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Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American 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 and the Angry Inch''. Most recently he portrayed King George III in Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical Hamilton, temporarily replacing Jonathan Groff in the role on Broadway. == Early life == Rannells was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Charlotte and the late Ronald Rannells.〔 Rannells' father had a heart attack very suddenly in 2001 when Rannells was 22.〔 He is the fourth of five siblings, with three sisters and an older brother. His family has an Irish and Polish background.〔 Rannells attended Our Lady of Lourdes grade school and then Creighton Prep,〔 an all-boys Catholic school in Omaha. His family lived in the Hanscom Park neighborhood of Omaha.〔 As a child Rannells 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 did his first play. He did community theater with Conor Oberst.〔 Rannells also 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 was landing roles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Rannells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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