Taye Diggs
Born January 02, 1971 (Age: 55)
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
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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Filmography
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
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as Capper (voice)
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Age: 46
The Best Man Holiday
2013
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as Harper Stewart
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Age: 42
Baggage Claim
2013
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as Langston Hughes
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Age: 42
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
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as Vargus
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Age: 40
Our Family Wedding
2010
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as Whipped Friend
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Age: 39
30 Days
2006
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as Jamal Boy
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Age: 35
Rent
2005
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as Benjamin Coffin III
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Age: 34
Slow Burn
2005
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as Jeffrey Sykes
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Age: 34
Cake
2005
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as Hemingway Jones
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Age: 34
Abby Singer
2003
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as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Basic
2003
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as Pike
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Age: 32
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
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as Sean
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Age: 32
Chicago
2002
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as Bandleader
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Age: 31
Equilibrium
2002
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as Brandt
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Age: 31
Brown Sugar
2002
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as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
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Age: 31
The Way of the Gun
2000
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as Jeffers
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Age: 29
House on Haunted Hill
1999
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as Eddie Baker
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Age: 28
The Best Man
1999
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as Harper Stewart
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Age: 28
The Wood
1999
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as Roland
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Age: 28
Go
1999
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as Marcus
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Age: 28
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
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as Winston Shakespeare
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Age: 27