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

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Bob's Burgers

All Movies (33)

• Miss You, Love You2026 · as Jamie Simms
• The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 20252025
• The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween2025 · as Self - Host
• Another Simple Favor2025 · as Darren
• I Don't Understand You2024 · as Cole
• Our Son2023 · as Matthew
• Trolls Band Together2023 · as Veneer (voice)
• The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime2023 · as Self
• Queer Planet2023 · as Narrator
• Reopening: The Broadway Revival2022 · as Self
• Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams2021 · as Self
• The Stand In2020 · as Nico
• The Prom2020 · as Trent Oliver
• The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020 · as Prior Walter
• The Boys in the Band2020 · as Larry
• The Boys in the Band: Something Personal2020 · as Self
• A Simple Favor2018 · as Darren
• Sofia the First: Forever Royal2018 · as Skye (voice)
• Live from Lincoln Center: Andrew Rannells in Concert2018
• Falsettos2017 · as Whizzer
• Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles2017 · as Skye (voice)
• A Goodbye to Girls2017 · as Self
• 100 Years2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Why Him?2016 · as Blaine Pederman
• The Intern2015 · as Cameron
• Russian Broadway Shut Down2014
• Bachelorette2012 · as Manny
• Sex and the City 22010 · as Wedding Chorus
• The Fight for the Fox Box2003 · as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Len Tao / Chief Bookem / Decoe (voice)
• The Archies in JugMan2002 · as Archie Andrews (Voice)
• Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires2000 · as Archie Andrews / Vampire #2
• Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
• Richard Lovely— · as Mr. Mouse

All TV Shows (52)

• Mating Season2026 · as Gregg (voice)
• Shut Up Evan2026 · as Self - Guest
• The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer2025
• Too Much2025 · as Jameson South
• Deli Boys2025 · as Andrew Chadwater
• Hollywood Squares2025 · as Self
• Elsbeth2024 · as Harris Parson
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake2023 · as Gary Prince (voice)
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake2023 · as Gary Prince / Monster Gary (voice)
• The Great American Baking Show2023 · as Self - Host
• History of the World: Part II2023 · as Sergei the Photographer
• Night Court2023 · as Tad
• Welcome to Chippendales2022 · as Bradford Barton
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Girls5eva2021 · as Kev Hamlin
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as William (voice)
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as Everest Climber (voice)
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as William / GDA Agents (voice)
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune2021 · as Self - Contestant
• The Great North2021 · as Rocky Ritz (voice)
• Central Park2020 · as Griffin (voice)
• Duncanville2020 · as Bryce (voice)
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Black Monday2019 · as Blair Pfaff
• The Romanoffs2018 · as David Patton
• Big Mouth2017 · as Matthew (voice)
• Big Mouth2017
• Will & Grace2017 · as Reggie
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Musical Guest
• Another Period2015 · as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Sofia the First2013 · as Skye (voice)
• The New Normal2012 · as Bryan Collins
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Quinn Abernathy
• Girls2012 · as Elijah Krantz
• Bob's Burgers2011 · as Hayden (voice)
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Glee2009 · as Andrew Rannells
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Darren
• Liberty's Kids2002 · as Alexander Hamilton (voice)
• Cubix: Robots for Everyone2001 · as Connor
• Archie's Weird Mysteries1999 · as Archie Andrews (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• Street Sharks1994 · as Streex (voice)
• The Simpsons1989 · as Andrew Rannells (voice)
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer