Taye Diggs

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

Bandleader
Benjamin Coffin III
Pike
Hemingway Jones
Whipped Friend
Marcus
Henry Nxumalo
Artie Bonner
Roland
Harper Stewart
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Self (archive footage)
Jamal Boy
Steve Lerato
Harper Stewart
Jeff Murray
Langston Hughes
Johnnie Taylor
Richard "Rick" Otis
Taye Diggs (uncredited)
Historical Panther #2
Charles Coleman, Sr.
Himself
Jeffrey Sykes
Austin Moseley (uncredited)
Dr. Eric Murphy