Drew Droege

Andrew Gerhardt Droege (pronounced ; born February 9, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director, known for his improv work and for a series of online impressions of Chloë Sevigny that went viral.

Early life and education Droege was born in Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Lincolnton, North Carolina, where he attended and graduated from Lincolnton High School. He was raised a Presbyterian. 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.

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. He has directed several sketch comedy shows and Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera (winner, Best Ensemble, NY International Fringe Festival 2011) in Los Angeles.

He wrote several off-Broadway shows, including "Bright Colors and Bold Patterns" (2016), "Happy Birthday Doug" (2020) and "Messy White Gays" (2025, a variation on the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film Rope).

In 2017, Droege was in the original cast of the jukebox musical Titanique in Los Angeles. In 2023, he joined the off-Broadway cast of the show as Ruth in New York City.

Droege was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings Sunday Company, where he currently performs and teaches. He also performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and plays a leading role in UCB's breakdancing movie musical, Freak Dance.

Web series Droege's Chloë Sevigny 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 and the interview series All Growz Up, both opposite Melinda Hill. 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.

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. In 2011, he was named one of Out magazine's OUT 100. In 2012, LA Weekly cited Droege as one of Los Angeles' Top 10 Comedy Acts To Watch. In 2017, Droege won an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actor (Comedy) for his performance as Dewey in the web series #Adulting.

Filmography

Year Work Role Notes 1995 Glory Daze Bruce 2002 Romeo and Juliet Revisited Benvolio 2002 The Journey Guy in Coffee Shop 2003 Killing the Dream John Colburt 2003 Scream Bloody Murder Beaumont 2005 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 The Lone Wolf Bully No. 2 2009 Milk Dad No. 1 2009 Coco Lipshitz: Behind the Laughter Raoul Lupenstein 2010 Wish Makers of West Hollywood Jake 2010 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 Driver2011BoopWalt Disney 2011 The Zombie Whisperer Xander Xaxs 2011 Pretend Time Man in Audience 2011 How I Met Your MotherWaiter 2011 New GirlRestaurant 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 2015–2025 Bob's Burgers Deirdre, Adrian, Donovan, Eve (voice) Episodes: "Eat, Spray, Linda," "The Hormone-iums," "All That Gene", "The Place Beyond the Pinecones" 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 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 Fireflies in the Dusk Martin Short film 2026 Stop! That! Train! Rich Gay