Jonathan Groff (writer)

Jonathan Groff (born May 17, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Jerome Sinfeld in the Netflix series blackAF, and as an executive producer of the ABC sitcom black-ish (2014–2022).[1]

Jonathan Groff
Groff at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards in 2016
Born	(1962-05-17) May 17, 1962
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, actor
Alma mater	Brown University (BA)
Genre	Comedy
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Martha Chowning ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2
Relatives	David Groff (brother)

Groff graduated from Brown University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in history, initially pursuing a career in stand-up comedy before transitioning to television writing.[2] He wrote for The Jon Stewart Show and Short Attention Span Theater, hosted by Stewart and, later, Marc Maron.[3] Groff was the head writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the late 1990s.[4] After leaving Late Night, Groff developed Father of the Pride with Jeffrey Katzenberg.[3] Subsequently, he was the showrunner for Andy Barker, P.I., co-created with O'Brien.[2][5] More recently, he has worked on Black-ish and as co-showrunner on Happy Endings.[6]