Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs

Born 1971-01-02 (age 55) Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Biography

Taye Diggs (born Scott Leo Diggs, Taye comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as "Scottay") is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch; the TV series Private Practice (2007-2013), Murder in the First (2014-2016), and All American (2018-2024); and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), The Wood, The Best Man (both 1999), Brown Sugar, Chicago (both 2002), Malibu's Most Wanted, Basic (both 2003), The Best Man (1999) and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013), and Baggage Claim (2013).

He had a recurring role as Jackson Duper on Ally McBeal, Dean Levine-Wilkins on The Good Wife, Mike Boyce on Rosewood starring real life friend Morris Chestnut, and Councilman Angelo DuBois on Empire.

He starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill, and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break.

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Known For

My Little Pony: The Movie
My Little Pony: The Movie

2017

as Capper (voice)

Equilibrium
Equilibrium

2002

as Brandt

Basic
Basic

2003

as Pike

Chicago
Chicago

2002

as Bandleader

Set It Up
Set It Up

2018

as Richard "Rick" Otis

House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Eddie Baker

Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim

2013

as Langston Hughes

Go
Go

1999

as Marcus

Rent
Rent

2005

as Benjamin Coffin III

Cake
Cake

2005

as Hemingway Jones

Malibu's Most Wanted
The Trials of Cate McCall
The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

as Austin Moseley

The Trials of Cate McCall
The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

as Austin Moseley (uncredited)

Slow Burn
Slow Burn

2005

as Jeffrey Sykes

Between Us
Between Us

2012

as Carlo

Rent
Rent

2019

as Self

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun

2000

as Jeffers

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

as Winston Shakespeare

The Best Man
The Best Man

1999

as Harper Stewart