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Andrew Rannells

Actor, Director, Writer, ProducerBorn 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Bachelorette
  • Sonic X
  • Comedy Bang! Bang!
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
  • Street Sharks

Known For

  • The Intern
  • A Simple Favor
  • Big Mouth
  • Girls
  • The New Normal
  • The Prom
  • Bachelorette
  • The Boys in the Band
  • Modern Love
  • Shaman King
  • Black Monday
  • Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
  • Street Sharks
  • Girls5eva
  • Queer Planet
  • Archie's Weird Mysteries
  • Liberty's Kids
  • The Stand In
  • Our Son
  • Chaotic

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2024
    2023
    Our Son · as Matthew
    2023
    Trolls Band Together · as Veneer (voice)
    2023
    Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake (TV Series) · as Gary Prince (voice)
    2023
    Queer Planet · as Narrator
    2023
    History of the World, Part II (TV Series) · as Sergei The Photographer
    2023
    Princess Power (TV Series) · as King Barton
    2023
    Night Court (2023) (TV Series) · as Tad
    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
    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
    2018
    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
    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 / Len Tao / Chief Bookem / Decoe (voice)
    2003
    Sonic X (TV Series) · as Decoe
    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) · as (voice)
    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 (voice)
    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")

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