Anthony Rapp - Biography

Last Editor: KAYELLIOTT				Anthony Rapp Biography -   Name : Anthony Rapp Profession : Actor Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Anthony Rapp Trivia -

Brother Adam is an author; Anthony starred in Adam's one-man play. Attended NYU As a child actor working in regional theater, appeared with All My Children star Louis Edmonds in production of Oliver. He was Oliver; Edmonds was Fagin. This is briefly mentioned in Edmonds biography, "Big Lou," by Craig Hamrick. Like his brother, Anthony is now an author. His debut book, a memoir about his career and the experience of losing his mother to cancer at the same time he was appearing in the biggest stage hit of his career, is coming out in early 2006. Attended Interlochen Arts Camp, an exclusive arts camp, where he studied acting for 2 years. He continues to teach master classes there, and at Interlochen Arts Academy Heads a band called AlbinoKid.

Anthony Rapp Detailed Biography -

Rapp was born on 26 October 1971 in Joliet, Illinois. He attended high school at Joliet West High School in Joliet and theatre camp at the prestigious Michigan Interlochen Arts Academy. 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 child 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 the film A Beautiful Mind, and the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation. Rapp is probably best known for playing Mark 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, and he 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. Rapp's brother is the playwright Adam Rapp. Rapp also has a sister, Anne, a stepsister and stepbrother, Jeff. As of 2005, Rapp's partner is actor Rodney To. In 2006, Rapp released a memoir about his days in RENT, entitled Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent, published by Simon & Schuster. Rapp is also openly gay, or "queer" as he prefers to be called. He's an advocate in show business for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered rights. Adventures in Babysitting Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker A Beautiful Mind The Beach Boys - An American Family Cruise Control David Searching Dazed and Confused Far From Home Man of the Century The Mantis Murder Open House Paradisco RENT Road Trip Scaring the Fish School Ties Six Degrees of Separation Sky High (TV Show) Twister Winter Passing RENT Feeling Electric The Little Prince and the Aviator Little Shop of Horrors Precious Sons RENT Six Degrees of Separation You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown