ANDREW CHAPPELLE

Andrew is a queer, Black, and Indigenous filmmaker and actor, born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He made his debut as a writer and producer on FANATIC, a short film directed by Taran Killam that made its rounds in the 2023-2024 festival season. FANATIC achieved official selections at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, Outfest, NewFest, InsideOut, and Provincetown International Film Festivals. FANATIC won many awards including the LGBTQ Audience Award at SCAD Film Festival.

 

His directorial debut short film I’M GONNA KILL YOU was awarded Best Horror Short at the 2026 Grove and Pines Film Festival and selected at InsideOut, Provincetown, and Palm Springs International Shortfest.​ The feature film expansion of I'M GONNA KILL YOU is currently in development and was chosen as a part of 2026 Bend Film: Basecamp.

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On television Andrew recurred in the first two seasons of the critically acclaimed STARZ! series BLINDSPOTTING soon available on Netflix as the sharp-tongued hotel manager Scotty. He also played the role of spitfire felon Jlo in Showtime's ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA opposite Paul Dano and Benicio Del Toro, directed by Ben Stiller. He has guest-starred on MOESHA and Amazon's THE TICK.

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On Broadway, Andrew was an original company member of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning HAMILTON. He is featured on the certified Diamond and Grammy Award-winning album. His other Broadway credits include & JULIET and MAMMA MIA.

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He currently resides in New York with his rescue dog, Patti LuBone. The first two seasons of his GLAAD Award nominated podcast TACTFUL PETTINESS with co-host Cody Rigsby is available everywhere you get your podcasts.