In 2016, Tapp earned a breakout role as the son of an Irish painter in the movie, '' Three Days in August'', directed by Johnathan Brownlee, which premiered at
Dallas International Film Festival
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and internationally premiered at
Montreal World Film Festival
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Ari Lehman
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,
John Wilkes Booth
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Sri Lanka
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about the rise and fall of
Mahatma Gandhi
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and
Abraham Lincoln
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, and ''The Boundary'' co-starring with "
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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". Tapp went on to film scifi-thriller ''Expulsion'', where he performs dual roles as two versions of himself on different sides of a portal acted alongside Lar Park-Lincoln from Friday the 13th, Part VII. In 2024, he appeared on The CW's 'Walker' as Italian Fentanyl Kingpin, Frank Delmonico.
Awards
*Best Actor (Texas Horror Film Festival, for Something's Here, 2015)
*Best Actor Nomination (US Hollywood International Film Festival, for Expulsion, 2020)
*Best Film (Producer, Rack Focus Film Festival 2% Evil, 2016)
*Best Film (Producer, Rack Focus Film Festival, The Precinct, 2017)
*State Champion (Texas UIL State Finals, The Boundary)