Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

He is known for playing King George III in the original Broadway production of Hamilton, Holden Ford in Netflix's Mindhunter, Kristoff in Frozen and Frozen II, and Jesse St. James in Glee. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards for Spring Awakening and Hamilton. He won a Grammy award as part of the cast recording album for Hamilton and won a Satellite Award in 2017 for Mindhunter.

He is openly gay.

 Filmography 

 Film 
YearTitleRoleNotes2009Taking WoodstockMichael Lang2010Twelve ThirtyJeff2010The ConspiratorLouis Weichmann2013C.O.G.David2013FrozenKristoff (voice)2014Russian Broadway Shut DownNikolai the AthleteShort film2014SophieBenShort film2014American SniperYoung Vet Mads2015Frozen FeverKristoff (voice)Short film2017Olaf's Frozen AdventureShort film2019Frozen II2020HamiltonKing George IIIFilmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical2021The Matrix 4Filming

 Television 
YearTitleRoleNotes2007One Life to LiveHenry Mackler11 episodes2008Pretty/HandsomePatrick FitzpaynePilot2010–15GleeJesse St. JamesRecurring role; 15 episodes2012The Good WifeJimmy FellnerEpisode: "Live from Damascus"2012BossIan ToddMain cast; 10 episodes2014–15LookingPatrick MurrayLead role; 18 episodes2014The Normal HeartCraig DonnerTelevision film2016Looking: The MoviePatrick MurrayTelevision film2016LEGO Frozen Northern LightsKristoff (voice)Television special2017–2019MindhunterHolden FordLead role2018The SimpsonsActor Playing Bart (voice)Episode: "Bart's Not Dead"

 Internet 
YearTitleRoleNotes2008The Battery's DownHimselfWeb series • Episode: "The Big Apple"2009Web series • Episode: "The Party's Over"2015One True Pairing (Season 1)DennisWeb series • Episode: "What's 'Your' Nickname"2016One True Pairing (Season 2)Web series • 4 episodes201736 QuestionsJasePodcast Musical • Released through Two-Up podcast channel

 Video games 
YearTitleVoice role2019Kingdom Hearts IIIKristoff

 Stage 
YearTitleRoleNotes2002Honk!Ugly2004Bat Boy: The MusicalBat Boy2005FameNick PiazzaNorth Shore Music TheatreIn My LifeUnderstudy • SwingMusic Box Theatre • Broadway • Broadway debut2006Spring AwakeningMelchior GaborAtlantic Theater Company • Off-Broadway2006–08Eugene O'Neill Theatre • Broadway2007HairClaude Hooper BukowskiDelacorte Theater2008Prayer for My EnemyBilly NoonePlaywrights Horizons • Off-Broadway2009Gray Korankyi • Walter Rieman • Off-BroadwayDionysusDelacorte Theater2010–11DeathtrapClifford AndersonNoël Coward Theatre • West End London, UK2011Danny LarsenMCC Theater • Off-Broadway2012RedKenMark Taper Forum2013L.A. Theatre WorksFredericDelacorte Theater2015How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingJ. Pierrepont FinchRoyal Festival Hall • West End London, UKHamiltonKing George III • Off-BroadwayGordon Michael SchwinnNew York City Center • Lincoln Center2015–16HamiltonKing George IIIRichard Rodgers Theatre • Broadway2017HairClaude Hooper BukowskiJazz at Lincoln Center • Lincoln CenterSondheim on SondheimPerformerHollywood Bowl2018Bobby Darin92nd Street Y • Off-Broadway2019–20Little Shop of HorrorsSeymour KrelbornWestside Theatre • Off-Broadway

 Discography 

 Cast recordings

 2006: Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
 2010: Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
 2010: Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
 2010: Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals
 2011: Glee: The Music, Volume 6
 2013: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 2015: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
 2016: A New Brain (2015 New York Cast Recording)
 2017: 36 Questions: Songs from Act 1 – EP
 2017: 36 Questions: Songs from Act 2 – EP
 2017: 36 Questions: Songs from Act 3 – EP
 2017: Olaf's Frozen Adventure
 2019: Frozen II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 2019: Little Shop of Horrors (The New Off-Broadway Cast Album)

 Other recordings

 2007: "Now" from Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan
 2015: "Prayer" from A View of the River: 7 Songs by Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott
 2015: "Making Today a Perfect Day" from Frozen Fever
 2019: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Lea Michele

 Audiobooks

 2008: Broadway Nights by Seth Rudetsky
 2013: Red by John Logan
 2015: Frozen Fever by VAVarious – Frozen Fever
 2019: The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

 Featured singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumUSPeak positions for featured singles in the United States:

 "Hello": 
 "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": 
 "Run Joey Run": 
 "Another One Bites the Dust": 
 "Rolling in the Deep": (N/A)AUSPeak positions for featured singles in Australia:

 "Hello": 
 "Like a Virgin": 
 "Like a Prayer" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": 
 "Run Joey Run": CANPeak positions for featured singles in Canada"

 "Highway to Hell": 
 "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": 
 "Run Joey Run": 
 "Another One Bites the Dust": IREUK2010"Highway to Hell"——88—89Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One"Run Joey Run"6164451227"Another One Bites the Dust"79—5341101"Bohemian Rhapsody"—————"Hello"3579373135Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers"Total Eclipse of the Heart"16281739"Like a Virgin"8799834758Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna"Like a Prayer"2728272162011"Rolling in the Deep"29———49Glee: The Music, Volume 62015"You'll Be Back"—————Hamilton"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in the region
Footnotes

 References 

Category:Satellite Award winners
Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American voice actors
Category:American stage actors
Category:LGBT actors
Category:LGBT singers
Category:Gay men
Category:Actors from Pennsylvania
Category:Singers from Pennsylvania
Category:Tony Award winning actors
Category:People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania