Jonathan Groff
American actor and singer
Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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| Born | Jonathan Drew Groff March 26, 1985 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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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.
Filmography
changeFilm
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | Michael Lang | |
| 2010 | Twelve Thirty | Jeff | |
| 2010 | The Conspirator | Louis Weichmann | |
| 2013 | C.O.G. | David | |
| 2013 | 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 | Kristoff (voice) | Short film |
| 2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | Short film | |
| 2019 | Frozen II | ||
| 2020 | Hamilton | King George III | Filmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical |
| 2021 | The Matrix 4 | Filming |
Television
change| Year | Title | Role | 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
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | The Battery's Down | Himself | Web series • Episode: "The Big Apple" |
| 2009 | Web series • Episode: "The Party's Over" | ||
| 2015 | One True Pairing (Season 1) | Dennis | Web series • Episode: "What's 'Your' Nickname" |
| 2016 | One True Pairing (Season 2) | Web series • 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | 36 Questions[2] | Jase | Podcast Musical • Released through Two-Up podcast channel[3] |
Video games
change| Year | Title | Voice role |
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| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Kristoff[4] |
Stage
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Honk! | Ugly | The Ephrata Performing Arts Center |
| 2004 | Bat Boy: The Musical | Bat Boy | The Ephrata Performing Arts Center |
| 2005 | Fame | Nick Piazza | North Shore Music Theatre |
| In My Life | Understudy • Swing | Music Box Theatre • Broadway • Broadway debut | |
| 2006 | Spring Awakening | Melchior Gabor | Atlantic Theater Company • Off-Broadway |
| 2006–08 | Eugene O'Neill Theatre • Broadway | ||
| 2007 | Hair | Claude Hooper Bukowski | Delacorte Theater |
| 2008 | |||
| Prayer for My Enemy | Billy Noone | Playwrights Horizons • Off-Broadway | |
| 2009 | The Singing Forest | Gray Korankyi • Walter Rieman | The Public Theater • Off-Broadway |
| The Bacchae | Dionysus | Delacorte Theater | |
| 2010–11 | Deathtrap | Clifford Anderson | Noël Coward Theatre • West End London, UK |
| 2011 | The Submission | Danny Larsen | MCC Theater • Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | Red | Ken | Mark Taper Forum |
| 2013 | L.A. Theatre Works | ||
| The Pirates of Penzance | Frederic | Delacorte Theater | |
| 2015 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | J. Pierrepont Finch | Royal Festival Hall • West End London, UK |
| Hamilton | King George III | The Public Theater • Off-Broadway | |
| A New Brain | Gordon Michael Schwinn | New York City Center • Lincoln Center | |
| 2015–16 | Hamilton | King George III | Richard Rodgers Theatre • Broadway |
| 2017 | Hair | Claude Hooper Bukowski | Jazz at Lincoln Center • Lincoln Center |
| Sondheim on Sondheim | Performer | Hollywood Bowl | |
| 2018 | The Bobby Darin Story | Bobby Darin | 92nd Street Y • Off-Broadway |
| 2019–20 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | Westside Theatre • Off-Broadway |
Discography
change- 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)[5]
- Other recordings
- 2007: "Now" from Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan[6]
- 2015: "Prayer" from A View of the River: 7 Songs by Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott[7]
- 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[8]
- 2013: Red by John Logan[9]
- 2015: Frozen Fever by VA[10]
- 2019: The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker[11]
- Featured singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US[12] | AUS[13] | CAN[14] | IRE[15] | UK[16] | |||
| 2010 | "Highway to Hell" | — | — | 88 | — | 89 | Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One |
| "Run Joey Run" | 61 | 64 | 45 | 12 | 27 | ||
| "Another One Bites the Dust" | 79 | — | 53 | 41 | 101 | ||
| "Bohemian Rhapsody" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hello" | 35 | 79 | 37 | 31 | 35 | Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers | |
| "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | 16 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 9 | ||
| "Like a Virgin" | 87 | 99 | 83 | 47 | 58 | Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna | |
| "Like a Prayer" | 27 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 2011 | "Rolling in the Deep" | 29 | — | — | — | 49 | Glee: The Music, Volume 6 |
| 2015 | "You'll Be Back" | —[A] | — | — | — | — | Hamilton |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in the region | |||||||
Footnotes
- ↑ "You'll Be Back" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Digital Songs chart.[17]
References
change- ↑ Jensen, Michael (October 19, 2009). "Tony Award Nominee Jonathan Groff has Most Low-key Coming Out Ever". AfterElton.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ↑ "36 Questions: Podcast".
- ↑ "36 Questions Defines the Concept of the Podcast Musical". 7 July 2017.
- ↑ "Square Enix Press Center - STAR-STUDDED VOICE CAST UNVEILED FOR DISNEY AND SQUARE ENix's KINGDOM HEARTS III". Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ↑ Lefkowitz, Andy (December 11, 2019). "Little Shop of Horrors, with Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard & Christian Borle, to Receive Cast Album". Broadway.com. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ↑ "iTunes – Music – Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan by Scott Alan". iTunes.com. 9 October 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ↑ Gioia, Michael (August 24, 2015). "Audio Exclusive! Jonathan Groff Sings Inspirational New Song About Starting Anew". Playbill.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (July 8, 2008). "Audio Version of Rudetsky's "Broadway Nights," with Bell, Chenoweth, Groff, Now Available". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Red – Audiobooks and Plays Featuring Stars of Stage and Screen". LATW.org. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ Various – Frozen Fever
- ↑ "The Killer Across the Table (Audio Download): Amazon.co.uk: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Jonathan Groff, HarperCollins Publishers Limited: Audible Audiobooks". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ↑ Peak positions for featured singles in the United States:
- "Hello": "Hot 100: Week of May 01, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. May 1, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": "Glee Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- "Run Joey Run": "Hot 100: Week of May 22, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. May 22, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- "Another One Bites the Dust": "Hot 100: Week of June 19, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. June 19, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- "Rolling in the Deep": (N/A)
- ↑ Peak positions for featured singles in Australia:
- "Hello": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 10, 2010" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- "Like a Virgin": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 17, 2010" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- "Like a Prayer" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": "Discography Glee Cast". Australian-Charts.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- "Run Joey Run": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing May 31, 2010" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. May 31, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ↑ Peak positions for featured singles in Canada"
- "Highway to Hell": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 01, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. May 1, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- "Like a Virgin", "Like a Prayer", and "Total Eclipse of the Heart": "Glee Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- "Run Joey Run": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 22, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. May 22, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- "Another One Bites the Dust": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of June 19, 2010 (Biggest Jump)". Billboard. June 19, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Discography Glee Cast". Irish-Charts.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ↑ "The Official Charts Company – Glee Cast". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ↑ "Jonathan Groff Chart History (Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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