Andrew Rannells
Andrew Rannells
Andrew Scott Rannellsis an American actor, voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps best known for his work as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. As a featured soloist on the musical's Original Broadway Cast Recording, he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. His other Broadway credits include Jersey Boys, Hairspray, and Hedwig...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom.
When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up.
Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.
As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid I took classes there and as I got into high school I did all the community theater stuff. Then I came to college in New York and studied acting there. But most of the training I got was from working. Working with really great people.
I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.
If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false.
I've been pretty career-focused since moving to New York.
The majority of celebrities that come to the show actually don't come backstage. Because they don't know that they can.
I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.
This is a musical, ma'am. If there's no gay, there's a problem.