Biography
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 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Complete Filmography
Type 1
2023
Director
A short film about a Type 1 diabetic and his wife on a search for insulin - before it's too late.
Meet Me Where I am
2023
Meet Me Where I Am explores the topic of grief through individual stories of loss, love, and hope. The film aims to normalize grief in our culture and...
Trouble
2023
Set in 1952, this musical thriller is what happens when a traveling salesman shows up on the doorstep of a dying old man and can't contain the song wi...
Scrap
2022
as Ben
After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
A quarter century ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical, RENT, opened at New York Theatre Workshop. From its humble beginnings at NYTW, this r...
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Miles
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score...
Revolution Rent
2019
as Self
A Cuban-American director travels to his exiled parents' homeland to mount a stage production of the musical, RENT, where he discovers an inspiring ar...
Star Trek: Discovery - Such Sweet Sorrow
2019
as Paul Stamets
When the USS Discovery's crucial mission does not go according to plan, Burnham realizes what must ultimately be done. The crew prepares for the battl...
Rent
2019
as Himself
The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Do You Take This Man
2017
as Daniel
When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family to see them through.
Bwoy
2016
as Brad
Bwoy follows Brad O’Connor who, after the death of his son, becomes entangled in a chaotic and passionate online love affair with Yenny, a young Jamai...
Opening Night
2016
as Logan Joyce
Taking place entirely during the opening night of a high school's production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, OPENING NIGHT chronicles the on...
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; ...
Grind
2014
as Vincent
GRIND is a musical story exploring a damaged man's search for a connection in an interconnected world.
Junction
2012
as Connor
Junction follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about a homeowner during a burglary, pitting them not only against the police...
The Other Woman
2010
as Simon
Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief followi...
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008
as Himself (uncredited)
Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their...
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
as Self
Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast,...
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006
as Self
A television actor drinks too much and gets blackballed from the industry, and then he decides to break back in by directing his own movie. Eventually...
Winter Passing
2006
as Dean
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive...
Rent
2005
as Mark Cohen
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers...
Making Dazed
2005
as Self
This documentary reunites the cast of the 1993 film "Dazed and Confused", and features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film. A decade...
Open House
2004
as Barry Farnsworth
A tangled tale of intrigue, romance, lost love, and the one thing everyone has in common: the American dream of finding a home. The off-kilter real es...
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Bender
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, ...
Cruise Control
2001
as Mirror Man
Josh has problems hooking up with men in clubs. Although plenty of guys seem interested, for some reason he always goes home alone....
Road Trip
2000
as Jacob
After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the ...
Man of the Century
1999
as Timothy Burns
If ever a man seems lost in time, it would be Johnny Twennies, a newspaper writer who talks, walks and fights like he stepped out of the Jazz Age. Whe...
David Searching
1997
as David
The story of a young gay man's search to find himself. David is a young, gay aspiring documentary filmmaker and takes his first tentative steps toward...
Twister
1996
as Tony
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Cadet Frederick G. Hodgson
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Ben
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-cl...
Dazed and Confused
1993
as Tony
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jock...
School Ties
1992
as McGoo
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from...
Sky High
1990
as Wes Hansen
Two midwestern farmboys inherit a vintage bi-plane and then learn to fly it from an eccentric former stunt pilot.
Grave Secrets
1989
as Jamie
A woman tormented by ghostly apparitions and a professor of psychic phenomena investigate other-worldly disturbances and unlock the secret of a malevo...
Far from Home
1989
as Pinky Sears
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a c...
Adventures in Babysitting
1987
as Daryl Coopersmith
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a qui...