Taye Diggs
Known for ActingBorn 1971-01-02Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
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He starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill, and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break.
Known for
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017 · as Capper (voice)
Equilibrium
2002 · as Brandt
Set It Up
2018 · as Richard "Rick" Otis
Chicago
2002 · as Bandleader
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · as Eddie Baker
Stepfather
2026 · as Darnell
Cake
2005 · as Hemingway Jones
Abby Singer
2003 · as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
Basic
2003 · as Pike
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003 · as Sean
River Runs Red
2018 · as Charles Coleman, Sr.
Go
1999 · as Marcus
Celebrity Mix
2005 · as Self (archive footage)
The Way of the Gun
2000 · as Jeffers
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · as Austin Moseley
Media Whore
2002 · as Self
The Best Man
1999 · as Harper Stewart
The Real Full Monty
2024 · as Self