2006
Spring Awakening
Plays Melchior Gabor on Broadway.
FLM.REDJONATHAN
GROFF
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A voice moving between Broadway and screen
From Spring Awakening and Hamilton to Frozen and Mindhunter.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Stage, voice and screen
Jonathan Groff is an American actor and singer born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on 26 March 1985. His career moves between musical theatre, television, film and voice acting.
After his Broadway debut in In My Life, Groff gained attention as Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening. The 2006 production brought him a Tony Award nomination for leading actor in a musical.
He later portrayed King George III in the original Broadway production of Hamilton. His return to the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shepard earned him the 2024 Tony Award for leading actor in a musical.
For Disney animation, Groff voiced Kristoff and Sven in Frozen and Frozen 2. On television he played FBI agent Holden Ford in Mindhunter, showing another side of his work beyond musical performance.
His film roles include Smith in The Matrix Resurrections and Eric in Knock at the Cabin. The credits linked on FLM.RED come from its catalogue and do not represent his complete work.
Selected performances
2013
Frozen
Voices Kristoff and Sven.
2015
Hamilton
Plays King George III.
2024
Merrily We Roll Along
Wins a Tony for playing Franklin Shepard.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- IBDB — Broadway credits and Tony awards
- Disney D23 — Frozen and career
- Broadway Artists Alliance — stage and screen
- TV Insider — birth and television credits
- New York Theatre Guide — theatre biography
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.