Andrew Rannells
Andrew Scott Rannells was born on August 23, 1978 in the city of Omaha (Nebraska), in the United States. He studied in the Creighton Preparatory School in his hometown, and after finishing secondary, briefly attended Marymount Manhattan College. Throughout his career, Rannells won a Grammy Award and was nominated for the Tony Awards. He is known for his portrayal as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon", for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a featured soloist on the musical's original Broadway cast recording. His other credits on Broadway include the works of "Jersey Boys" as Bob Gaudio and "Hairspray", as Link Larkin. Andrew began his career in film and television in the mid-90's, developed primarily as a voice artist. Between the numerous animated series in which he has worked, titles are counted as "Street Sharks", "One Piece", "Yugio: Duel Monsters", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776", "Shaman Kingu," Kakutou ryouri densetsu bistro recipe", " Cubix, "Sonic X", Robots for Everyone", "Pokémon" and" Shukan Pok mon hosokyoku ". Rannells played the role of Elijah Krantz on the HBO series "Girls" and had the leading role of Bryan Buckley in the NBC series "The New Normal". Andrew also filmed some feature films - he had a brief participation in "Sex and the City 2" (2010), and a role of starring in the comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, "Bachelorette" (2012). In 2014, Rannells filled in as a replacement for Hedwig in the rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". A year later, Rannells briefly played the role of King George III in the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton". He soon secured the role of Whizzer Brown in the Broadway revival of "Falsettos", directed by James Lapine. In 2018, Rannells portrayed the role of Larry in the Broadway musical "The Boys in the Band", alongside other notable actors. He is currently playing the role of Blair Pfaff in the American comedy series "Black Monday" on Showtime.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · I Don't Understand You as Cole
- 2023 · Our Son as Matthew
- 2023 · Trolls Band Together as Veneer (voice)
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince (voice)
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince / Monster Gary (voice)
- 2023 · Queer Planet as Narrator
- 2023 · History of the World: Part II as Sergei the Photographer
- 2022 · Welcome to Chippendales as Bradford Barton
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
- 2021 · Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams as Self
- 2021 · Girls5eva as Kev Hamlin
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as William (voice)
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as Everest Climber (voice)
- 2021 · The Great North as Rocky Ritz (voice)
- 2020 · The Stand In as Nico
- 2020 · The Prom as Trent Oliver
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Prior Walter
- 2020 · The Boys in the Band as Larry
- 2020 · The Boys in the Band: Something Personal as Self
- 2020 · Central Park as Griffin (voice)
- 2020 · Duncanville as Bryce (voice)
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Black Monday as Blair Pfaff
- 2018 · The Romanoffs as David Patton
- 2018 · A Simple Favor as Darren
- 2018 · Andrew Rannells in Concert as
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Matthew MacDell (voice)
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Matthew (voice)
- 2017 · Big Mouth as
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Reggie
- 2017 · Falsettos as Whizzer
- 2017 · A Goodbye to Girls as Self
- 2017 · 100 Years as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Why Him? as Blaine Pederman
- 2016 · Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- 2015 · The Intern as Cameron
- 2015 · Another Period as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Russian Broadway Shut Down as
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Skye (voice)
- 2012 · The New Normal as Bryan Collins
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Quinn Abernathy
- 2012 · Girls as Elijah Krantz
- 2012 · Bachelorette as Manny
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Hayden (voice)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Sex and the City 2 as Wedding Chorus
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Glee as Andrew Rannells
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Darren
- 2003 · The Archies in JugMan as Archie Andrews (Voice)
- 2003 · The Fight for the Fox Box as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Decoe (voice)
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as
- 2001 · Cubix: Robots for Everyone as Connor
- 2000 · Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires as Archie Andrews / Vampire #2
- 1999 · Archie's Weird Mysteries as
- 1999 · Archie's Weird Mysteries as Archie Andrews
- 1994 · Street Sharks as Streex (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Andrew Rannells (voice)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- Future · A Simple Favor 2 as Darren
- Future · Miss You, Love You as