The Original Stars of 'Hamilton' Have Already Taken Hollywood by Storm (2024)

For anyone who didn't get to witness a live performance of Hamilton featuring the Original Broadway Cast, fear not. Disney+ released a recording of the show in 2020, filmed during June 2016 before several cast members left. Originally due to have a 2021 theatrical release, Disney decided to drop the show on its streaming platform as many people continued to shelter in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The recorded version of the musical was such a huge success, it even garnered two Golden Globe nominations in 2021: one for Best Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy, and another for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy for its creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Unsurprisingly, as Hamilton became such a humungous smash hit, its original cast members have all gone on to do great things. Join us as we explore what the original cast of Hamilton is doing now.

Since leaving her dual role as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds, Jasmine Cephas Jones has appeared in TV shows Girls and Mrs. Fletcher. She's set to reunite with Leslie Odom Jr. in the movie One Night in Miami, and currently appears in #Freerayshawn opposite Laurence Fishburne and Stephan James.

After playing Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton, Daveed Diggs has been making waves in Hollywood. He wrote and starred in the 2018 movie, Blindspotting, and has appeared in the TV shows Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, black-ish, and Snowpiercer. He's set to voice Sebastian in the live-action remake of Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Having portrayed Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, Phillipa Soo left the musical to play the lead role in the Broadway adaptation of Amélie. She has since appeared in TV show The Code, and has several movies forthcoming, including The Broken Heart Gallery opposite Selena Gomez, and The One and Only Ivan alongside Angelina Jolie.

King George's Jonathan Groff likely needs no introduction. As well as headlining HBO's Looking and Netflix's Mindhunter, Groff voices Kristoff in both Frozen movies. Next up, he's scheduled to appear in The Matrix 4.

Hamilton's George Washington, Christopher Jackson, is a regular on CBS show Bull. He also voiced Chief Tui in Disney’s Moana, and appeared in Ava DuVernay's When They See Us.

Having played John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway show, Anthony Ramos has since hit the big time. He appeared with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born, and starred in the movie Godzilla: King of Monsters, opposite Millie Bobby Brown. He was a regular on Netflix's She's Gotta Have It, and voiced one of the characters on Trolls World Tour.

Okieriete Onaodowan played Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in Hamilton. He subsequently took over the role of Pierre in the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. He's now a regular on Station 19, and has made several appearances on Grey's Anatomy.