Cast & creator
Jonathan Groff
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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.
Also known as: Jonathan Drew Groff , ジョナサン・グロフ, 조나단 그로프, 強納森・葛洛夫, جاناتان گروف
44
film credits
34
television credits
76
1988–2027 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 5.0Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2009
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest · 2014
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2015
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest · 2015
Across film & television
Filmography (78)
Showing 78 of 78 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Actor Playing Bart (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Good Wife
Jimmy Fellner
2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Writer
1993
Glee
Jesse St. James
2009
INVINCIBLE
Rick Sheridan (voice)
2021
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Frozen II
Kristoff / Sven / Reindeers (voice)
2019
Doctor Who
Rogue
2024Doctor Who
Rogue (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
MINDHUNTER
Holden Ford
2017
And Just Like That…
Dr. Paul David
2021
Frozen
Kristoff (voice)
2013
Boss
Ian Todd
2011
Maron
Himself
2013
Knock at the Cabin
Eric
2023
American Sniper
Young Vet-Mads
2014
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
The Matrix Resurrections
Smith
2021
Looking
Patrick Murray
2014
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Kristoff (voice)
2017
Once Upon a Studio
Kristoff (voice)
2023
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025
Frozen Fever
Kristoff (voice)
2015
Visible: Out on Television
Self
2020
Some Good News
Self
2020
Once Upon a Snowman
Kristoff (voice) (archive sound)
2020
Hamilton
King George
2025
Lost Ollie
Ollie (voice)
2022
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
2024
Frozen III
Kristoff (voice)
2027
Ultraman: Rising
Bunny (Ollie) (voice)
2024
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Self
2020
The Conspirator
Louis Weichmann
2011
Taking Woodstock
Michael Lang
2009Pretty/Handsome
Patrick Fitzpayne
A Nice Indian Boy
Jay Kurundkar
2025
The Normal Heart
Craig
2014
IMDb on the Scene
Self
2015
Blindspotting
Man by Fence (uncredited)
2018
Merrily We Roll Along
Franklin Shepard
2025
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Kristoff (voice)
2016
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Kristoff (voice)
2017
Octet
Henry
Looking: The Movie
Patrick Murray
2016
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Self - Melchior
2022Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Executive Producer
2022Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Self
2025
Frozen IV
Kristoff / Sven (voice)
Showing Up
Self
2014
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Rogue
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
Rogue (archive footage)
2024
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self - Host
2021
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Self
2014
Hamilton's America
Self
2016
An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Self
2025
C.O.G.
David
2013
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
Himself
2018Molly and the Moon
Brian
Twelve Thirty
Jeff
2011
Glee Encore
Jesse St. James
2011
Animals of Arendelle: Lost and Found
Kristoff
2025Trust the Man
Just in Time
Bobby Darin