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Andrew Rannells

Andrew Rannells

Birthday: 1978-08-23 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
I Don't Understand You

as    Cole

2025
Another Simple Favor

as    Darren

2023
Our Son

as    Matthew

2023
Queer Planet

as    Narrator

2023
Trolls Band Together

as    Veneer (voice)

2022
2021
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams

as    Self

2020
The Boys in the Band

as    Larry

2020
The Stand In

as    Nico

2020
The Prom

as    Trent Oliver

2019
Black Monday

as    Blair Pfaff

2018
A Simple Favor

as    Darren

2017
100 Years

as    Narrator (voice)

2017
Falsettos

as    Whizzer

2017
Falsettos

as    Whizzer

2015
The Intern

as    Cameron

2012
The New Normal

as    Bryan Collins

2012
Bachelorette

as    Manny

2011
The Book of Mormon

as    Elder Price

2011
The Book of Mormon

as    Elder Price

2011
The Book of Mormon on Broadway

as    Elder Price