Anthony Rapp is an American actor. Rapp originated the role of Mark Cohen in the musical Rent. He has appeared in films such as Adventures in Babysitting, Dazed and Confused alongside Ben Affleck, and A Beautiful Mind. Rapp also played songwriter Van Dyke Parks in The Beach Boys: An American Family. He starred in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery, which premiered in 2017 and produced the film Bwoy.