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In 2016, Rapp was cast in Star Trek: Discovery as Lt. Commander Paul Stamets, the first openly gay character in the Star Trek television series. It was Rapp's first television regular role; while he had watched some Star Trek as a child, he watched "curated lists" of episodes from the multiple series to prepare for the role.
Feb 15, 2018 · It’s been a full meal for Anthony Rapp, as Star Trek: Discovery gave the actor his first-ever series-regular role, and that character, Lt. Paul Stamets, stood front and center for much of season one’s action sequences, science conversations, loving and heartbreaking moments, and several of its most-colorful visual effects scenes involving the spore drive and the mycelial forest.
Sep 20, 2017 · The show casts the actor, who is openly gay, as Lt. Paul Stamets, who is the science officer/astromycologist aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, and is in a relationship with the ship’s doctor, Hugh Culber, played by Wilson Cruz. StarTrek.com joined several other journalists for a recent roundtable conversation with Rapp. Here’s what he had to say:
Anthony Rapp (born 26 October 1971; age 52) is an American stage and film actor who plays Paul Stamets in Star Trek: Discovery. He is best known as the original Mark Cohen in the musical Rent, and reprised the role in the 2005 film version directed by Chris Columbus, co-starring Sarah Silverman and Joel Swetow. (Wilson Cruz also appeared in the musical Rent, performing in the "Benny Tour," but ...
Star Trek: Discovery: Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman. With Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman. Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
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Anthony Rapp. Actor: Rent. Anthony Rapp started his career at the young age of six, and received his first professional job at the age of nine. His breakout came when he originated the role of Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson's production of the Broadway musical "Rent".
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Jul 29, 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery 's Lt. Stamets, according to Anthony Rapp, is incredibly smart. And, the actor told StarTrek.com and Star Trek Magazine during a conversation at Comic-Con, when you're that smart, it can be tough to be around other people who aren't as sharp about certain things. "It's been very interesting to see how that lays out and the ...
