Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp is an American actor and singer, born in 1971 in Chicago and raised in Joliet, Illinois, who originated the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996. He repeated the role in the 2005 film version and in a United States tour in 2009. His other stage work includes Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Lucas in the musical If/Then in 2014. His screen debut was in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting, and he later appeared in Dazed and Confused, A Beautiful Mind and Road Trip. From 2017 to 2024 he played Commander Paul Stamets on the television series Star Trek: Discovery. He is also the author of a 2006 memoir about Rent, Without You, which he adapted into a one man stage show, and he has released a solo recording. In 2017 he publicly accused the actor Kevin Spacey of misconduct, and a 2022 civil jury found Spacey not liable.