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