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Andrew Rannells

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.


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Born:
Aug 23, 1978 In Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the series Street Sharks 1994-09-07
Latest Project:
Movie Our Son 2023-10-14
Known For
Poster of Why Him?
Poster of The Intern
Poster of Bachelorette
Poster of Funky Cops
Filmography
Movie Trolls Band Together Veneer (voice) 2023-10-12
Movie Our Son Matthew 2023-10-14
Movie Reopening: The Broadway Revival 2022-01-18
Series Invincible William Clockwell (voice) 2021-03-25
Movie The Boys in the Band Larry 2020-09-30
Movie The Boys in the Band: Something Personal Self 2020-09-30
Series Central Park Griffin (voice) 2020-05-29
Movie The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Prior Walter 2020-10-08
Movie The Stand In Nico 2020-12-03
Movie The Prom Trent Oliver 2020-12-02
Series Black Monday Blair Pfaff 2019-01-20
Movie A Simple Favor Darren 2018-08-29
Movie Andrew Rannells in Concert 2018-05-11
Series The Romanoffs David Patton 2018-10-11
Movie 100 Years Narrator (voice) 2017-01-17
Movie Falsettos Whizzer 2017-07-12
Series Will & Grace Reggie 2017-09-28
Series Big Mouth Matthew MacDell (voice) 2017-09-29
Series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Self 2016-02-08
Movie Why Him? Blaine Pederman 2016-12-22
Movie The Intern Cameron 2015-09-23
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Himself 2014-02-25
Movie Russian Broadway Shut Down 2014-01-23
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014-02-17
Series Sofia the First Skye (voice) 2013-01-11
Movie Bachelorette Manny 2012-01-23
Series Girls Elijah Krantz 2012-04-15
Series The New Normal Bryan Collins 2012-09-10
Series Bob's Burgers Hayden 2011-01-09
Movie Sex and the City 2 Wedding Chorus 2010-05-26
Series Conan Self 2010-11-08
Series Mew Mew Power 2005-02-19
Series How I Met Your Mother Darren 2005-09-19
Series Sonic X 2003-04-06
Movie The Fight for the Fox Box Jack Kowalski / Connor / Decoe (voice) 2003-08-31
Movie The Archies in JugMan Archie Andrews (Voice) 2003-09-02
Series Funky Cops Jack Kowalski 2002-05-04
Series Liberty's Kids 2002-09-02
Series Pokémon Chronicles Unknown 2002-12-03
Series Cubix: Robots for Everyone Connor 2001-08-11
Series Archie's Weird Mysteries Archie Andrews 1999-10-02
Series Street Sharks Streex (voice) 1994-09-07