Andrew Rannells

Andrew Rannells

Andrew Rannells (born August 23, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska as Andrew Scott Rannells) is an American actor, voice actor and singer who was one of the original voice actors for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime by 4Kids Entertainment. He is sometimes credited under the name of Andy Rannells.

Pokémon roles

Rannells first started voicing characters for Pokémon in mid-Johto. Prior to becoming a voice actor for the anime, he acted in Pokémon Live! as James from Team Rocket, along with fellow voice actor/director Darren Dunstan (who portrayed Giovanni). His most prominent role was Harley until season nine. When Pokémon USA took over the dubbing and distribution of the series, Rannells left the series along with most of the other original voice actors.

In the anime

Major

• Morty
• Harley (AG103-AG144)

Minor

• Forrest (SS001)
• Nicholai
• Nario
• Chaz
• Forrest Franklin
• Forrester Franklin
• Poncho
• Shinji
• Shiro

Other

• James (Pokémon Live!)
• James Bum (Pokémon Insider: The Video)

Famous non-Pokémon roles

Voices

• Bobby Bolton/Streex (Street Sharks)
• Jack Kowalski (Funky Cops)
• Dren and Wesley J. Coolridge (Mew Mew Power)
• Len Tao (Shaman King)
• Narrator, E-101 Beta, E-102 Gamma, E-104 Epsilon, Bokkun, Decoe, and Mr. Stewart (Sonic X)
• The Skull (F-Zero: GP Legend)
• Connor (Cubix: Robots for Everyone)
• Young Roronoa Zolo (One Piece (4Kids dub))
• G.U.N. Soldiers (Shadow the Hedgehog)
• Bellamy the Hyena (One Piece: Pirates' Carnival)
• Alexander Hamilton (Liberty's Kids)
• Biff Taylor (Bully)
• Cloaked Nightmare, Iro, Additional voices (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
• Noah Kaiba, Mako Tsunami, Leon von Schroeder/Leon Wilson (Yu-Gi-Oh)
• Archie Andrews (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
• Fried Ricer (Fighting Foodons)

Other media

• King George III - Hamilton (temporary Broadway replacement)
• Link Larkin - Hairspray (Broadway replacement)
• Hedwig - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
• Bob Gaudio - Jersey Boys (U.S. National Tour, Broadway)
• Elder Price - The Book of Mormon (original Broadway cast)
• Elijah - Girls
• Bryan Collins - The New Normal
• Darren - How I Met Your Mother

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.