Andrew Rannells
- Acting
- August 23, 1978 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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
Filmography
- Miss You, Love You · Jamie Simms
- Mating Season · Gregg (Voice)
- Shut Up Evan · Self
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween · Self
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer
- Too Much · Jameson South
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- Another Simple Favor · Darren
- Deli Boys · Andrew Chadwater
- Hollywood Squares · Self
- I Don't Understand You · Cole
- Elsbeth · Harris Parson
- Our Son · Matthew
- Trolls Band Together · Veneer (Voice)
- The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime · Self
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake · Gary Prince (Voice), Gary Prince / Monster Gary (Voice)
- Queer Planet · Narrator
- The Great American Baking Show · Self
- History of the World: Part II · Sergei the Photographer
- Night Court · Tad
- Welcome to Chippendales · Bradford Barton
- Sherri · Self
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival · Self
- Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams · Self
- Girls5eva · Kev Hamlin
- INVINCIBLE · William (Voice), Everest Climber (Voice)
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- The Great North · Rocky Ritz (Voice)
- The Stand In · Nico
- The Prom · Trent Oliver
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America · Prior Walter
- The Boys in the Band · Larry
- The Boys in the Band: Something Personal · Self
- Central Park · Griffin (Voice)
- Duncanville · Bryce (Voice)
- Modern Love · Writer, Director
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Black Monday · Blair Pfaff, Producer
- The Romanoffs · David Patton
- A Simple Favor · Darren
- Sofia the First: Forever Royal · Skye (Voice)
- Live from Lincoln Center: Andrew Rannells in Concert
- Big Mouth · Matthew (Voice), Leander / Matthew MacDell (Voice)
- Will & Grace · Reggie
- Falsettos · Whizzer
- Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles · Skye (Voice)
- A Goodbye to Girls · Self
- 100 Years · Narrator (Voice)
- Why Him? · Blaine Pederman
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee · Self
- The Intern · Cameron
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Another Period · Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Russian Broadway Shut Down
- Sofia the First · Skye (Voice)
- The New Normal · Bryan Collins
- Bachelorette · Manny
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Quinn Abernathy
- Girls · Elijah Krantz
- Bob's Burgers · Hayden (Voice)
- Conan · Self
- Sex and the City 2 · Wedding Chorus
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Glee · Andrew Rannells
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- How I Met Your Mother · Darren
- The Fight for the Fox Box · Jack Kowalski / Connor / Len Tao / Chief Bookem / Decoe (Voice)
- The Archies in JugMan · Archie Andrews (Voice)
- Liberty's Kids · Alexander Hamilton (Voice)
- Cubix: Robots for Everyone · Connor
- Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires · Archie Andrews / Vampire #2
- Archie's Weird Mysteries · Archie Andrews (Voice)
- The View · Self
- Street Sharks: The Gene Slamming Begins · Streex (Voice)
- Street Sharks · Streex (Voice)
- The Simpsons · Andrew Rannells (Voice)