Andrew Rannells
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
79
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-08-23 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Acting

2025

Too Much as Jameson South

2025

Another Simple Favor as Darren

2025

Hollywood Squares as Self

2023

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince (voice)

2023

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince / Monster Gary (voice)

2023

Trolls Band Together as Veneer (voice)

2023

Night Court as Tad

2023

History of the World: Part II as Sergei the Photographer

2023

Our Son as Matthew

2023

Queer Planet as Narrator

2022

Sherri as Self - Guest

2022

Welcome to Chippendales as Bradford Barton

2021

INVINCIBLE as William (voice)

2021

INVINCIBLE as Everest Climber (voice)

2021

INVINCIBLE as William / GDA Agents (voice)

2021

The Great North as Rocky Ritz (voice)

2021

Girls5eva as Kev Hamlin

2021

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant

2020

Duncanville as Bryce (voice)

2020

Central Park as Griffin (voice)

2020

The Prom as Trent Oliver

2020

The Stand In as Nico

2020

The Boys in the Band as Larry

2019

Black Monday as Blair Pfaff

2018

The Romanoffs as David Patton

2018

A Simple Favor as Darren

2018

Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Skye (voice)

2017

Big Mouth as Matthew MacDell (voice)

2017

Big Mouth as Matthew (voice)

2017

Big Mouth as Not available

2017

Will & Grace as Reggie

2017

100 Years as Narrator (voice)

2017

Falsettos as Whizzer

2017

A Goodbye to Girls as Self

2016

Why Him? as Blaine Pederman

2015

The Intern as Cameron

2015

Another Period as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII

2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down as Not available

2013

Sofia the First as Skye (voice)

2012

Girls as Elijah Krantz

2012

Comedy Bang! Bang! as Quinn Abernathy

2012

The New Normal as Bryan Collins

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

RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2009

Glee as Andrew Rannells

2005

How I Met Your Mother as Darren

2003

The Fight for the Fox Box as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Len Tao / Chief Bookem / Decoe (voice)

2003

The Archies in JugMan as Archie Andrews (Voice)

2002

Liberty's Kids as Alexander Hamilton (voice)

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

NaN

Richard Lovely as Mr. Mouse

NaN

Miss You, Love You as Not available
Crew

2019

Black Monday Producer

2019

Modern Love Writer

2019

Modern Love Director