Jonathan Groff
Biography
Jonathan Groff is an American actor and singer from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who began his career on Broadway. He made his debut in In My Life (2005) and broke through as Melchior Gabor in the rock musical Spring Awakening (2006), which brought him a Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award. He won a Tony for playing Franklin Shepard in the revival of Merrily We Roll Along (2025) and was nominated for his King George III in Hamilton (2025), a role that also earned him a Grammy and an Emmy nomination. On screen he voiced Kristoff and Sven in Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019), played Michael Lang in Taking Woodstock (2009), and appeared in The Normal Heart (2014), The Matrix Resurrections (2021) and Knock at the Cabin (2023). On television he played Jesse St. James in Glee, Patrick Murray in Looking and its film Looking: The Movie (2016), and Holden Ford in Mindhunter.
41years old
Turns 42 on March 26in 159 days
- Born Lancaster
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Jonathan Drew Groff (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 16 years2009 to 2025
First and latest
Photos
Share
Did you know?!
Big break
Groff's first role in Spring Awakening came in a Baruch College workshop alongside Lea Michele and John Gallagher Jr. The show later played an off-Broadway run at the Atlantic Theater Company before it moved to Broadway.
First role
Groff played Nick Piazza in the musical Fame at the North Shore Music Theatre, and that 2005 production is what earned him his Actors' Equity Association card.
Behind the award
Groff played King George III in the Broadway show Hamilton, which was filmed and released on Disney+ on July 3, 2020. He earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for that performance, which spread online because he sprayed spit while singing.
Behind the camera
Groff was an executive producer of Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, a concert documentary about the original Broadway cast's fifteen-year reunion. It premiered on HBO on May 3, 2022.
A first
Groff took the role of Jase Connolly in 36 Questions, which Chris Littler and Ellen Winter wrote. This podcast musical, the first of its kind, came out in July 2017.
Jonathan Groff movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee directed two of these films together. Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Alfred Molina's page
Denis O'Hare's page
Evan Rachel Wood's page
Also two films together6 more actors
- Corey StollThe Normal Heart (2014) and C.O.G. (2013)
- Josh GadFrozen II (2019) and Frozen (2013)
- Stephen SpinellaSpring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022) and The Normal Heart (2014)
- Idina MenzelFrozen II (2019) and Frozen (2013)
- Stephen J. AndersonFrozen II (2019) and Frozen (2013)
- Maia WilsonFrozen II (2019) and Frozen (2013)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jonathan Groff's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.0 billion
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.5B48.7% of the total
- 2$1.3B42.6% of the total
- 3$156M5.2% of the total
- 4$55M1.8% of the total
- 5$21M0.7% of the total
- 6$15M0.5% of the total
- 7$10.0M0.3% of the total
- 8$2.7M0.1% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2007 to 2024, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2024 | Best Actor in a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Disney Legends | Honored | |
| 2007 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.