Английская Википедия:Andrew Rannells

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Pp-pc Шаблон:Infobox person 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).

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

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

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. Rannells was 11 when he acted in his first play. He did community theater with fellow Omahan and Creighton Prep alumnus Conor Oberst. He did voice-over work and commercials, including a 1996 Grease spoof with Amy Adams.

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

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. 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!, in addition to serving as voice director for the dubs of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and Sonic X.

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.

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. For his turn as Hedwig at the Zachary Scott Theater Center in Austin, Texas, in 2002, he won best actor in a musical at the B. Iden Payne Awards in September 2002, which honor outstanding achievements in Austin theater.

2002–2012: Broadway debut and The Book of Mormon

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Rannells in 2009

In 2002, Rannells made his Broadway debut when he assumed the role of Link Larkin in the Broadway production of Hairspray.

He followed this with some regional performances. 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.

Rannells had his breakthrough in 2011 when he 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.

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 and played a lead character, Bryan Collins, in the 2012–13 television series The New Normal. One of his most well known roles, he played the recurring role of Elijah on the HBO television series Girls.

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.

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. The musical ran from October 27, 2016 (with previews beginning September 29), to January 8, 2017. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance.

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.

Rannells played Blair Pfaff, one of the leading roles on the television show Black Monday. 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. In January 2022, it was confirmed by cast member Paul Scheer that the show was cancelled by Showtime.

During this period, he also returned to voice acting; notable credits include main roles in Netflix's Big Mouth (2017–present) 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.

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.

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

Personal life

Rannells is gay. Rannells has said he has known he is gay since high school. He came out to his family when he was eighteen, but he stated that "by that point, no one was surprised". He also came out to his theater friends, but not his all-boys Catholic school.

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–97	Street Sharks	Streex, Shrimp Louie (voices)	Main cast; 40 episodes
1999–2000	Archie's Weird Mysteries	Archie Andrews (voice)	Main cast; 40 episodes
2001	Cubix	Connor (voice)	Main cast; 26 episodes
2001	Shaman King	Len Tao (voice)	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, various voices	English dub
2001	Tama and Friends	Tama	Main cast; 28 episodes; English dub
2002	Liberty's Kids	Alexander Hamilton (voice)	5 episodes
2002	Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat	Additional voices	1 episode
2002	Kinnikuman	Additional voices	English dub
2002	Knight Hunters Eternity	Toudou Hijiri (voice)	English dub
2002	Tokyo Mew Mew	Dren, Wesley J., Coolridge III (voice)	English dub
2003–06	Sonic X	Additional voices	English dub
2003–09	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Additional voices	Unknown episodes
2004–05	Pokémon Chronicles	Shinji, Forrest, Tomm	English dub
2005	One Piece	Young Zoro (voice)	4Kids English dub
2005	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Wheeler the Chimpanzee, Belowski, Additional voices	English dub
2006–07	Chaotic	Various voices	78 episodes
2012–17	Girls	Elijah Krantz	35 episodes
2012–13	The New Normal	Bryan Collins	22 episodes
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Quinn Abernathy	Episode: "Clark Gregg Wears a Navy Blazer & White Collared Shirt"
2013–14	How I Met Your Mother	Darren	2 episodes
2015	Glee	Himself	Episode: "Dreams Come True"
2015	The Knick	Frazier H. Wingo	4 episodes
2016	Another Period	Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII	3 episodes
2016	Drunk History	John A. Roebling	Episode: "Landmarks"
2016	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	Episode: "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back"
2016–18	Sofia the First	Morris, Skye (voices)	5 episodes
2017–18	Welcome to the Wayne	Andrei (voice)	9 episodes
2017–21	Vampirina	King Peppy (voice)	3 episodes
2017	Will & Grace	Reggie	Episode: "Grandpa Jack"
2017–present	Big Mouth	Matthew MacDell (voice)	49 episodes
2018	Bob's Burgers	Hayden (voice)	Episode: "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now"
2018	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself / Guest Judge	Episode 8 (season 10)
2018	The Romanoffs	David Patton	Episode: "Bright and High Circle"
2018	Live from Lincoln Center: Stars in Concert	Himself	Episode: "Andrew Rannells in Concert" (Season 1)
2019–21	Black Monday	Blair Pfaff	30 episodes
2020	Central Park	Griffin (voice)	2 episodes
2021	Invincible	William Clockwell (voice)	11 episodes
2021–22	Ridley Jones	Aten (voice)	4 episodes
2021–22	Girls5eva	Kev	7 episodes
2022	Duncanville	(voice)	2 episodes
2022	The Great North	Rocky Ritz (voice)	Episode: "Great Bus of Choir Adventure"
2022	Welcome to Chippendales	Bradford Barton	4 episodes
2023	Princess Power	King Barton (voice)	5 episodes
2023	History of the World, Part II	Sergei	Episode: "V"
2023	Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake	Gary Prince (voice)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2004	Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum	Mako Tsunami	English dub
2005	Shadow the Hedgehog	Additional characters	English dub
2005	One Piece: Pirates Carnival	Bellamy	English dub; uncredited
2006	Bully	Bif Taylor

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2000–01	Pokémon Live!	James	US National Tour	US tour
2004	It's Karate, Kid!	Johnny Lawrence	Teatro La Tea	Off-off-Broadway
2005	Hairspray	Fender (u/s Link Larkin)	Neil Simon Theatre	Broadway replacement role
2005–06		Link Larkin
2006	The 60's Project	Performer		Chester, CT (Regional): World Premiere
2006	One Step Forward		New Worlds Stages	Festival of New Musicals
2007–08	Jersey Boys	Bob Gaudio	US National Tour	US Tour
2009			August Wilson Theatre	Broadway replacement
2010	Smokey Joe's Cafe		Paper Mill Playhouse
2010	Lysistrata Jones	Michelangelo "Mick" Jackson	Dallas Theater Center	Regional premiere; originated role
2011-12	The Book of Mormon	Elder Kevin Price	Eugene O'Neill Theatre	Originated role
2014	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Hedwig	Belasco Theatre	Replacement
2015	Hamilton	King George III	Richard Rodgers Theatre	Temporary replacement (Oct 27, 2015 – Nov 29, 2015)
2016-17	Falsettos	Whizzer Brown	Walter Kerr Theatre	Broadway
2018	The Boys in the Band	Larry	Booth Theatre	Broadway
2022	Tammy Faye	Jim Bakker	Almeida Theatre	London
2023-24	Gutenberg! The Musical!	Doug Simon	James Earl Jones Theatre	Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
2011	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	The Book of Mormon	Шаблон:Nom
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
2012	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album		Шаблон:Won
2013	OFTA Award	Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Girls	Шаблон:Nom
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Comedy Guest Actor		Шаблон:Nom
	Dorian Awards	Rising Star		Шаблон:Nom
2014	Gold Derby Award	Best Comedy Guest Actor	Girls	Шаблон:Nom
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series		Шаблон:Nom
2015	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Replacement (Male)	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Шаблон:Nom
2016			Hamilton	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Center
2017		Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical	Falsettos	Шаблон:Won
	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
2021	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Black Monday	Шаблон:Nom
2023	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Tammy Faye	Шаблон:Nom

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
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• Andrew Rannells at Voice Chasers Шаблон:Webarchive