Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Drew Groff born March 26 1985 is an American actor and singer He began his career on Broadway rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of Spring Awakening 20062008 for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award at age 21 He returned to Broadway to portray King George III in the original production of Hamilton 2015 for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical For the original cast album of Hamilton he along with the other singers on the recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Branching out into film and television roles Groff made his film debut in Ang Lees Taking Woodstock 2009 and became a recurring guest star in the Fox musicalcomedy series Glee 20092015 as Jesse St James He voiced the roles of Kristoff and Sven in Disneys Frozen franchise including Frozen 2013 and Frozen II 2019 two of the highestgrossing films of all time as well as the short films Frozen Fever 2015 and Olafs Frozen Adventure 2017 Groff starred as Patrick Murray in the HBO comedydrama series Looking 20142015 the networks first TV series centering around the lives of gay men as well as its subsequent television film Looking The Movie 2016 and portrayed FBI Special Agent Holden Ford in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter 20172019 produced by David Fincher for which he won a Satellite Award In 2021 he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Anthology Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney live stage recording of Hamilton Groff starred in the fourth installment of the Matrix franchiseThe Matrix Resurrections 2021as Smith replacing Hugo Weaving from the original trilogy In 2022 he executive produced the HBO documentary film Spring Awakening Those Youve Known which saw the 15 year reunion of the original cast of the musical and voiced the lead role of Ollie in the Netflix series Lost Ollie He stars in M Night Shyamalans apocalyptic horror film Knock at the Cabin 2023 and will return to Broadway in fall 2023 in the first revival of Stephen Sondheims Merrily We Roll Along