anthony rapp shirtless
Anthony Rapp 10 Personal Facts, Bio, Wiki
American actor
Born: October 26, 1971 (age 51 years), Chicago, Illinois, United States
Siblings: Adam Rapp, Anne Rapp
Parents: Douglas Rapp, Mary Lee Baird
Books: Without You
Height: 1.73 m
Children: 1
Nickname Ant
Age 51 years old (in 2023)
Date of Birth October 26, 1971
Full Name Anthony Deane Rapp
Profession Actor
Nationality American
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Religion Christianity
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Bodytype Build
Height 5 ft 8 inches (1.73 m)
Weight 65 kg (143 lbs)
Waist 32 Inches
Hair Color Blonde
Eye Color Blue
Qualification: Graduate
School: Joliet West High School, Joliet
College: New York University, New York City
Profession: Actor
Father: Douglas Rapp
Mother: Mary Lee
Brother: Adam Rapp
Sister: None
Marital Status: Single
No. of Children: None
Anthony Rapp 10 Pics, Photos, Pictures
Anthony Rapp 10 Fast Facts, Bio, Wiki
Rapp had a close relationship with his mother, who was battling cancer during the beginning of the off-Broadway and Broadway transfer of Rent. He would visit her on weekends. She died at age 55 in 1997.
He credits her for instilling values of justice and respect in him by leading by example.
In 2012, the periodical Metro Weekly referred to Rapp as “one of the first openly gay men on Broadway”. He first came out to his mother at the age of 18, and by her death in 1997 she had grown comfortable with it.
During a 1997 interview with Oasis magazine, the actor explained his sexual identity as “queer” rather than “gay”:
I don’t want to get into labels, but I’ve never labeled myself except to say I’m queer. The thing that’s been most important to me to be out about is that I have been in loving relationships with men … I haven’t said “I am gay.”
Because the truth is that I’ve also been in love with women, although the truth is I do think I’m primarily homosexual.
He has also identified as “bisexual” and “four-and-a-half” on the Kinsey scale. He has cited working with Larry Kramer as a young man (in Kramer’s play The Destiny of Me) for his commitment to activism and “liv[ing] an open life”.
Rapp is a “die hard” Chicago Cubs fan and co-hosts the podcast The Clubhouse about baseball. At the Cubs game on August 29, 2016, he threw the first pitch and sang the Star Spangled Banner. He enjoys playing poker and video games.
In November 2019, Rapp announced his engagement to his partner, Ken Ithiphol. The couple has one child, born via surrogacy.
Anything Rapp has been acting and singing professionally since he was nine years old.
He is best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Rent, for which he shared an OBIE Award with the rest of the cast.
He reprised his role in Chris Columbus’s film version opposite other members of the original cast.
Other Broadway credits include the revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation; and If/ Then; and his Broadway debut was in Precious Sons with Judith Ivey and Ed Harris, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk nomination.