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Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer. He began his career on Broadway, rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of Spring Awakening (2006-2008), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award, at age 21. He returned to Broadway to portray King George III in the original production of Hamilton (2015), for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. For the original cast album of Hamilton, he, along with the other singers on the recording, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Branching out into film and television roles, Groff made his film debut in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009), and became a recurring guest star in the Fox musical-comedy series Glee (2009–2015) as Jesse St. James. He voiced the roles of Kristoff and Sven in Disney's Frozen franchise, including Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019), two of the highest-grossing films of all time, as well as the short films Frozen Fever (2015) and Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017). Groff starred as Patrick Murray in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking (2014–2015), the network's first TV series centering around the lives of gay men, as well as its subsequent television film, Looking: The Movie (2016), and portrayed FBI Special Agent Holden Ford in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter (2017–2019), produced by David Fincher, for which he won a Satellite Award. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Anthology Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton. Groff starred in the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise—The Matrix Resurrections (2021)—as Smith, replacing Hugo Weaving from the original trilogy. In 2022, he executive produced the HBO documentary film Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, which saw the 15 year reunion of the original cast of the musical, and voiced the lead role of Ollie in the Netflix series Lost Ollie. He stars in M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic horror film Knock at the Cabin (2023) and will return to Broadway in fall 2023 in the first revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
Jonathan Groff
Samuel Dice
for Samuel Dice in Hidden Truths (Verdades Ocultas, EEUU)
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En una pequeña ciudad de los Estados Unidos, Laura Carter enfrenta una encrucijada desgarradora: con dos hijas pequeñas y sin recursos, toma la agonizante decisión de vender a la menor, Emma, a cambio de comida y refugio para su otra hija, Lily. Emma es adoptada y rebautizada como Avery Mackenna, mientras que Lily crece relegada y marcada por la culpa de haber perdido a su hermana. Veinte años después, el destino interviene: un exitoso empresario decide abrir un restaurante en el barrio modesto donde vive Lily, y sorprendentemente nombra al local en honor a Avery, sin saber que están separadas por un secreto devastador. Al dirigir ese restaurante, Avery regresa al mundo que su madre dejó para siempre, reactivando traumas y rivalidades latentes. Sin conocer su vínculo sanguíneo, ambas hermanas se encuentran como extrañas cuyas vidas pronto se entrelazan de forma peligrosa. El conflicto se intensifica cuando ambas se enamoran del mismo hombre, Thomas Vale, un exitoso ejecutivo que trabaja para el padre adoptivo de Avery. En una red de engaños, secretos enterrados y confrontaciones inevitables, Laura deberá elegir entre proteger a una hija o a otra —sin revelar la verdad que podría destruirlas a todas. Entre amores prohibidos, identidades robadas y dilemas morales, “Hidden Lies” es una saga de traición, redención y revelaciones que demostrarán que algunos secretos están destinados a destruir aquello que más amas.
