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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jonathan Groff
| image              = Jonathan Groff at Outfest 2013 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Groff in 2013
| birth_name         = Jonathan Drew Groff
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1985|3|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = {{Flat list|
* Actor
* singer
}}
| years_active       = 2002–present
| known_for          = 
| signature          = Jonathan Groff signature.svg
}}

'''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 (musical)|Hamilton]],'' Holden Ford in [[Netflix]]'s ''Mindhunter'', Kristoff in ''[[Frozen (2013 movie)|Frozen]]'' and ''[[Frozen II]]'', and Jesse St. James in ''[[Glee]]''. He has been nominated for two [[Tony Award]]s for ''Spring Awakening'' and ''Hamilton.'' He won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy award]] as part of the cast recording album for ''Hamilton'' and won a [[Satellite Award]] in 2017 for ''Mindhunter''.

He is openly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jensen |first=Michael |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/10/jonathan-groff-out |title=Tony Award Nominee Jonathan Groff has Most Low-key Coming Out Ever |website=AfterElton.com |date=October 19, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531032652/http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/10/jonathan-groff-out |archive-date=May 31, 2012 }}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===<!--do NOT add rowspans to this table per WP:FILMOGRAPHY-->
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2009
|''Taking Woodstock''
|Michael Lang
|
|-
|2010
|''Twelve Thirty''
|Jeff
|
|-
|2010
|''The Conspirator''
|Louis Weichmann
|
|-
|2013
|''C.O.G.''
|David
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Frozen (2013 movie)|Frozen]]''
|Kristoff (voice)
|
|-
|2014
|''Russian Broadway Shut Down''
|Nikolai the Athlete
|Short film
|-
|2014
|''Sophie''
|Ben
|Short film
|-
|2014
|''[[American Sniper]]''
|Young Vet Mads
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Frozen Fever]]''
| rowspan="3" |Kristoff (voice)
|Short film
|-
|2017
|''Olaf's Frozen Adventure''
|Short film
|-
|2019
|''[[Frozen II]]''
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Hamilton (2020 movie)|Hamilton]]''
|King [[George III]]
|Filmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical
|-
|2021
|''The Matrix 4''
|
|Filming
|}
== Television ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2007
|''One Life to Live''
|Henry Mackler
|11 episodes
|-
|2008
|''Pretty/Handsome''
|Patrick Fitzpayne
|Pilot
|-
|2010–15
|''[[Glee]]''
|Jesse St. James
|Recurring role; 15 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[The Good Wife]]''
|Jimmy Fellner
|Episode: "Live from Damascus"
|-
|2012
|''Boss''
|Ian Todd
|Main cast; 10 episodes
|-
|2014–15
|''Looking''
|Patrick Murray
|Lead role; 18 episodes
|-
|2014
|''The Normal Heart''
|Craig Donner
|Television film
|-
|2016
|''Looking: The Movie''
|Patrick Murray
|Television film
|-
|2016
|''LEGO Frozen Northern Lights''
|Kristoff (voice)
|Television special
|-
|2017–2019
|''Mindhunter''
|Holden Ford
|Lead role
|-
|2018
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|Actor Playing Bart (voice)
|Episode: "Bart's Not Dead"
|}
== Internet ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" width="4%" |Year
! width="34%" |Title
! width="19%" |Role
! width="43%" |Notes
|-
|2008
| rowspan="2" |''The Battery's Down''
| rowspan="2" |Himself
|Web series • Episode: "The Big Apple"
|-
|2009
|Web series • Episode: "The Party's Over"
|-
|2015
|''One True Pairing'' (Season 1)
| rowspan="2" |Dennis
|Web series • Episode: "What's 'Your' Nickname"
|-
|2016
|''One True Pairing'' (Season 2)
|Web series • 4 episodes
|-
|2017
|''36 Questions''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.twoupproductions.com/shows/36questions | title=36 Questions: Podcast | access-date=2021-01-05 | archive-date=2017-07-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722203011/https://www.twoupproductions.com/shows/36questions | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Jase
