My Take
Anthony Rapp is one of those performers where you can clearly see two distinct chapters: before Rent and after Rent, with that Broadway original cast role as Mark Cohen being the hinge point of everything. When the show opened in 1996, he was part of something that genuinely changed what musical theater could look like — raw, urgent, politically alive — and he carried that same energy into the 2005 film. What I love about Rapp is that he never felt like someone coasting on a legacy moment; the guy kept working across stage, screen, and television with a seriousness you can trace straight back to his NYU years and the discipline that Broadway demands. His Scorpio reputation for intensity tracks. A quiet cornerstone of a generation of theater kids who grew up measuring seasons in sunsets.
Overview
Anthony Deane Rapp (born October 26, 1971) is an American actor and singer who originated the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent. Following his original performance of the role in 1996, he reprised it in the film version of the show and the show's United States tour in 2009.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anthony Rapp
- Name (Japanese)
- アンソニー・ラップ
- Reading
- あんそにー・らっぷ
- Born
- October 26, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / stage actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Joliet West High School
- University
- New York University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.