American actor and singer
He was a five-time "Jeopardy! winner
(August 2000) He left the Conan OBrien show and signed a deal to create, develop and write comedy programming for NBC Studios. He is now writing and executive producing "Father of the Pride" from Dreamworks for NBC.
He was also a winner in his first round for the Jeopardy "Tournament of Champions" in 2005.
Jonathan Groff graduated from Brown University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
Groff was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor for "Spring Awakening" in 2007.
He remains very good friends with his "Spring Awakening" co-star Lea Michele.
Groff, along with other openly gay actors (including Sean Hayes and Neil Patrick Harris ), was the target of a highly controversial April 2010 Newsweek article by Ramin Setoodeh that argued that gay actors arent convincing playing straight characters. The article created a huge media backlash, with many public figures (including Groff and Hayes co-star Kristin Chenoweth ) decrying it as homophobic and defending Hayes, Harris, and Groffs performances as straight characters.
While Groff was raised Methodist, his father was raised Mennonite.
Gained a 5 inch scar on his biceps while shooting "Glee" because his dance partner for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" performance (in the season 1 finale) accidentally scarred him with her stilettos.
Was in a relationship with fellow actor Zachary Quinto during 2012 till spring 2013.
He is of German, and some Swiss-German, English, and Scottish, descent. He has deep roots in Pennsylvania on both sides of his family (Pennsylvania Dutch, the nickname for Germans in the state).
I love the cultural and class difference between Richie and Patrick.
