• Name: Anthony Rapp
  • Date of Birth: October 26, 1971
  • Place of Birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Mini-bio: A film and stage actor who got his big break as one of the original cast members of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway production of Rent, Anthony Rapp has appeared as a supporting actor in a number ... read moreof films. Born in the Chicago suburb of Joilet on October 26, 1971, Rapp had acting aspirations even as a young child, and at the age of ten, he managed to land the title role in a Broadway production of The Little Prince. Unfortunately, the show didn't make it to opening night, but Rapp subsequently found work in a touring company of The King and I, and at the age of 14, he won an Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance in the Broadway production of Precious Sons. Rapp made his film debut at the age of 15 with a lead role in Adventures in Babysitting (1987). After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City and attended NYU until he dropped out to pursue film work in California. He appeared in supporting roles in such features as Dazed and Confused and Six Degrees of Separation (both 1993) and did some directing and scriptwriting, but it was not until he was cast as the narrator of Rent that his career began to take off. The play's success guaranteed Rapp both steady work and new opportunities, and he stayed with the production until 1998, closing it in London's West End. He also continued to appear on the big and small screens, doing guest stints on such shows as The X-Files and popping up in character roles in such films as Road Trip (2000), which cast him as an unctuous college student. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Replace this image with an actor photoAnthony Rapp mini-bio: Anthony Dean Rapp is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role as Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the same role in the film version. He also originated the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.

He first performed on Broadway in 1981, at the age of ten, in The Little Prince and the Aviator, a short-lived musical based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel The Little Prince. He also appeared as a teenager in the 1987 movie Adventures in Babysitting, which was directed by Chris Columbus. Columbus would later direct Rapp in the film version of RENT. Rapp has gone on to appear in several movies and Broadway shows. His notable work includes films Dazed and Confused, A Beautiful Mind, Road Trip, the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation, and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" as Charlie Brown.

Rapp is probably best known for playing Mark Cohen in the Off-Broadway and original Broadway and London casts of Jonathan Larson's musical RENT. He reprises that role in the film version of RENT, which was released on November 23, 2005. Fans of RENT closely associate Rapp with that show, in part because his character is semi-autobiographical of the deceased composer and playwright Jonathan Larson. Rapp has embraced his role as an unofficial spokesperson for the musical and has given numerous television and print interviews regarding the show and its development. Some of Rapp's photographs from rehearsals of RENT have been published. In 2000, Rapp released a solo CD, entitled Look Around on Sh-K-Boom Records, the same label as fellow Rent star Adam Pascal. He is represented as a keynote speaker by Greater Talent Network speakers bureau.

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