Taye Diggs
Acting
Born January 2, 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.
Films (53)
Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours
2025
BFFs
2025
I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
2025
Both Eyes Open
2025
The Real Full Monty
2024
Forever
2024
Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
2023
The Comeback
2023
The Black Pack: Excellence
2022
Incarnation
2022
The Black Pack: We Three Kings
2021
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
Rent
2019
River Runs Red
2018
Set It Up
2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017
Opening Night
2016
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
The Best Man Holiday
2013
Baggage Claim
2013
Between Us
2012
Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony
2012
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
Our Family Wedding
2010
Black Panther
2010
Days of Wrath
2008
30 Days
2006
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
Rent
2005
Slow Burn
2005
Cake
2005
Celebrity Mix
2005
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
2004
Drum
2004
Abby Singer
2003
Basic
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
Chicago
2002
Equilibrium
2002
Brown Sugar
2002
Just a Kiss
2002
Media Whore
2002
New Best Friend
2002
The Way of the Gun
2000
House on Haunted Hill
1999
The Best Man
1999
The Wood
1999
Go
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998