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Anthony Rapp

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Anthony Rapp

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Also known as Anthony Deane Rapp

American actor and singer

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Anthony Rapp is an American singer and actor born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1971. He holds United States citizenship and is educated at New York University. Rapp works as a stage, television, and film actor, as well as a singer who uses his voice as an instrument. He speaks English and follows a vegan lifestyle.

His professional career began in 1981. He is associated with the musicals Rent and Broadway, and his work spans pop and rock genres. In literature, he is listed as an author with one work titled Without you.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Without you

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Film & TV

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Anthony Deane Rapp (born October 26, 1971) is an American stage and film actor and singer best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of "Rent" in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version and the Broadway Tour of "Rent" in 2009. He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown". ​From…

Known for

  • The Beauty — Scientist2026
  • Trouble2023
  • Meet Me Where I am2023
  • Scrap — Ben2022
  • 25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love2021
  • Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens — Miles2020
  • Equal — Harry Hay2020
  • Rent — Self2019
  • Revolution Rent — Self2019
  • The Ready Room — Self2019

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1971

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
85,994
Total plays
806,850

Tags

RentBroadwaypoprockmusical

Anthony Rapp, perhaps best known for his breakout performance as Mark in Jonathan Larson's Rent, started his acting career at the age of 6. He has been in several other major productions, including a touring production of Little Shop of Horrors and the revival cast of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway and Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Pittsburgh, PA. His vocals can be found on the original cast recording and the film soundtrack for Rent, the revival CD for You're A Good Man, Charlie

via Last.fm · Anthony Rapp

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Rapp
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Image
Anthony Rapp by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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Commons category
Anthony Rapp
date of birth
1971-10-26
start of work period
1981-00-00
social media followers
10050
lifestyle
veganism
Sources (10)

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Gallery (2)