Taye Diggs
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-01-02
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Images
Cast
Chicago
2002
7.12
The Way of the Gun
2000
6.32
Rent
2005
6.90
Basic
2003
6.51
House on Haunted Hill
1999
5.61
Equilibrium
2002
7.05
Cake
2005
4.80
Our Family Wedding
2010
5.60
Go
1999
7.00
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
5.80
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
5.14
The Black Pack: We Three Kings
2021
0.00
Drum
2004
5.20
New Best Friend
2002
4.86
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
4.70
The Wood
1999
6.60
The Best Man
1999
6.60
Brown Sugar
2002
6.60
Celebrity Mix
2005
0.00
30 Days
2006
1.00
Incarnation
2022
4.00
Media Whore
2002
1.00
Days of Wrath
2008
5.50
The Best Man Holiday
2013
6.50
The Comeback
2023
5.67
Baggage Claim
2013
5.26
The Black Pack: Excellence
2022
0.00
Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
2023
8.00
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
6.40
Opening Night
2016
5.66
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
7.28
Forever
2024
7.17
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017
5.90
Set It Up
2018
6.90
Abby Singer
2003
6.30
Black Panther
2010
6.21
River Runs Red
2018
5.41
Rent
2019
6.70
Slow Burn
2005
5.30
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
6.40
Just a Kiss
2002
4.13
Between Us
2012
5.20
BFFs
2025
10.00
Both Eyes Open
2025
6.40
The Real Full Monty
2024
5.50
Stepfather
0.00