Taye Diggs
Actor
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.
Filmography
Chicago
as Bandleader 2002
Set It Up
as Richard "Rick" Otis 2018
Basic
as Pike 2003
House on Haunted Hill
as Eddie Baker 1999
Go
as Marcus 1999
Rent
as Benjamin Coffin III 2005
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
as Vargus 2011
The Way of the Gun
as Jeffers 2000
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Capper (voice) 2017
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin Moseley 2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin Moseley (uncredited) 2013
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Sean 2003
The Best Man Holiday
as Harper Stewart 2013
Baggage Claim
as Langston Hughes 2013
River Runs Red
as Charles Coleman, Sr. 2018
The Best Man
as Harper Stewart 1999