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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Chicago
as Bandleader
2002
The Way of the Gun
as Jeffers
2000
Rent
as Benjamin Coffin III
2005
Basic
as Pike
2003
House on Haunted Hill
as Eddie Baker
1999
Equilibrium
as Brandt
2002
Cake
as Hemingway Jones
2005
Our Family Wedding
as Whipped Friend
2010
Go
as Marcus
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Winston Shakespeare
1998
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Sean
2003
The Black Pack: We Three Kings
as Self
2021
Drum
as Henry Nxumalo
2004
New Best Friend
as Artie Bonner
2002
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
as Vargus
2011
The Wood
as Roland
1999
The Best Man
as Harper Stewart
1999
Brown Sugar
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
2002
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
2005
30 Days
as Jamal Boy
2006
TV Appearances
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Ally McBeal
as Jackson Duper
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
Punk'd
as Self
2003
The View
as Self
1997
New York Undercover
1994
MADtv
as Self
1995
Day Break
as Detective Brett Hopper
2006
Will & Grace
as James Hanson
1998
Better Off Ted
as Greg
2009
Kevin Hill
as Kevin Hill
2004
The Celebrity Dating Game
as Self
2021