Jeffrey Grover, actor, New York City, February 9, 2024Frame 2102 · Ricardo BirnbaumJeffrey GroverFebruary 9, 2024 · Frame 2102
05 / 06Seven chapters, one sitting
About
An actor who plays the men in charge, and the people underneath them.
- One · ClevelandTwenty years as a leading manHe trained in theater at Case Western Reserve University and spent two decades on Cleveland stages: Cleveland Play House, Ensemble Theatre, Beck Center, Dobama, Great Lakes Theater, and none too fragile in Akron.
- Two · The stageRoy Cohn, and a prizeHe played Roy Cohn across both parts of Angels in America, Serge in Art, Trigorin in The Seagull and Stanley Levison in All the Way. In 2016 the Cleveland Critics Circle named him Best Actor for Ulysses in Annapurna.
- Three · Ohio's film boomThe parts came to himWhen features shot in Ohio, he was cast in them: the psychiatrist in Take Shelter, a television journalist in Compliance, Gil Evans opposite Don Cheadle in Miles Ahead, then Edward Wallace for Todd Haynes in Dark Waters and a turn for the Russo brothers in Cherry.
- Four · New YorkThe type, foundIn New York he joined the Freeman Studio and kept working on stage, at Metropolitan Playhouse, The Tank, Abingdon Theatre and Grief Dialogues. Television found the type: a board member in Succession, a partner in Partner Track, a doctor in New Amsterdam.
- Five · Playing AvedonHe played Richard AvedonIn 2024 Gus Van Sant directed him as the photographer in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Daredevil: Born Again and Elsbeth followed, then Judge Liebowitz for Barry Levinson in The Alto Knights, and Charliebird, which won Tribeca's Founders Award.
- Six · Behind the cameraMen of a certain ageWith g2h films he writes, directs and produces warm, dark comedies: On a Technicality, Technically, Marvin, I Killed Angela, Blink, and Larry Silver, now a feature. He teaches at 1st Team Actors Studio and produced the 2026 Positive Aging theater program at the Marlene Meyerson JCC.
- Seven · And then the mask slipsHe is also a European venture capitalistOn the internet, anyway. As Henrick Johansson he has 1.3 million followers on X and a podcast called Due Diligence. He takes compliance very seriously.
Press
“Grover ensures that he is likable and endearing in his quiet reservedness.”
Cleveland Scene · Heisenberg, 2025
“Jeffrey Grover creates a clear picture of the egotistical, nasty, manipulative Roy Cohn.”
Cool Cleveland · Angels in America, 2018
“Jeffrey Grover captures a conflicted Ben Weeks.”
Cleveland Jewish News · The Normal Heart, 2012
Honors
- Best ActorAnnapurnaCleveland Critics Circle · 2016
- Best Actor, featureEyes Upon WakingBare Bones Int'l Film & Music Festival · 2023
- Best Actor, nomineeBotanic GardenNY Theater Festival · 2016
- Audience ChoiceI Killed AngelaNYC Short Film Festival · 2023 · writer-director
Training
- BA, Theater (Acting)Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland
- ActingThe Freeman StudioScott Freeman · New York
- VoiceTracey GrimaldiBaritone · New York
The sitting · contact sheet
One sitting with Ricardo Birnbaum, February 9, 2024. Avedon marked his picks in red grease pencil; these are ours.
Quick answers
Who is Jeffrey Grover?
Jeffrey Grover is a New York actor, writer and director. He played Richard Avedon in FX's Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Judge Liebowitz in Barry Levinson's The Alto Knights and Edward Wallace in Todd Haynes's Dark Waters, after two decades as a leading man on Cleveland stages.
What has Jeffrey Grover been in?
Films include The Alto Knights, Dark Waters, Cherry, Galveston, I Feel Pretty, Miles Ahead, Compliance and Take Shelter. On television: Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Succession, Daredevil: Born Again, Elsbeth, Partner Track, New Amsterdam and Dexter: Resurrection.
Who plays Henrick Johansson?
Jeffrey Grover. Henrick Johansson is the parody European venture capitalist he plays online, with 1.3 million followers on X (@compliantvc) and a podcast called Due Diligence.
Who represents Jeffrey Grover?
Boals, Winnett & Associates (agent) and Ingrid French Management (manager) in New York; Jordan, Gill & Dornbaum for commercials; and The Talent Group in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Is Jeffrey Grover a union actor?
Yes. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity (AEA).
Where did Jeffrey Grover train?
He earned a BA in Theater (Acting) at Case Western Reserve University, trained at the Freeman Studio in New York with Scott Freeman, and studies voice (baritone) with Tracey Grimaldi.