|[[Podcasting|Podcast]] Musical • Released through Two-Up podcast channel<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/36-questions-is-a-podcast-musical-done-right.html | title=36 Questions Defines the Concept of the Podcast Musical | date=7 July 2017 }}</ref>
|}
== Video games ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" width="4%" |Year
! width="34%" |Title
! width="19%" |Voice role
|-
|2019
|''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''
|Kristoff<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://press.na.square-enix.com/releases/1274/starstudded-voice-cast-unveiled-for-disney-and-square-enixs-kingdom-he |title=Square Enix Press Center - STAR-STUDDED VOICE CAST UNVEILED FOR DISNEY AND SQUARE ENix's KINGDOM HEARTS III |access-date=2021-01-05 |archive-date=2019-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626224615/http://press.na.square-enix.com/releases/1274/starstudded-voice-cast-unveiled-for-disney-and-square-enixs-kingdom-he |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}
== Stage ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" width="8%" |Year
! width="33%" |Title
! width="20%" |Role
! width="39%" |Notes
|-
|2002
|''Honk!''
|Ugly
|{{sort|Ephrata Performing Arts Center|The Ephrata Performing Arts Center}}
|-
|2004
|''Bat Boy: The Musical''
|Bat Boy
|{{sort|Ephrata Performing Arts Center|The Ephrata Performing Arts Center}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''Fame''
|Nick Piazza
|North Shore Music Theatre
|-
|''In My Life''
|[[Understudy]] • Swing
|Music Box Theatre • [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] • Broadway debut
|-
|2006
| rowspan="2" |''Spring Awakening''
| rowspan="2" |Melchior Gabor
|Atlantic Theater Company • Off-Broadway
|-
|2006–08
|Eugene O'Neill Theatre • Broadway
|-
|2007
| rowspan="2" |''Hair''
| rowspan="2" |Claude Hooper Bukowski
| rowspan="2" |Delacorte Theater
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|-
|''Prayer for My Enemy''
|Billy Noone
|Playwrights Horizons • Off-Broadway
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''{{sort|Singing Forest|The Singing Forest}}''
|Gray Korankyi • Walter Rieman
|{{sort|Public Theater|The Public Theater}} • Off-Broadway
|-
|''{{sort|Bacchae|The Bacchae}}''
|Dionysus
|Delacorte Theater
|-
|2010–11
|''Deathtrap''
|Clifford Anderson
|Noël Coward Theatre • [[West End theatre|West End]] London, UK
|-
|2011
|''{{sort|Submission|The Submission}}''
|Danny Larsen
|MCC Theater • Off-Broadway
|-
|2012
| rowspan="2" |''Red''
| rowspan="2" |Ken
|Mark Taper Forum
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|L.A. Theatre Works
|-
|''{{sort|Pirates of Penzance|The Pirates of Penzance}}''
|Frederic
|Delacorte Theater
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
|''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''
|J. Pierrepont Finch
|Royal Festival Hall • [[West End theatre|West End]] London, UK
|-
|''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''
|King [[George III]]
|{{sort|Public Theater|The Public Theater}} • Off-Broadway
|-
|''{{sort|New Brain|A New Brain}}''
|Gordon Michael Schwinn
|New York City Center • [[Lincoln Center]]
|-
|2015–16
|''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''
|King George III
|Richard Rodgers Theatre • [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''Hair''
|Claude Hooper Bukowski
|Jazz at Lincoln Center • [[Lincoln Center]]
|-
|''Sondheim on Sondheim''
|Performer
|Hollywood Bowl
|-
|2018
|''{{sort|Bobby Darin Story|The Bobby Darin Story}}''
|Bobby Darin
|92nd Street Y • Off-Broadway
|-
|2019–20
|''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''
|Seymour Krelborn
|Westside 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)''<ref>{{cite web|last=Lefkowitz|first=Andy|date=December 11, 2019|title=''Little Shop of Horrors'', with Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard & Christian Borle, to Receive Cast Album|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197854/little-shop-of-horrors-with-jonathan-groff-tammy-blanchard-christian-borle-to-receive-cast-album/|access-date=December 11, 2019|website=Broadway.com}}</ref>

