Taye Diggs
Actor
- Born
- January 2, 1971 (age 55) · Newark, 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
Equilibrium
December 6, 2002
Chicago
December 10, 2002
Set It Up
June 15, 2018
Basic
April 18, 2003
House on Haunted Hill
October 29, 1999
Go
April 9, 1999
Rent
November 17, 2005
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
March 16, 2011
The Way of the Gun
September 8, 2000
My Little Pony: The Movie
October 5, 2017
The Trials of Cate McCall
November 28, 2013
Malibu's Most Wanted
April 10, 2003
Acting56
- 2026Forever, This Ring
- 2026Stepfather as Darnell
- 2026Another Man's Wife as Brendan
- 2025Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours as Darius Stone
- 2025BFFs
- 2025I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day as Sam
- 2025Both Eyes Open as Dr. Eric Murphy
- 2024The Real Full Monty as Self
- 2024Forever as Johnnie Taylor
- 2023Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy as Lance