Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Groff is an American actor and singer born on March 26, 1985. He has received multiple accolades including a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Primetime Emmy nomination. His Broadway debut came in the musical In My Life in 2005, followed by Tony nominations for Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening (2006), King George III in Hamilton (2015), and Bobby Darin in Just in Time (2025). In 2024, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Franklin Shepard in the Stephen Sondheim revival Merrily We Roll Along. He also starred as Seymour Krelborn in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2019.

On television, Groff gained early recognition as Jesse St. James in the Fox series Glee (2009–15). He starred as Patrick Murray in HBO's Looking (2014–15), the network's first series centered on gay men, and reprised the role in Looking: The Movie (2016). He portrayed FBI Special Agent Holden Ford in Netflix's Mindhunter (2017–19) and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the Disney+ live recording of Hamilton (2020). His film debut was as Michael Lang in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009); he has since appeared in The Conspirator (2010), The Matrix Resurrections (2021), and Knock at the Cabin (2023). He voiced both Kristoff and Sven in Disney's Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). In 2022, he executive produced the HBO documentary Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, celebrating the original cast's 15-year reunion.

As an Aries born March 26, Groff embodies the sign's directness and pioneering spirit in both theatrical and screen work. His career spans stage, television, film, and voice acting, with a focus on character-driven dramatic and musical roles. Groff was named to Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2026.