Taye Diggs

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-01-02 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

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 ...

Acting

2002

Chicago

as Bandleader

2000

2005

Rent

as Benjamin Coffin III

2003

Basic

as Pike

1999

House on Haunted Hill

as Eddie Baker

2002

Equilibrium

as Brandt

2005

Cake

as Hemingway Jones

2010

Our Family Wedding

as Whipped Friend

1999

Go

as Marcus

1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

as Winston Shakespeare

2004

Drum

as Henry Nxumalo

2002

New Best Friend

as Artie Bonner

1999

The Wood

as Roland

1999

The Best Man

as Harper Stewart

2002

Brown Sugar

as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

2006

30 Days

as Jamal Boy

2005

Celebrity Mix

as Self (archive footage)

2022

2002

Media Whore

as Himself

2008

Days of Wrath

as Steve Lerato

2013

The Best Man Holiday

as Harper Stewart

2023

The Comeback

as Jeff Murray

2013

Baggage Claim

as Langston Hughes

2013

The Trials of Cate McCall

as Austin Moseley

2016

Opening Night

as Malcolm

2017

My Little Pony: The Movie

as Capper (voice)

2024

Forever

as Johnnie Taylor

2017

2018

Set It Up

as Richard "Rick" Otis

2003

Abby Singer

as Taye Diggs (uncredited)

2010

Black Panther

as Historical Panther #2

2018

River Runs Red

as Charles Coleman, Sr.

2019

Rent

as Himself

2005

Slow Burn

as Jeffrey Sykes

2013

The Trials of Cate McCall

as Austin Moseley (uncredited)

2002

Just a Kiss

as Andre

2012

Between Us

as Carlo

2025

Both Eyes Open

as Dr. Eric Murphy

Production

2021

The Black Pack: We Three Kings

as Executive Producer

2022

Incarnation

as Executive Producer

2017

2024

Forever

as Executive Producer

© All Rights Reserved 2025