2009
as Michael Lang
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVGlee
2009
as Jesse St. James
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Actor Playing Bart (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Molly and the Moon
as Brian
MovieFrozen IV
as Kristoff / Sven (voice)
MovieOctet
as Henry
Trust the Man
TVPretty/Handsome
as Patrick Fitzpayne
