Taye Diggs
Birthday: 1971-01-02 | Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USATaye 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
Acting
Role
as Dr. Eric Murphy
as Johnnie Taylor
as King Triton
as Self
as Self - Judge
as Jeff Murray
as Lance
as Brad
as Harper Stewart
as Himself
as Charles Coleman, Sr.
as Richard "Rick" Otis
as Alex Stone
as Capper (voice)
as Malcolm
as Terry English
as Austin Moseley
as Harper Stewart
as Langston Hughes
as Carlo
as Vargus
as Steve Lerato
