Andrew Scott Rannells is an American actor and singer best known for his work at the Broadway Theater. Was twice nominated for a Tony Award. Grammy Award Winner.
Short biography and family
The future actor was born at the end of summer, on August 23, 1978, in Omaha, Nebraska (USA). His parents Charlotte Rennels and Ronald Rennels have 5 children. Andrew was the second child. He has an older brother and 3 younger sisters. Their entire large family has Irish and Polish roots. Lived in Khan Park, which is the Omaha district.
Andrew received his primary education at Lady Lord School and preparatory at Creighton School. In addition, he was one of the students at the Roman Catholic School for Boys in the city of Omaha.
Even at a young age, Rannells showed an interest in creativity. In this regard, he received lessons at the children's theater of Emmy Grifford and moonlighted in various theatrical productions.
He performed his first serious role at the age of 11. He was a member of the Creighton Alumni Community Theater. In addition, he was engaged in voice acting for various commercials.
In 1997, Andrew completed his secondary education and moved to New York. Here he entered Marymount College and studied acting for the next two years. When he gained self-confidence, he immediately began to develop his acting career, attending auditions and getting roles.
Career and creativity
Rannells originally worked as a voice actor. 3 years (from 2001 to 2004) was an employee at 4Kids Entertainment. Due to this, he was invited to voice various video games (for example, "Yu-Gi-Oh!"), And Andrew himself appeared on several TV shows 4Kids and DiC.
Before being invited to work at the Broadway Theater, Rennells appeared in several regional productions, such as Miss Saigon and Hedwig and the Unfortunate Inch.
For his role as Hedwig at the Austin Theater, Andrew won the B Eden Payne Award in the fall of 2002 for Best Actor in a Musical. This city is still proud of this achievement.
The first major breakthrough in the theatrical career of the actor can be considered the role of Link Larkin, the hero of the Broadway musical Hairspray. This event took place in 2006.
In 2008 he took part in the first national tour of Jersey Boys, where he played the role of Bob Gaudio. In January 2009 he performed the same role in one of the Broadway musicals.
Then there was the role of Churchwarden Price from the Book of Mormon. For this he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. A little later he won the Grammy for Best Album in Musical Theater.
Andrew also appeared on the television screen. He played the role of a stripper in the film "Bachelors", was one of the main characters in the TV series "New Normal". Took part in the television series Girls.
After working on television, he returned to the Broadway Theater, where he got the role of Witherr Brown in the musical "Falsettes".
Personal life
Andrew Rannells is openly gay. I reported this to my family at the age of 18, although everyone already guessed it. Had a long-term relationship with actor Mike Doyle. They were together from 2011 to 2016.
