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Rannells in 2024
Born
Andrew Scott Rannells

(1978-08-23) August 23, 1978 (age 46) [1]
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. [1]
Education Marymount Manhattan College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1995–present
Partner Tuc Watkins (2019–present)

Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon , for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos . Other Broadway credits include Hairspray (2005), Jersey Boys (2009), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014), Hamilton (2015), The Boys in the Band (2018), and Gutenberg! The Musical! (2023). For his performance in the Off West End production of Tammy Faye , he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.

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In the 2010s, he began working as a screen actor; most notably, he starred in the 2012 NBC sitcom The New Normal and played the recurring role of Elijah in HBO's Girls (2012–2017). In 2019, he began starring in Black Monday on Showtime. He has accumulated numerous voice acting credits since the beginning of his career including, currently, Matthew MacDell on Netflix's Big Mouth and William Clockwell on Amazon Prime's Invincible .

Early life and education

Rannells was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Charlotte and Ronald Rannells. [2] He is the fourth of five siblings, with three sisters and an older brother. [2] [3] Rannells attended Our Lady of Lourdes grade school in Omaha, and then Creighton Preparatory School, [2] an all-boys Roman Catholic school in Omaha. [3] [4] He left the Catholic Church upon graduating as he was sexually abused by a priest at his high school. [5] His family lived in the Hanscom Park neighborhood in Omaha. [2]

As a child, he took classes at the Emmy Gifford Children's Theater and performed at the Omaha Community Playhouse and the Firehouse Dinner Theatre and the Dundee Dinner Theatre. [2] [6] Rannells was 11 when he acted in his first play. He did community theater with fellow Omahan and Creighton Prep alumnus Conor Oberst. [7] He did voice-over work and commercials, including a 1996 Grease spoof with Amy Adams. [3]

He is a 1997 YoungArts alumnus, together with Zuzanna Szadkowski and Michael Benjamin Washington. [8]

Rannells moved to New York City in 1997 after graduating from high school, studying theater at Marymount Manhattan College for two years before he started auditioning full-time and began landing roles. [9]

Career

1994–2002: Early career and voice acting

Active in community theater, Rannells got his start as a professional actor as a teenager through voice acting. In the mid-1990s, he found work with the animation production company DIC Entertainment through an Omaha casting call. He was subsequently cast in a number of their television productions in main voice roles. [10] He continued to work in the medium for a number of years while pursuing theater. Rannells worked with the New York City-based production company 4Kids Entertainment from 2001 to 2004 and did voice acting for several English dubs of anime series such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! , [7] in addition to serving as voice director for the dubs of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and Sonic X . [2]

One of his first theater roles was as the character James in the touring production of Pokémon Live! from September 2000 to August 2001. When asked about his experience in 2014, he jokingly said that he would have rather starred in a porn film or snuff film instead and that he only took the job for the pay. [11] [12]

In his 2019 memoir Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Towrd Adulthood, Rannells admitted that playing James on Pokemon Live! was a miserable experience, as he found the character to be an offensive depiction of a gay man. Being a gay man himself, he felt the role was not only a hurtful insult towards his orientation, but also a bad role model for any gay kid who watched the show when it was on tour. He also admitted that he only starred in the show because he was broke and needed the paycheck. [13]

Before winning his first Broadway role, Rannells had parts in a number of regional theater productions, including Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Miss Saigon, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. [14] For his turn as Hedwig at the Zachary Scott Theater Center in Austin, Texas, in 2002, [15] he won best actor in a musical at the B. Iden Payne Awards in September 2002, which honor outstanding achievements in Austin theater. [16]

2005–2012: Broadway debut and The Book of Mormon

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Rannells in 2009

In 2005, Rannells made his Broadway debut when he first understudied and then assumed the role of Link Larkin in the Broadway production of Hairspray . [17] [18]

He followed this with some regional performances. [3] [19] [20] He played Bob Gaudio in the First National Tour of Jersey Boys . His last performance with the tour was on December 6, 2008, in Toronto. In January 2009, he reprised the role of Gaudio in the musical's Broadway production. [21]

In 2011, Rannells originated the role of Elder Price in The Book of Mormon , a musical written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez. For his performance, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance in the musical's Original Broadway Cast Recording . His last performance was June 10, 2012. [22]

2012–present: Work in television and theater

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Rannells and Justin Bartha at Paleyfest in 2013

Rannells played a stripper in the 2012 film Bachelorette [23] and played a lead character, Bryan Collins, in the 2012–13 television series The New Normal . [24] [25] In one of his most well known roles, he played the recurring role of Elijah on the HBO television series Girls . [26]

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Rannells in 2015

In 2015 Universal Pictures acquired a comedy that was to be written by Rannells with Mike Doyle and produced by Judd Apatow. [27] He temporarily replaced Jonathan Groff in the role of King George III in Hamilton on Broadway from October 27 to November 29, 2015, while Groff fulfilled pre-arranged filming commitments. [28]

Rannells played the role of Whizzer Brown in the Broadway revival of Falsettos directed by James Lapine. He was joined by Christian Borle and Stephanie J. Block who played Marvin and Trina, respectively. [29] The musical ran from October 27, 2016 (with previews beginning September 29), to January 8, 2017. [30] [31] He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. [32]

He played Larry in the 2018 Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band . It was a limited run, in honor of the play's 50th anniversary. It won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. He revived his role (along with the rest of the revival cast) for the film adaptation for Netflix, which was released on September 30, 2020.

On the television show Black Monday Rannells played Blair Pfaff, one of the leading roles and was also a producer. [33] The show premiered on January 20, 2019, on Showtime. In April 2019, the series was renewed for a second season that premiered on March 15, 2020. In October 2020, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered in 2021. [34] In January 2022, it was confirmed by cast member Paul Scheer that the show was cancelled by Showtime. [35]

During this period, he also returned to voice acting; notable credits include main roles in Netflix's Big Mouth (2017–2025) and Amazon's Invincible (2021–present). He played Trent Oliver in Netflix's 2020 movie musical The Prom , an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. [36]

In 2022 Rannells made his London stage debut originating the role of Jim Bakker in the musical Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre. [37] He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2023. [38] Originally announced to reprise this role for the Broadway transfer in the fall of 2024, he dropped out of the production after contract negotiations failed and was replaced by his Falsettos co-star Christian Borle. [39]

He reunited with his The Book of Mormon co-star Josh Gad for a limited Broadway production of Gutenberg! The Musical! from September 15, 2023, to January 28, 2024. [40]

Rannells published his first book, a memoir titled Too Much Is Not Enough, in 2019. It is a series of essays about his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, and his years spent in New York leading up to his 2005 Broadway debut in Hairspray. [41] His second book Uncle of the Year: & Other Debatable Triumphs, again a memoir in the form of essays, was released in 2023. [42]

He made his directorial debut with season 2 episode 7 of Modern Love , titled "How Do You Remember Me?" [43] He also wrote the episode, adapting an essay he wrote for the New York Times column (which appeared in his first memoir). [44]

During an interview on a podcast called "4Kids Flashback", Rannells revealed that he was never called up to reprise his role as Tao Ren for the English dub of Shaman King (2021) . [45]

Personal life

Rannells is gay, [46] mentioning that he had known about his sexual orientation since high school. [3] He came out to his family when he was eighteen, but he stated that "by that point, no one was surprised". [47] He also came out to his theater friends, but not his all-boys Catholic school. [3]

Since 2019, he has been in a relationship with actor Tuc Watkins. [48] The two met the year before while playing a couple in the Broadway production of The Boys in the Band. [49] They reprised their roles for Netflix's film version of the show and also worked together on Black Monday in 2020. [49]