; Other recordings

* 2007: "Now" from ''Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan''<ref>{{cite web|title=iTunes – Music – Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan by Scott Alan|date=9 October 2007 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dreaming-wide-awake-music/id266486721|access-date=February 26, 2013|publisher=iTunes.com}}</ref>
* 2015: "Prayer" from ''A View of the River: 7 Songs by Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott''<ref>{{cite web|last=Gioia|first=Michael|date=August 24, 2015|title=Audio Exclusive! Jonathan Groff Sings Inspirational New Song About Starting Anew|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/audio-exclusive-jonathan-groff-sings-inspirational-new-song-about-starting-anew-358750|access-date=August 25, 2015|website=Playbill.com}}</ref>
* 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<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=July 8, 2008|title=Audio Version of Rudetsky's "Broadway Nights," with Bell, Chenoweth, Groff, Now Available|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119304-Audio-Version-of-Rudetskys-Broadway-Nights-with-Bell-Chenoweth-Groff-Now-Available|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729121918/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119304-Audio-Version-of-Rudetskys-Broadway-Nights-with-Bell-Chenoweth-Groff-Now-Available|archive-date=July 29, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2013|website=Playbill.com}}</ref>
* 2013: ''Red'' by John Logan<ref>{{cite web|title=Red – Audiobooks and Plays Featuring Stars of Stage and Screen|url=https://store.latw.org/plays/red/|access-date=September 22, 2015|website=LATW.org|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827195905/https://store.latw.org/plays/red/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2015: ''Frozen Fever'' by VA<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Frozen-Fever/release/8178973 Various – ''Frozen Fever'']</ref>
* 2019: ''The Killer Across the Table'' by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Killer Across the Table (Audio Download): Amazon.co.uk: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Jonathan Groff, HarperCollins Publishers Limited: Audible Audiobooks|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Killer-Across-the-Table/dp/B07PMRZNYV/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.amazon.co.uk}}</ref>

; Featured singles

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Album
|-
![[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<ref>Peak positions for featured singles in the United States:

* "Hello": {{cite magazine|date=May 1, 2010|title=Hot 100: Week of May 01, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-05-01/hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": {{cite magazine|title=Glee Album & Song Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=glee|chart=Hot 100}}|access-date=April 13, 2011|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Run Joey Run": {{cite magazine|date=May 22, 2010|title=Hot 100: Week of May 22, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-05-22/hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Another One Bites the Dust": {{cite magazine|date=June 19, 2010|title=Hot 100: Week of June 19, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-06-19/hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Rolling in the Deep": (N/A)</ref>
![[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<ref>Peak positions for featured singles in Australia:

* "Hello": {{cite web|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 10, 2010|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100511-1124/Issue1054.pdf|access-date=June 25, 2010|website=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]}}
* "Like a Virgin": {{cite web|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 17, 2010|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100611-0000/Issue1055.pdf|access-date=June 25, 2010|website=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]}}
* "Like a Prayer" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": {{cite web|title=Discography Glee Cast|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030003255/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|archive-date=October 30, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2011|website=Australian-Charts.com}}
* "Run Joey Run": {{cite web|date=May 31, 2010|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 31, 2010|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100611-0000/Issue1057.pdf|access-date=October 7, 2010|website=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]}}</ref>
![[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]<ref>Peak positions for featured singles in Canada"

* "Highway to Hell": {{cite magazine|date=May 1, 2010|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 01, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-05-01/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": {{cite magazine|title=Glee Album & Song Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=glee|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}}|access-date=April 13, 2011|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Run Joey Run": {{cite magazine|date=May 22, 2010|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 22, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-05-22/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}
* "Another One Bites the Dust": {{cite magazine|date=June 19, 2010|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week of June 19, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-06-19/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer|access-date=October 10, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
![[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<ref name="IRL">{{cite web|title=Discography Glee Cast|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|access-date=April 13, 2011|website=Irish-Charts.com}}</ref>
! scope="col" |[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=The Official Charts Company – Glee Cast|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|archive-date=May 8, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2010|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" |2010
| align="left" |"Highway to Hell"
|—
|—
|88
|—
|89
| rowspan="4" |''Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One''
|-
| align="left" |"Run Joey Run"
|61
|64
|45
|12
|27
|-
| align="left" |"[[Another One Bites the Dust]]"
|79
|—
|53
|41
|101
|-
| align="left" |"[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Hello"
|35
|79
|37
|31
|35
| rowspan="2" |''Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers''
|-
| align="left" |"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]"
|16
|28
|17
|3
|9
|-
| align="left" |"[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]"
|87
|99
|83
|47
|58
| rowspan="2" |''Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna''
|-
| align="left" |"[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer"]]
|27
|28
|27
|2
|16
|-
|2011
| align="left" |"[[Rolling in the Deep]]"
|29
|—
|—
|—
|49
|''Glee: The Music, Volume 6''
|-
|2015
| align="left" |"You'll Be Back"
|—{{efn-ua|"You'll Be Back" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the [[Digital Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/jonathan-groff/chart-history/HDS|title=Jonathan Groff Chart History (Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref>}}
|—
|—
|—
|—
|''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''
|-
| colspan="8" width="100%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in the region
|}
'''Footnotes'''
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== Jonathan Groff Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Jonathan Groff 2006.jpg|Jonathan Groff in November 2006

File:Jonathan Groff 2010.jpg|Jonathan Groff. Leicester Square, London.
</gallery>
== References ==
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