Drew Droege
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Drew Droege
| image = Drew Droege 2016.png
| caption = Droege in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|02|09}}
| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
| education = Lincolnton High School
| alma_mater = Wake Forest University
| birth_name = Andrew Gerhardt Droege
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- comedian
- writer
- director}}
| years_active = 1995–present
}}
Andrew Gerhardt Droege (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|r|oʊ|ɡ|i}};{{cite tweet |user=drewdroege
|number=24625428706631680 |date=2011-01-11 |title=It's pronounced DRO-gee (with a hard g).}} born February 9, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his online impressions of Chloë Sevigny.
Early life and education
Droege attended and graduated from Lincolnton High School in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Droege went on to study Theatre and English at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he obtained a BA. Following college graduation, Droege moved to Los Angeles and started studying with The Groundlings.
Career
=Television and film=
Droege has appeared on television in Hot in Cleveland, Key & Peele, Bob's Burgers, How I Met Your Mother, Up All Night, New Girl, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Glory Daze, The Sarah Silverman Program, Kroll Show, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Halfway Home, Reno 911! and Campus Ladies and on film in Sassy Pants, Eating Out 4: Drama Camp and Big Gay Love.
Droege appears as John Dumé in the 2024 feature film Queer.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/queer-review-daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-1236127541/|title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Shows a Whole New Side in Luca Guadagnino's Bold and Trippy Adaptation of William S. Burroughs' Ahead-of-Its-Time Novel|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|website=Variety|date=September 3, 2024|access-date=October 24, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/queer-review-luca-guadagnino-daniel-craig-venice-film-festival-1236076219/|title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Nails the Sardonic Spirit of Writer William S. Burroughs in Luca Guadagnino's Superb Literary Adaptation – Venice Film Festival|first=Damon|last=Wise|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 3, 2024|access-date=October 24, 2024}}
=Live performance=
Droege performed in the March 2012 edition of Don't Tell My Mother, a monthly showcase event in which authors, screenwriters, actors, and comedians share true stories they would never want their mothers to know.{{cite web |url=http://digitalissue.laweekly.com/article/Go+La/998076/0/article.html |title=LAWeekly |accessdate=8 July 2012}} He has directed several sketch comedy shows and Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera{{cite web|title=Jersey Shoresical: Cast/Crew|url=http://www.jerseyshoresical.com/#cast|work=jerseyshoresical.com|accessdate=9 May 2012|archive-date=15 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515003136/http://jerseyshoresical.com/#cast|url-status=dead}} (winner, Best Ensemble, NY International Fringe Festival 2011){{cite web|title=FringeNYC Encore Series|url=http://www.fringenyc.org/index.php/component/content/article/9-shows/180-encoreseries|work=fringenyc.org|accessdate=9 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531040558/http://www.fringenyc.org/index.php/component/content/article/9-shows/180-encoreseries|archivedate=31 May 2012}} in Los Angeles.
In 2017, Droege was in the original cast of the jukebox musical Titanique in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Musbach |first=Julie |title=Take a Voyage on the Titanique |date=July 5, 2017 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Take-a-Voyage-on-the-TITANIQUE-20170705 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |website=Broadway World}} In 2023, he joined the Off-Broadway cast of the show as Ruth in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/comedian-drew-droege-and-rupauls-drag-race-star-willam-to-join-titanique-off-broadway|title=Comedian Drew Droege and RuPaul's Drag Race Star Willam to Join Titanique Off-Broadway|website=Playbill|first1=Meg|last1=Masseron|first2=Andrew|last2=Gans|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=October 12, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/DRAG-RACE-Star-Willam-and-Comedian-Drew-Droege-to-Join-TITANIQUE-20230824|title=Drag Race Star Willam and Comedian Drew Droege to Join Titanique|first=Chloe|last=Rabinowitz|website=Broadway World|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=October 12, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/willam-drew-droege-join-titanique-off-broadway-cast|title=Willam, Drew Droege join Titanique Off-Broadway cast|first=Gillian|last=Russo|date=August 24, 2023|website=New York Theatre Guide|access-date=October 12, 2023}}
Droege was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings Sunday Company, where he currently performs and teaches.{{cite web|title=Drew Droege: Groundlings' School|url=http://www.groundlings.com/performers/performer-details.aspx?performerID=358|work=The Groundlings Theatre & School}} He also performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and plays a leading role in UCB's breakdancing movie musical, Freak Dance.{{cite web |title=Freak Dance |url=http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/655 |work=UCB Theatre web page |accessdate=15 May 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200405/http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/655 |url-status=dead }}
=Web series=
Droege's Chloë Sevigny{{cite web|last=Hansen|first=Jim|title=The Chloe Videos|url=http://www.jimhansenfilms.com/jimhansenfilms/The_Chloe_Videos.html|work=Jim Hansen Films|accessdate=10 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222191715/http://jimhansenfilms.com/jimhansenfilms/The_Chloe_Videos.html|archivedate=22 December 2011}} impression videos have been featured on PerezHilton.com, EW.com, The Huffington Post and The New York Post, and were called "compulsively watchable" by The Advocate.
