
Anthony Rapp, Lt. Paul Stamets on Star Trek: Discovery, was born in Chicago and raised in Joliet, Illinois. An acclaimed actor and singer, he is most recognized for playing Mark Cohen in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of the musical Rent, as well as in the film adaptation.
His other stage work includes You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Little Shop of Horrors and If/Then, and among his film and television credits are School Ties, Twister, A Beautiful Mind, The Lazarus Man, The X-Files, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Knick. Rapp also, in 2000, released an album titled Look Around.