Taye Diggs
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 2 January 1971 · 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. He starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill, and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break.
Known for
Acting 57
- 2026Forever, This Ring
- 2026Syndetic as Detective Lane
- 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
- 2023The Comeback as Jeff Murray
- 2022The Black Pack: Excellence as Self
- 2022Incarnation as Brad
- 2021The Black Pack: We Three Kings as Self
- 2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
- 2019Rent as Self
- 2018River Runs Red as Charles Coleman, Sr.
- 2018Set It Up as Richard "Rick" Otis
- 2017Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self / Wise Man
- 2017My Little Pony: The Movie as Capper (voice)
- 2017'Til Death Do Us Part as Alex Stone
- 2016Opening Night as Malcolm
- 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! as Self
- 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant as Rasta Cab Driver
- 2013The Trials of Cate McCall as Austin Moseley (uncredited)
- 2013The Best Man Holiday as Harper Stewart
- 2013Baggage Claim as Langston Hughes
- 2012Between Us as Carlo
- 2012Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony as Self
- 2011Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Vargus
- 2010Our Family Wedding as Whipped Friend
- 2010Black Panther as Historical Panther #2
- 2008Days of Wrath as Steve Lerato
- 200630 Days as Jamal Boy
- 2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' as Self
- 2005Rent as Benjamin Coffin III
- 2005Slow Burn as Jeffrey Sykes
- 2005Cake as Hemingway Jones
- 2005Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative as Self
- 2004Drum as Henry Nxumalo
- 2003Abby Singer as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
- 2003Basic as Pike
- 2003Malibu's Most Wanted as Sean
- 2002Chicago as Bandleader
- 2002Equilibrium as Brandt
- 2002Brown Sugar as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
- 2002Just a Kiss as Andre
- 2002Media Whore as Self
- 2002New Best Friend as Artie Bonner
- 2000The Way of the Gun as Jeffers
- 1999House on Haunted Hill as Eddie Baker
- 1999The Best Man as Harper Stewart
- 1999The Wood as Roland
- 1999Go as Marcus
- 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Winston Shakespeare
Production 4
- 2024Forever · executive producer
- 2022Incarnation · executive producer
- 2021The Black Pack: We Three Kings · executive producer
- 2017'Til Death Do Us Part · producer