Daveed Diggs

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-01-24 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Daveed Diggs

Biography

Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group clipping., and in 2015 originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won both a Grammy Award and Tony Award. Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films Wonder (2017) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film Blindspotting, which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. As of 202...

Acting

2023

Trolls Band Together

as Spruce (voice)

2014

live

as self (voice)

2022

DC League of Super-Pets

as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)

2021

Living Worlds

as Narrator (voice)

2024

Nickel Boys

as Adult Elwood

2017

Ferdinand

as Dos (voice)

2017

Tour de Pharmacy

as Slim Robinson

2018

Blindspotting

as Collin

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw

as Damrish

2016

Growing Up Wild

as Narrator

2018

Do or Die

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Hamilton

as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson

2017

Wonder

as Mr. Browne

2021

2020

Soul

as Paul (voice)

2023

The Little Mermaid

as Sebastian (voice)

2012

Yoga Boner

as Daveed

Production

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We All Die Young

as Producer

2018

Blindspotting

as Music Producer

2018

Blindspotting

as Writer

2018

Blindspotting

as Producer

-

First Sight

as Producer

2016

Zootopia

as Music

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