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Andrew Rannells

Actor | * 08/23/1978 (45) | Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
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Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos. Other Broadway credits include Hairspray (2005), Jersey Boys (2009), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014), Hamilton (2015), The Boys in the Band (2018), and Gutenberg! The Musical! (2023). In the 2010s, he began working as a screen actor; most notably, he starred in the 2012 NBC sitcom The New Normal and played the recurring role of Elijah in HBO's Girls (2012–2017). In 2019, he began starring in Black Monday on Showtime. He has ac... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Animation | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Andrew Rannells

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Andrew Rannells as Actor(17)

2023 Our Son
as Veneer (voice)2023 Trolls Band Together
as Nico2020 The Stand In
as Trent Oliver2020 The Prom
as Darren2018 A Simple Favor
as Narrator (voice)2017 100 Years
as Whizzer2017 Falsettos
as Blaine Pederman2016 Why Him?
as Cameron2015 The Intern
as Manny2012 Bachelorette
as Wedding Chorus2010 Sex and the City 2
as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Decoe (voice)2003 The Fight for the Fox Box
as Archie Andrews (Voice)2003 The Archies in JugMan

TV Shows/Series with Andrew Rannells as Actor(31)

as Sergei the Photographer2023 History of the World: Part II
as Bradford Barton2022 Welcome to Chippendales
as Everest Climber (voice)2021 Invincible
as William Clockwell (voice)2021 Invincible
as William Clockwell, Everest Climber2021 Invincible
as Kev Hamlin2021 Girls5eva
as Kev2021 Girls5eva
as Griffin (voice)2020 Central Park
as Blair Pfaff2019 Black Monday
as David Patton2018 The Romanoffs
as Matthew (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Matthew MacDell (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII2015 Another Period
as Elijah Krantz2012 Girls
as Bryan Collins2012 The New Normal
as Hayden (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as himself2010 Conan
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Darren2005 How I Met Your Mother
as Jack Kowalski2002 Funky Cops
as Archie Andrews1999 Archie's Weird Mysteries
as Streex1994 Street Sharks
as Himself (voice)1989 The Simpsons

TV Shows/Series with Andrew Rannells as Crew(3)

Production/Producer2019 Black Monday
Directing/Director2019 Modern Love
Writing/Writer2019 Modern Love

Additional Information

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Full Name: Andrew Scott Rannells
Born: Wednesday, 08/23 1978 (August) in Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 45 years + 209 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Marymount Manhattan College, Creighton Preparatory School
Other names for Andrew Rannells (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Andy Rannells"
Andrew Rannells frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (75x, Actor)
Larry Murphy (47x, Actor)
Brooke Dillman (38x, Actress)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Melissa Bardin Galsky (24x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Brian Huskey (19x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Nick Kroll (15x, Actor)
Joe Wengert (15x, Cast)
Leslye Headland (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2660, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024