Andrew Rannells

Known for ActingBorn 1978-08-23 (age 47)Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

INVINCIBLE

Falsettos

How I Met Your Mother

Mating Season

Bob's Burgers

Duncanville

The Simpsons

Big Mouth

Liberty's Kids

Will & Grace

RuPaul's Drag Race

Modern Love

Trolls Band Together

The Boys in the Band: Something Personal

The Intern

Sofia the First

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Conan

The Great North

Another Period

Elsbeth

Black Monday

The Boys in the Band

The Archies in JugMan

Glee

A Simple Favor

Miss You, Love You

Welcome to Chippendales

Night Court

Street Sharks

Queer Planet

The Romanoffs

Deli Boys

Why Him?

Central Park

Archie's Weird Mysteries

Our Son

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Girls

Comedy Bang! Bang!

The Prom

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Live from Lincoln Center: Andrew Rannells in Concert

100 Years

Sex and the City 2