In 2012 and 2013, Droege appeared in the comedy series Romantic Encounters{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|title=Melinda Hill Seeking "Romantic Encounters" on My Damn Channel Network|date=26 June 2013 |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/06/26/romantic-encounters-my-damn-channel-comedy-network-melinda-hill/|publisher=Tubefilter|accessdate=24 October 2013}} and the interview series All Growz Up,{{cite web|title=All Growz Up: Drew Droege|url=http://chuckler.com/all-growz-up-drew-droege/|publisher=Chuckler}} both opposite Melinda Hill.{{cite web|last=Carrie|first=Stephanie|title=Steph's LA Weekly Feature Series – Melinda Hill's Romantic Encounters|url=http://tangledwebwewatch.com/2013/07/17/stephs-la-weekly-feature-series-melinda-hills-romantic-encounters/|accessdate=24 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319001821/http://tangledwebwewatch.com/2013/07/17/stephs-la-weekly-feature-series-melinda-hills-romantic-encounters/|archivedate=19 March 2016}} Droege also starred in Crowned.
=Other work=
Droege's Earwolf podcast, Glitter In The Garbage, was deemed "Brilliant and Lowbrow" by New York magazine's Approval Matrix.{{cite web|title=The Approval Matrix: Week of April 25, 2011|url=http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/approval-matrix-2011-4-25/|work=nymag.com|date=14 April 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}
As a writer, Droege has contributed to OUT magazine, Logo's New Now Next Awards, E!'s Fashion Police, and Funny Or Die's Billy on the Street.
Droege portrays Walt Disney in the short film Boop opposite Rose McGowan.
=Awards=
In 2010, Droege was given Outfest Film Festival's Special Programming Award For Emerging Talent.{{cite web|title=Outfest Announces 2010 Award Winners |url=http://www.outfest.org/article.php?id_art=136 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907010120/http://www.outfest.org/article.php?id_art=136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2012 |work=Outfest.org |accessdate=9 May 2012 }} In 2011, he was named one of Out magazine's OUT 100.{{cite web|title=17th Annual Out100|url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/out100/2011/12/11/17th-annual-out100#slide-54|work=www.out.com|date=11 December 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2012}} In 2012, LA Weekly cited Droege as one of Los Angeles' Top 10 Comedy Acts To Watch.{{cite web|title=10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/01/top_comedy_watch_2012.php|work=LAWeekly.com|accessdate=9 May 2012|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426232632/http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/01/top_comedy_watch_2012.php|url-status=dead}} In 2017, Droege won an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actor (Comedy) for his performance as Dewey in the web series #Adulting.{{cite web |url=http://www.indieseriesawards.com/2017/04/8th-annual-indie-series-awards-winners.html |title=8th Annual Indie Series Awards Winners |publisher=Indie Series Awards |accessdate=April 14, 2017}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Work !! Role !!class="unsortable"| Notes | |||
| 1995 | Glory Daze | Bruce | |
| 2002 | Romeo and Juliet Revisited | Benvolio | |
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Journey, The"| The Journey | Guy in Coffee Shop | |
| 2003 | Killing the Dream | John Colburt | |
| 2003 | Scream Bloody Murder | Beaumont | |
| 2005 | data-sort-value="70s House, The"| The 70s House | Disco Drill Sergeant | |
| 2005 | Reno 911! | Governor's Assistant | |
| 2006 | Kill House | Detective Kirk | |
| 2006 | Pro-Choice | Camper | |
| 2007 | Halfway Home | Jeremy | |
| 2007 | Derek and Simon: The Show | Surprise Guest | |
| 2008 | King Country | Charlie | |
| 2009 | Kicking Sand in Your Face | Bad Comedian | |
