Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for a filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. Please join us for a career Conversations with Jonathan Groff (currently starring Off-Broadway in HAMILTON) and moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!"
Panelist Bio
Equally versatile on stage and screen, Jonathan Groff can currently be seen as King George in The Public Theater’s acclaimed world premiere musical production of Hamilton, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. In June, Groff will star in the Encores! Off-Center production of William Finn’s A New Brain at New York City Center. Jonathan Groff can also currently be seen as Patrick in the second season of the hit HBO television series, “Looking.” Created by Michael Lannan and directed and executive produced by Andrew Haigh, “Looking” follows the lives of three gay friends as they navigate life in modern-day San Francisco.
Jonathan recently appeared opposite Bradley Cooper in Clint Eastwood’s critically-acclaimed film, American Sniper. He also starred in the HBO telefilm, The Normal Heart, directed by Ryan Murphy and also starring Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, and Julia Roberts, among others. Adapted from the award-winning play by Larry Kramer, the film chronicles a gay activist who attempts to raise HIV/AIDS awareness during the early 1980s. Groff also lent his voice to the character of Kristoff, the rugged mountain man, in Walt Disney Pictures’ Academy Award-winning animated comedy-adventure, Frozen. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and also featuring the vocal talents of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, the film was released in November 2013 and it has since become the highest grossing animated film in history.
Other film credits: C.O.G. (2013 Sundance Film Festival), Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Robert Redford's The Conspirator, and the independent drama, Twelve-Thirty.
On the small screen, Jonathan gained notoriety for his role as Jesse St. James in Fox’s hit musical comedy series, “Glee.” Groff then joined the cast of the critically-acclaimed Starz political drama series, “Boss” for its second season. Among Groff’s other television credits include a guest-starring role on the lauded CBS legal drama, “The Good Wife.”
Theater credits: Melchior Gabor in the Tony Award-winning musical, Spring Awakening (Theatre World Award, in addition to Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominations), famed role of Claude in The Public Theater’s heralded revival of Hair, which ran as part of The Public Theater’s “Shakespeare in the Park” series at the Delacorte Theatre. He was the recipient of an Obie Award for Outstanding Performance – Prayer for My Enemy, directed by Bartlett Sher, at Playrwights Horizons, and The Singing Forest, co-starring Olympia Dukakis, at the Public Theatre. West End debut in the heralded revival of Ira Levin's Deathtrap.
Most recently, Jonathan joined Alfred Molina in the Donmar Warehouse production of the Tony Award-winning Best Play, Red at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
