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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-08-23 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Andrew Rannells

Biography:

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

Acting

2025

2023

Our Son as Matthew
Trolls Band Together as Veneer (voice)
Queer Planet as Narrator
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince / Monster Gary (voice)
History of the World: Part II as Sergei the Photographer

2022

Sherri as Self - Guest
Welcome to Chippendales as Bradford Barton

2021

Girls5eva as Kev Hamlin
INVINCIBLE as William (voice)
INVINCIBLE as Everest Climber (voice)
The Great North as Rocky Ritz (voice)
INVINCIBLE as William / GDA Agents (voice)

2020

2019

2018

2017

100 Years as Narrator (voice)
Falsettos as Whizzer
Will & Grace as Reggie
Big Mouth as Matthew MacDell (voice)
Big Mouth as Matthew (voice)

2016

Why Him? as Blaine Pederman

2015

The Intern as Cameron
Another Period as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII

2014

2013

Sofia the First as Skye (voice)

2012

Bachelorette as Manny
The New Normal as Bryan Collins
Girls as Elijah Krantz
Comedy Bang! Bang! as Quinn Abernathy

2011

Bob's Burgers as Hayden (voice)

2010

Sex and the City 2 as Wedding Chorus
Conan as Self

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
Glee as Andrew Rannells

2005

2003

The Archies in JugMan as Archie Andrews (Voice)
The Fight for the Fox Box as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Len Tao / Chief Bookem / Decoe (voice)

2002

Liberty's Kids as (voice)

2001

2000

1999

Archie's Weird Mysteries as Archie Andrews (voice)

1994

Street Sharks as Streex (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as Andrew Rannells (voice)

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

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Production

2019

Black Monday as Producer

Directing

2019

Modern Love as Director

Writing

2019

Modern Love as Writer