Rent is a 2005 American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It is an adaptation of the 1996 Broadway musical of the same name, in turn based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera La Bohème.
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Anthony Rapp | Mark Cohen, a struggling Jewish filmmaker and Roger's roommate. He was dumped by Maureen for Joanne. |
| Adam Pascal | Roger Davis, an HIV-positive ex-addict rock musician; Mimi's love interest. |
| Rosario Dawson | Mimi Marquez, an HIV-positive heroin addict and stripper; Roger's love interest. |
| Jesse L. Martin | Thomas B. "Tom" Collins, an anarchist and gay philosophy professor with AIDS; former roommate of Maureen, Roger, Mark, and Benny; Angel's love interest. |
| Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Angel Dumott Schunard, a drag queen and street musician who is suffering from AIDS; Collins' love interest.[2] |
| Idina Menzel | Maureen Johnson, a bisexual performance artist and Joanne's girlfriend; Mark's ex-girlfriend. |
| Tracie Thoms | Joanne Jefferson, a lesbian Harvard-graduate lawyer and Maureen's love interest. |
| Taye Diggs | Benjamin "Benny" Coffin, III, landlord of the building in which Mark, Roger, and Mimi live and ex-roommate of Collins, Roger, Maureen, and Mark. |
| Aaron Lohr | Steve |
| Daniel London | Paul |