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Andrew Rannells
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Born August 23, 1978 (46 years)
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
| 2024 | Queer Planet · as Narrator |
| 2024 | I Don't Understand You · as Cole |
| 2023 | Our Son · as Matthew |
| 2023 | Trolls Band Together · as Veneer (voice) |
| 2023 | Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake (TV Series) · as Gary Prince (voice) |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II (TV Series) · as Sergei The Photographer |
| 2023 | Princess Power (TV Series) · as King Barton |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales (TV Series) · as Bradford Barton |
| 2021 | Ridley Jones (TV Series) · as Aten |
| 2021 | HouseBroken (TV Series) · as Ennis |
| 2021 | Girls5eva (TV Series) · as Kev Hamlin |
| 2021 | Invincible (2021) (TV Series) · as William (voice) |
| 2021 | The Great North (TV Series) · as Rocky Ritz (voice) |
| 2020 | The Stand In · as Nico |
| 2020 | The Prom · as Trent Oliver |
| 2020 | The Boys in the Band · as Larry |
| 2020 | Central Park (TV Series) · as Griffin (voice) |
| 2020 | Duncanville (TV Series) · as Bryce (voice) |
| 2019 | Black Monday (TV Series) · as Blair Pfaff |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs (TV Series) · as David Patton |
| 2018 | A Simple Favor · as Darren |
| 2017 | Vampirina (TV Series) · as King Pepi |
| 2017 | Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Matthew Macdell (voice) |
| 2017 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 2017 | Welcome to the Wayne (TV Series) · as Andrei |
| 2017 | Falsettos · as Whizzer |
| 2016 | Why Him? · as Blaine Pederman |
| 2015 | The Intern · as Cameron |
| 2014 | The Knick (TV Series) · as Frazier H. Wingo |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Washington Roebling |
| 2013 | Another Period (TV Series) · as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth Vii |
| 2012 | Sofia the First (TV Series) · as Skye (voice) |
| 2012 | Bachelorette · as Manny |
| 2012 | The New Normal (TV Series) · as Bryan Collins |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) · as Quinn Abernathy |
| 2012 | Girls (TV Series) · as Elijah Krantz |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Hayden (voice) |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 · as Wedding Chorus |
| 2008 | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (TV Series) · as Toby Tredwell |
| 2006 | Chaotic (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Darren |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (TV Series) · as Belowski |
| 2003 | F-Zero: GP Legend (TV Series) · as The Skull |
| 2003 | The Archies in Jug Man · as Archie Andrews (voice) |
| 2003 | The Fight for the Fox Box · as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Decoe (voice) |
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| 2003 | Little Longnose · as Jacob (english Version, Voice) |
| 2003 | Funky Cops (TV Series) · as Jack Kowalski |
| 2002 | The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear · as Additional Voices |
| 2002 | Pokémon Chronicles (TV Series) · as Forrest |
| 2002 | Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Tokyo Mew Mew (TV Series) · as Wesley J. Collridge Iii, Cyniclons Dren |
| 2001 | Fighting Foodons (TV Series) · as Fried Ricer |
| 2001 | Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (TV Series) · as Nightmare |
| 2001 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (TV Series) · as Gunji |
| 2001 | Cubix (TV Series) · as Connor |
| 2001 | Shaman King (TV Series) · as Lenny |
| 2000 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (TV Series) · as Mako Tsunami |
| 1999 | One Piece (TV Series) · as Young Roronoa Zolo - 4kids Dub |
| 1999 | Archie's Weird Mysteries (TV Series) · as Archie Andrews |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 1997 | Pokémon (TV Series) · as Harley |
| 1994 | Street Sharks (TV Series) · as Streex (voice) |
| 1993 | Tama and Friends (TV Series) · as Tama |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Andrew Rannells (voice) |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Elder Kevin Price (segment "parker & Stone") |