Jon Michael Hill

He is an ensemble member in Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

• Name — Jon Michael Hill • Education — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2007–present

Hill played football and the saxophone during his high school years before focusing on pursuing an acting career, attending a summer drama program at Northwestern University. graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio acting. While at the university, he appeared in stage productions of King Lear, Six Degrees of Separation and Ain't Misbehavin. Hill played the role of Puck in the 2007 Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2009, Hill was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for The Tempest at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. In 2010, Hill was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play in Superior Donuts opposite Michael McKean. In the same year, he began his role as Detective Damon Washington in the ABC police drama Detroit 1-8-7. Hill's other television credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest, and Eastbound & Down. He then went on to star in the CBS series Elementary, wherein he played the role of Detective Marcus Bell. In 2018, he made his directorial debut with the Elementary episode "The Worms Crawl In, the Worms Crawl Out". In 2025, Hill received his second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the play Purpose. The play also won the Tony Award for Best Play. He has been an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2007.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010–2011 — Detroit 1-8-7 — Detective Damon Washington — Main cast; 18 episodes • 2011 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Tre Davis — Episode: "Spiraling Down" • 2012 — Eastbound & Down — Darnell — 6 episodes • Person of Interest — Curtis — Episode: "Wolf and Cub" • 2012–2019 — Elementary — Detective Marcus Bell — 153 episodes; also director of "The Worms Crawl In, the Worms Crawl Out" • 2020 — The Good Fight — Jumaane Jenkins — Episode: "The Gang Is Satirized and Doesn't Like It" • 2022 — The Accidental Wolf — Episode: "Abyss" • 2022–2023 — 61st Street — Pastor Richards — 9 episodes • 2024 — A Man in Full — Conrad Hensley — Main cast • 2026 — Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed — Detective Baxter — Main cast

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Ref. • 2006 — The Unmentionables — Etienne — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company • 2007 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Puck — Off-Broadway, Delacorte Theatre • 2008 — Superior Donuts — Franco Wicks — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company • Kafka on the Shore — Performer • 2009 — The Tempest — Ariel • Superior Donuts — Franco Wicks — Broadway, Music Box Theatre • 2011 — The Hot l Baltimore — Bill Lewis — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company • 2013 — Head of Passes — Crier • 2016 — Constellations — Roland • 2017 — Pass Over — Moses • 2018 — Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre • 2019 — True West — Austin — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company • 2021 — Pass Over — Moses — Broadway, August Wilson Theatre • 2022 — True West — Austin — International, Galway International Arts Festival • 2023 — The Refuge Plays — Walking Man — Off-Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop • 2024 — Purpose — Nazareth "Naz" Jasper — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company • Leroy and Lucy — Leroy • 2025 — Purpose — Nazareth "Naz" Jasper — Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre • 2026 — Windfall — Nurse, Cori — Regional, Steppenwolf Theatre Company