Acting
Taye Diggs
EN cinema · 57 credits
Born
2 January 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Diggs · Scott Leo Diggs
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.
Known for
Filmography
Syndetic
Syndetic
as Detective Lane
Another Man's Wife
as Brendan
Stepfather
as Darnell
BFFs
Actor
Both Eyes Open
as Dr. Eric Murphy
Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours
as Darius Stone
Forever
as Johnnie Taylor, Executive Producer
The Comeback
as Jeff Murray
Incarnation
as Brad, Executive Producer
The Black Pack: We Three Kings
as Self, Executive Producer
Rent
as Self
Set It Up
as Richard "Rick" Otis
River Runs Red
as Charles Coleman, Sr.
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Capper (voice)
'Til Death Do Us Part
as Alex Stone, Producer
Opening Night
as Malcolm
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Rasta Cab Driver
The Best Man Holiday
as Harper Stewart
Baggage Claim
as Langston Hughes
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin Moseley, as Austin Moseley (uncredited)
Between Us
as Carlo
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
as Vargus
Our Family Wedding
as Whipped Friend
Black Panther
as Historical Panther #2
Days of Wrath
as Steve Lerato
30 Days
as Jamal Boy
Rent
as Benjamin Coffin III
Cake
as Hemingway Jones
Celebrity Mix
2005
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
Slow Burn
as Jeffrey Sykes
Drum
as Henry Nxumalo
Basic
as Pike
Abby Singer
as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
Chicago
as Bandleader
Equilibrium
as Brandt
New Best Friend
as Artie Bonner
Brown Sugar
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Just a Kiss
as Andre
The Way of the Gun
as Jeffers
House on Haunted Hill
as Eddie Baker
Go
as Marcus
The Wood
as Roland
The Best Man
as Harper Stewart
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Winston Shakespeare