He splits his time between New York and Los Angeles. [49]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Sex and the City 2 Wedding Chorus
2012 Bachelorette Manny
2015 The Intern Cameron
2016 Why Him? Blaine Pederman
2018 A Simple Favor Darren
2020 The Boys in the Band Larry
The Prom Trent Oliver
The Stand In Nico
2023 Our Son Matthew
Trolls Band Together Veneer (voice)
2024 I Don't Understand You Cole
TBA Untitled A Simple Favor sequel DarrenPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995–97 Street Sharks Streex, Shrimp LouieVoices; Main cast; 40 episodes
1999–2000 Archie's Weird Mysteries Archie Andrews Voice; Main cast; 40 episodes
2001 Cubix ConnorVoice; Main cast; 26 episodes
2001 Shaman King Len TaoVoice; English dub
2001–05 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Mako Tsunami / Noah Kaiba,
Leon von Schroeder / Leon Wilson		Voices; English dub
2001–06 Pokémon Morty, Harley / VariousEnglish dub
2001 Tama and Friends TamaMain cast; 28 episodes; English dub
2002 Liberty's Kids Alexander Hamilton Voice; 5 episodes
2002 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Additional voices1 episode
2002 Kinnikuman Additional voicesVoice; English dub
2002 Knight Hunters Eternity Toudou HijiriVoice; English dub
2002 Tokyo Mew Mew Dren, Wesley J. / Coolridge IIIVoice; English dub
2003–06 Sonic X Additional voicesEnglish dub [50]
2003–09 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AdditionalVoices; Unknown episodes
2004–05 Pokémon Chronicles Shinji, Forrest, TommVoice; English dub
2005 One Piece Young Zoro, BellamyVoice; 4Kids English dub
2005 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Wheeler the Chimpanzee
Belowski / Additional		Voice; English dub
2006–07 Chaotic Various rolesVoice; 78 episodes
2012–17 Girls Elijah Krantz35 episodes
2012–13 The New Normal Bryan Collins22 episodes
2013 Comedy Bang! Bang! Quinn AbernathyEpisode: "Clark Gregg Wears a Navy Blazer & White Collared Shirt"
2013–14 How I Met Your Mother Darren2 episodes
2015 Glee HimselfEpisode: "Dreams Come True"
2015 The Knick Frazier H. Wingo4 episodes
2016 Another Period Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII3 episodes
2016 Drunk History Washington Roebling Episode: "Landmarks"
2016 The Simpsons HimselfVoice; Episode: "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back"
2016–18 Sofia the First Morris / SkyeVoice; 5 episodes
2017–18 Welcome to the Wayne AndreiVoice; 9 episodes
2017–21 Vampirina King PeppyVoice; 3 episodes
2017 Will & Grace ReggieEpisode: "Grandpa Jack"
2017–present Big Mouth Matthew MacDellVoice; 58 episodes
2018 Bob's Burgers HaydenVoice; Episode: "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now"
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself / Guest JudgeEpisode 8 (season 10) [51]
2018 The Romanoffs David PattonEpisode: "Bright and High Circle"
2018 Live from Lincoln Center: Stars in ConcertHimselfEpisode: "Andrew Rannells in Concert" (Season 1) [52]
2019–21 Black Monday Blair Pfaff30 episodes, also producer [33]
2020 Central Park GriffinVoice; 2 episodes
2021–24 Invincible William ClockwellVoice; 13 episodes
2021–22 Ridley Jones AtenVoice; 4 episodes
2021–24 Girls5eva KevRecurring role; 8 episodes
2022 Duncanville Voice; 2 episodes
2022 Welcome to Chippendales Bradford Barton4 episodes
2023–24 Princess Power King BartonVoice; 13 episodes
2023 History of the World, Part II SergeiEpisode: "V" [53]
2023 The Great North Rocky RitzVoice; Episode: "Great Bus of Choir Adventure"
2023 HouseBroken EnnisVoice; Episode: "Who's a Winner?"
2023 Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Gary Prince / Monster GaryVoice; 6 episodes [54]
2024 The Boys Homelander IceskaterVoice; 1 episode [55]

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2004Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster ColiseumMako TsunamiEnglish dub
2005 Shadow the Hedgehog [56] Additional charactersEnglish dub
2005 One Piece: Pirates Carnival BellamyEnglish dub; uncredited
2006 Bully Bif Taylor

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef
2000–01 Pokémon Live! JamesUS National Tour
2004It's Karate, Kid!Johnny Lawrence Teatro La Tea, Off-off-Broadway [57]
2005 Hairspray Fender (u/s Link Larkin) Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway [58] [59]
2005–06 Link Larkin [60]
2006The 60's ProjectPerformerChester, CT (Regional): World Premiere
2006 One Step Forward New Worlds Stages [61]
2007 Miss Saigon Chris ScottMerry-Go-Round Playhouse [62]
2007 Thoroughly Modern Millie Jimmy SmithCape Playhouse [63]
2007–08 Jersey Boys Bob Gaudio US National Tour [64] [65] [66]
2009Bob Gaudio (replacement) August Wilson Theatre, Broadway [67] [68]
2010 Smokey Joe's Cafe Paper Mill Playhouse [69]
2010 Lysistrata Jones Michelangelo "Mick" Jackson Dallas Theater Center [70] [71]
2011–12 The Book of Mormon Elder Kevin Price Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway [72]
2014 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig (replacement) Belasco Theatre, Broadway [73]
2015 Hamilton King George III (replacement) Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway
(October 27, 2015 – November 29, 2015)		 [74]
[75]
2016–17 Falsettos Whizzer Brown Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway [76]
2018 The Boys in the Band Larry Booth Theatre, Broadway [77]
2022 Tammy Faye Jim Bakker [78] Almeida Theatre, Off-West End [79]
2023–24 Gutenberg! The Musical! Doug Simon James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway [80]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2011 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Book of Mormon Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated
2012 Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Won
2013OFTA AwardBest Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Girls Nominated
Gold Derby AwardsBest Comedy Guest ActorNominated
Dorian Awards Rising StarNominated
2014Gold Derby AwardBest Comedy Guest ActorGirlsNominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Guest Performer in a Comedy SeriesNominated
2015Broadway.com Audience AwardsFavorite Replacement (Male) Hedwig and the Angry Inch Nominated
2016 Hamilton Nominated
2017Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical Falsettos Won
Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated
2021 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Black Monday Nominated
2023 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Musical Tammy Faye Nominated
2024 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Award Gutenberg! The Musical! Nominated
Broadway.com Audience AwardFavorite Funny PerformanceNominated
Favorite Onstage Pair (with Josh Gad)Nominated

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