Jonathan Groff is an American actor and singer born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Known for performing on stage, screen, and television, Groff received a Grammy Award and has been nominated for two Tony Awards, two Drama League Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and an Emmy Award. He played 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.
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Doctor Who (2023)
Guest starring as Rogue
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Wish World (May 24, 2025)
- Episode 1x06: Rogue (Jun 7, 2024)
Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x167: Jonathan Goff, Deborah Roberts, Kaleb Wyse (Apr 28, 2025)
- Episode 2x188: Jonathan Groff, Adam Rodriguez, Rachel Platten (May 28, 2024)
Lost Ollie (2022)
Starring as Ollie
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Home (Aug 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Bali Hai (Aug 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: The Quest (Aug 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Ollie Is Lost (Aug 24, 2022)
Life & Beth (2022)
Guest starring as Travis
- Episode 1x04: Pancakes (Mar 18, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 2024-06-10: Questlove, Jonathan Groff (Jun 10, 2024)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 5x176: Courtney B. Vance, Jonathan Groff, Gracie Lawrence (May 23, 2025)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x151: Jonathan Groff, Lovie Simone, Jamie Ward (May 13, 2025)
- Episode 5x11: Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez (Oct 30, 2023)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 6x28: Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez (Oct 25, 2023)
MINDHUNTER (2017)
Starring as Holden Ford
(19 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Episode 9 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Episode 8 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Episode 7 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Aug 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Oct 13, 2017)
Live with Kelly & Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x242: JONATHAN GROFF and LELA LOREN (Aug 19, 2019)
- Episode 2x79: Kate Winslet, Jonathan Groff, Radio City Rockettes (Dec 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x33: Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Groff (Oct 18, 2017)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(8 episodes)
- Episode 2025-04-29: Will Ferrell, Amber Ruffin, Jonathan Groff (Apr 29, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-31: Maurice DuBois, Jonathan Groff (Mar 31, 2025)
- Episode 2024-05-20: Sarah Paulson, Paul Scheer, Cast of "Merrily We Roll Along" (May 20, 2024)
- Episode 2023-10-23: Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Arlo Parks (Oct 23, 2023)
- Episode 2021-12-14: Henry Cavill, Jonathan Groff (Dec 14, 2021)
- Episode 2019-10-21: Julie Andrews, Jonathan Groff, Yungblud, Dan Reynolds (Oct 21, 2019)
- Episode 2017-11-01: Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Groff, Walter Isaacson (Nov 1, 2017)
- Episode 2015-12-15: Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Groff, Squeeze (Dec 15, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-11-20: Julie Andrews, Kristen Bell (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 2019-09-03: Dominic Cooper, Jonathan Groff, Red Hearse (Sep 3, 2019)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2025-05-06: Jonathan Groff, Gracie Lawrence, Adria Arjona, Chef Eric Choi, David Yun, Steve Choi (May 6, 2025)
- Episode 2024-05-02: Jonathan Groff, Adam Pally, Queen Cora Coleman (May 2, 2024)
- Episode 2023-02-02: Alan Cumming, Jonathan Groff, Keio Stroud (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 2019-11-20: Adam Driver, Jonathan Groff, Hozier (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 2017-11-07: John Lithgow, Jonathan Groff, Michael Lewis, Nathan Davilmar (Nov 7, 2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2025-06-02: Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Groff, Matt Berninger (Jun 2, 2025)
- Episode 2024-04-01: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jonathan Groff, Sasha Alex Sloan (Apr 1, 2024)
- Episode 2022-04-05: Amanda Seyfried, Jonathan Groff, Emil Wakim (Apr 5, 2022)
- Episode 2019-12-16: Michael B. Jordan, Sam Heughan, Lea Michele ft. Jonathan Groff (Dec 16, 2019)
- Episode 2019-08-13: Henry Golding, Jonathan Groff, Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz (Aug 13, 2019)
- Episode 2016-11-23: Leslie Mann, Jonathan Groff, Machine Gun Kelly, Camila Cabello (Nov 23, 2016)
- Episode 2016-04-07: Russell Crowe, Jonathan Groff, the Lumineers, the Sugarhill Gang (Apr 7, 2016)
Looking (2014)
Starring as Patrick Murray
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Looking for Home (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Looking for Sanctuary (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Looking for Glory (Mar 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: Looking for a Plot (Mar 1, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Looking for Gordon Freeman (Feb 22, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Looking for Truth (Feb 15, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Looking Down the Road (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Looking Top to Bottom (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Looking for Results (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: Looking for the Promised Land (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Looking Glass (Mar 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: Looking for a Plus-One (Mar 2, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Looking in the Mirror (Feb 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: Looking for the Future (Feb 16, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Looking for $220/hour (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Looking at Your Browser History (Feb 1, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Looking for Uncut (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Looking for Now (Jan 19, 2014)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 12x14: Julianne Moore & Jonathan Groff (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 11x22: Tamar Braxton & Jonathan Groff (Feb 4, 2014)
Glee (2009)
Guest starring as Jesse St. James
(14 episodes)
- Episode 6x13: Dreams Come True (Mar 20, 2015) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x11: We Built This Glee Club (Mar 13, 2015) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x16: Saturday Night Glee-ver (Apr 17, 2012)
- Episode 2x22: New York (May 24, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: Funeral (May 17, 2011)
- Episode 2x20: Prom Queen (May 10, 2011)
- Episode 1x22: Journey to Regionals (Jun 8, 2010)
- Episode 1x21: Funk (Jun 1, 2010)
- Episode 1x20: Theatricality (May 25, 2010)
- Episode 1x19: Dream On (May 18, 2010) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x17: Bad Reputation (May 4, 2010)
- Episode 1x16: Home (Apr 27, 2010)
- Episode 1x15: The Power of Madonna (Apr 20, 2010)
- Episode 1x14: Hell-O (Apr 13, 2010)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 2019-11-07: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff, Teskey Brothers (Nov 7, 2019)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Actor Playing Bart
- Episode 30x01: Bart's Not Dead (Sep 30, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 2025-04-27: Bill Belichick, Jonathan Groff (Apr 27, 2025)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 2025-05-23: Courtney B. Vance, Kevin Costner, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jonathan Groff (May 23, 2025)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
- Episode 2024-06-16: The 77th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 16, 2024)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Jonathan Groff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-04-22: Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Groff (Apr 22, 2024)
- Episode 2023-10-26: Jennifer Garner, Jake Scott, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez (Oct 26, 2023)