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
I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.
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.
If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false.
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.
My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom.
This is a musical, ma'am. If there's no gay, there's a problem.
So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit. You have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well.
I think as a young person, you're kind of game for whatever sometimes.
I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me.
I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop. Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.
Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation.