American actor and singer who played astromycologist Paul Stamets, the creator of the spore drive, in Star Trek: Discovery.
Anthony Rapp is an American actor and singer who originated the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway musical Rent and reprised it in the 2005 film adaptation.
On Star Trek: Discovery he played Paul Stamets, the astromycologist whose research into the mycelial network made the ship's spore drive possible and who became its navigator. Stamets and Dr. Hugh Culber, played by Wilson Cruz, were the first openly gay couple among the main characters of a Star Trek series, and Rapp remained with the show through all five seasons.