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Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Groff

Highest Rated: 100% A Nice Indian Boy (2024)

Lowest Rated: 17% Twelve Thirty (2010)

Birthday: Mar 26, 1985

Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Whether on Broadway, television or the silver screen, Tony Award-winning performer Jonathan Groff proved equally adept no matter the medium. Born March 26, 1985, his parents - one Methodist, the other Mennonite - instilled conservative values in the young Groff, including weekly Sunday school sessions. Despite this religious upbringing, however, it was the call of the Broadway stage that Groff eventually heeded, forgoing his initial plan to attend Carnegie Mellon University in 2005 for a chance to understudy in a production of "In My Life." Despite never seeing the stage, Groff's patience paid off just a year later, when he starred in the original production of "Spring Awakening." Based upon a controversial German play that explored themes of homosexuality, rape, abortion, child abuse and suicide, it went on to win eight Tony Awards, with the Best Leading Actor going to Groff. The acclaim led to a regular role on the long-running soap opera "One Life to Live" (ABC 1968-2013). Fate, however, cut his stint short, as the real-life Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 nixed his character's ongoing storyline about a similar school shooting. Nonetheless, it began an up-tick in Groff's career that continued in 2009, when he made his feature film debut in director Ang Lee's late-'60s period piece "Taking Woodstock" (2009). Roles in the indie family drama "Twelve Thirty" (2010) and Robert Redford's "The Conspirator" (2010) followed, in between several more off-Broadway performances. In 2010, Groff began his most-visible role, a 12-episode stint on the series "Glee" (Fox 2009-2015) as the leader of Vocal Adrenaline, the rival glee club. The following year saw Groff take on his first starring film role in the low-budget indie comedy "C.O.G." (2011). His next movie brought him to an entirely new fanbase: the animated musical "Frozen" (2013), in which he played the male lead of Kristoff, was an enormous hit that inspired a fanatically devoted young audience. Conversely, Groff's next project was the decidedly adult comedy-drama series "Looking" (HBO 2014-15), in which he starred as a gay video game developer looking for love in San Francisco. After appearing in a small role in Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" (2014), Groff co-starred in the television adaptation of Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" (HBO 2014) After "Looking" ended following its second season, the story was concluded with the feature-length "Looking: The Movie" (HBO 2016).

Highest rated movies

100% A Nice Indian Boy
98% 89% Hamilton
94% 88% The Normal Heart
89% 81% Looking: The Movie
69% 35% C.O.G.
67% 63% Knock at the Cabin 63% 63% The Matrix Resurrections
56% 62% The Conspirator

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% No Score Yet A Nice Indian Boy Unknown (Character) - 2024
67% 63% Knock at the Cabin Eric (Character) $35.4M 2023
100% 94% Spring Awakening: Those You've Known Self,
Executive Producer
- 2022
63% 63% The Matrix Resurrections Smith (Character) $37.7M 2021
98% 89% Hamilton King George (Character) - 2020
77% 92% Frozen II Kristoff (Voice) $477.4M 2019
57% 43% Olaf's Frozen Adventure Kristoff (Voice) - 2017
89% 81% Looking: The Movie Patrick Murray (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 73% Frozen Fever Kristoff (Voice) - 2015
94% 88% The Normal Heart Craig Donner (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frozen Sing-Along Kristoff (Voice) - 2013
89% 85% Frozen Kristoff (Voice) $401.0M 2013
69% 35% C.O.G. David/Samuel (Character) $32.2K 2013
17% 17% Twelve Thirty Jeff (Character) - 2010
56% 62% The Conspirator Louis Weichman (Character) $11.5M 2010
48% 47% Taking Woodstock Michael Lang (Character) $7.4M 2009

TV

Credit
96% 33% Doctor Who Rogue (Character) 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2017 2019 2023-2024
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer,
Guest
2016 2019 2022 2024
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2023
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
94% 97% Lost Ollie Ollie (Voice) 2022
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet 90% Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2019
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2019
97% 95% Mindhunter Holden Ford (Character) 2017 2019
85% 76% The Simpsons Bart (Guest Voice) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Live From Lincoln Center Music Performer 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015
90% 93% Looking Patrick (Character) 2014-2015
70% 72% Glee Jesse St. James (Guest Star) 2010-2012 2015
75% 82% Maron Himself (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2014
81% 94% Boss Ian Todd (Guest Star) 2012
93% 91% The Good Wife Jimmy Fellner (Guest Star) 2012