Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor born in Omaha, Nebraska.
He got his start as a voice actor, primarily on animated shows for 4Kids Entertainment and DiC, voicing Archie Andrews in Archie's Weird Mysteries, Len Tao in Shaman King and Connor in Cubix: Robots for Everyone. He has also done voice acting for Harley in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and portrayed James in the stage show Pokémon Live!.
Rannells also has a storied career performing in Broadway musicals; in 2006, he played Link Larkin in Hairspray. He also played Bob Gaudio in the First National Tour of Jersey Boys (the "Sherry Cast"). His last performance as Bob Gaudio with the Sherry tour was on December 6, 2008 in Toronto, but he went on to reprise the role in the Broadway company. He began his run January 13, 2009 replacing Sebastian Arcelus and left the show on July 12, 2009.
His Star-Making Role in the theatre world was Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, a 2011 Broadway musical written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Robert Lopez, one of the composers for Avenue Q. The role garnered Rannells a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
In September 2014, he played the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, taking over after Neil Patrick Harris left the show. In 2015, he also briefly took over the role of King George in Hamilton after Jonathan Groff left the show.
In 2017, he was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Whizzer in Falsettos, losing to his Vitriolic Best Bud Gavin Creel from Hello, Dolly!.
Despite his busy stage career, he hasn't left his voice acting career behind, as he has continued to provide voice-overs for commercials and audio books, as well as appearing in animated series such as Sofia the First and Central Park.
He is openly gay and came out when he was eighteen. Since 2019, he's been in a relationship with the actor Tuc Watkins.
Selected theatre:
- Pokémon Live! (2000) as James
- Hairspray (2005) as Link Larkin and Fender
- Lysistrata Jones (2010) as Michelangelo "Mick" Jackson (original)
- The Book of Mormon (2011) as Elder Kevin Price (original)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014 Broadway revival) as Hedwig
- Hamilton (2015) as King George III
- Falsettos (2016 Broadway revival) as Whizzer Brown
- The Boys in the Band (2018 Broadway revival) as Larry
- Gutenberg! The Musical! (2023 Broadway production) as Doug
Selected filmography:
Voice acting
- Tama & Friends (1993) as Tama (English dub)
- Street Sharks (1995) as Streex and Shrimp Louie
- Pokémon: The Series (1997 — 2006) as Morty, Harley and various roles (English dub)
- Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999 — 2000) as Archie Andrews
- Yu-Gi-Oh!! Duel Monsters (2000) as Mako Tsumani, Noah Kaiba, and Leon von Schroeder (English dub)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2004) as Wheeler the Monkey and Belowski (English dub)
- Cubix: Robots for Everyone (2001) as Connor (English dub)
- Shaman King (2001) as Len Tao (English dub)
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001) as eNeMeE (English dub), also served as voice director.
- Ultimate Muscle (2002) in various roles (English dub)
- Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 — 2003) as Dren & Wesley J. Coolridge III (English dub)
- Liberty's Kids (2002) as Alexander Hamilton
- Fighting Foodons (2001 — 2003) as Fried Ricer & Albert (English dub)
- Sonic X (2003 — 2006) as The Narrator, Bokkun, Mister Stewart, and E-102 Gamma among others (English dub), also served as voice director.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 — 2009) in various roles
- Bully (2006) as Bif Taylor
- Sofia the First (2016 — 2018) as Morris, Skye
- Welcome to the Wayne (2017) as Andrei
- Big Mouth (2017 — present) as Matthew MacDell
- Vampirina (2017) as King Pepi
- Bob's Burgers (2018) as Hayden
- Central Park (2020) as Griffin
- Invincible (2021) as William Clockwell
- Trolls Band Together (2023) as Veneer
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (2023) as Gary Prince
On-camera
- Sex and the City (2010) as Wedding Chorus
- Bachelorette (2012) as Manny
- Girls (2012 — 2017) as Elijah Krantz
- The New Normal (2012 — 2013) as Bryan Collins
- How I Met Your Mother (2013 — 2014) as Darren
- The Intern (2015) as Cameron
- The Knick (2015) as Frazier H. Wingo
- Another Period (2016) as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII
- Why Him? (2016) as Blaine Pederman
- A Simple Favor (2018) as Darren
- Black Monday (2019) as Blair Pfaff
- The film adaptation of The Prom (2020) as Trent Oliver
- History of the World Part II (2023)