| 2009 | Yoga Man | Erich Sun | |
| 2009 | data-sort-value="Lone Wolf, The"| The Lone Wolf | Bully #2 | |
| 2009 | Milk | Dad #1 | |
| 2009 | Coco Lipshitz: Behind the Laughter | Raoul Lupenstein | |
| 2010 | Wish Makers of West Hollywood | Jake | |
| 2010 | data-sort-value="Sarah Silverman Program, The"| The Sarah Silverman Program | Seth | |
| 2010 | Freak Dance | Dazzle | |
| 2010 | Glory Daze | Bruce | |
| 2011 | Eating Out 4: Drama Camp | Dick Dickey | |
| 2011 | Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Gay Driver | |
| 2011
|Boop | | |||
| 2011 | data-sort-value="Zombie Whisperer, The"| The Zombie Whisperer | Xander Xaxs | |
| 2011 | Pretend Time | Man in Audience | |
| 2011 | How I Met Your Mother
|Waiter | | ||
| 2011 | New Girl
|Restaurant Manager | | ||
| 2011–2014 | Stallions de Amor | Merlinda Stallion | |
| 2011–2012 | Up All Night | Driver / Manic Man-Day Singer | |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Maitre D | |
| 2012 | Hot in Cleveland | Stage Manager | |
| 2012 | Sassy Pants | Michael Paul | |
| 2012 | Baby Daddy | Simon | |
| 2012 | Waffle Hut | Teresa | |
| 2012 | Redeeming Dave | James | |
| 2013 | Romantic Encounters | Web series | |
| 2013 | All Growz Up | Self | |
| 2013 | Crowned | Rori | Web series |
| 2013 | Ass Backwards | Homeless Norma | |
| 2013 | House of Lies | Albert | |
| 2013 | Happy Endings | Josh Jill | Episode: "The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky" |
| 2013 | We Are Animals | George | |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Chad | |
| 2013 | Burning Love | Cyrano Cruze-Shippe | |
| 2014 | Sean Saves the World | Jason | |
| 2014 | Chozen | (voice) | |
| 2014 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Guy Balfour | |
| 2014 | 2 Broke Girls | Gay Jim | |
| 2014 | Kroll Show | Terrence | |
| 2014 | Where the Bears Are | Oscar Butterfield | Web series/6 episodes |
| 2014 | Go-Go Boy Interrupted | Ann Ziety | Web series |
| 2014 | Such Good People | Clay Hampton | Film |
| 2014–2015 | Drunk History | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | Drunk Man | |
| 2015–2019 | Bob's Burgers | Deirdre, Adrian, Donovan (voice) | Episodes: "Eat, Spray, Linda," "The Hormone-iums," "All That Gene" |
| 2016 | Transparent | Drag Natalie | |
| 2016 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Grimsley | Episode: "Spiritual Gurus" |
| 2016 | #Adulting | Dewey | Web series – Episode: "Pictures of Posteriors" |
| 2016 | Life in Pieces | Chris Joestalli | Episode: "Window Vanity Dress Grace" |
| 2017 | The Circle | Improv Actor | |
| 2017 | Idiotsitter | Timothy | |
| 2017 | Nobodies | Host | |
| 2018 | Ideal Home | Drew | |
| 2018 | Heathers | Maurice Dennis | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Cadette in Charge | Scientist Scott (voice) | Pilot |
| 2018 | Liza on Demand | Sebastian Foyeé | Episode: "Elite Status" |
| 2019 | Now Apocalypse | Casting Director | |
| 2020 | Battletoads | Pia (voice) | Video game{{cite web |title=Battletoads (2020 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Battletoads/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=19 January 2021|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}} |
| 2020 | The Never List | Principal Greer | |
| 2020–2021 | Search Party | Ashley | |
| 2021 | Bless the Harts | Julian (voice) | Episode: "Hot Tub-tation" |
| 2021–2023 | The Great North | Matthew / Cal (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Q-Force | (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Goldbergs | Randall | |
| 2022 | Me Time | Combover Stew | |
| 2023 | Your Honor | Gary the Tailor | |
| 2023 | Fool's Paradise | Male Hairdresser | |
| 2024 | Queer | John Dumé | |
| 2025
|Martin |Short film |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|1014721}}
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