Taye Diggs

Acting

Taye Diggs

Born January 2, 1971Newark, New Jersey, USA 116 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Celebrity Weakest Link
2025Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - ContestantTV
Both Eyes Open
2025Both Eyes Open
as Dr. Eric MurphyMovie
Second Chance Stage
2024Second Chance Stage
as Self - JudgeTV
Forever
2024Forever
as Johnnie TaylorMovie
Disney Junior Ariel
2024Disney Junior Ariel
as King Triton (voice)TV
The Comeback
2023The Comeback
as Jeff MurrayMovie
The Wheel
2022The Wheel
as Self - ExpertTV
Back in the Groove
2022Back in the Groove
as Self - HostTV
Incarnation
2022Incarnation
as BradMovie
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - ContestantTV
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestTV
Rent
2019Rent
as SelfMovie
River Runs Red
2018River Runs Red
as Charles Coleman, Sr.Movie
All American
2018All American
as Billy BakerTV
Set It Up
2018Set It Up
as Richard "Rick" OtisMovie
S.W.A.T.
2017S.W.A.T.
as Danny WrightTV
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017My Little Pony: The Movie
as Capper (voice)Movie
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017'Til Death Do Us Part
as Alex StoneMovie
Match Game
2016Match Game
as Self - PanelistTV
To Tell the Truth
2016To Tell the Truth
as Self - PanelistTV
Opening Night
2016Opening Night
as MalcolmMovie
Rosewood
2015Rosewood
as Dr. Mike BoyceTV
Empire
2015Empire
as Angelo DuboisTV
Murder in the First
2014Murder in the First
as Terry EnglishTV
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin MoseleyMovie
The Best Man Holiday
2013The Best Man Holiday
as Harper StewartMovie
Baggage Claim
2013Baggage Claim
as Langston HughesMovie
Between Us
2012Between Us
as CarloMovie
New Girl
2011New Girl
as ArtieTV
Our Family Wedding
2010Our Family Wedding
as Whipped FriendMovie
Black Panther
2010Black Panther
as Historical Panther #2Movie
The Good Wife
2009The Good Wife
as Dean Levine-WilkinsTV
Days of Wrath
2008Days of Wrath
as Steve LeratoMovie
Private Practice
2007Private Practice
as Sam BennettTV
Day Break
2006Day Break
as Detective Brett HopperTV
30 Days
200630 Days
as Jamal BoyMovie
Rent
2005Rent
as Benjamin Coffin IIIMovie
Slow Burn
2005Slow Burn
as Jeffrey SykesMovie
Cake
2005Cake
as Hemingway JonesMovie
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Sam BennettTV
C
2005Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Drum
2004Drum
as Henry NxumaloMovie
Kevin Hill
2004Kevin Hill
as Kevin HillTV
Abby Singer
2003Abby Singer
as Taye Diggs (uncredited)Movie
NCIS
2003NCIS
as Gunnery Sergeant Aaron DavisTV
Basic
2003Basic
as PikeMovie
Punk'd
2003Punk'd
as SelfTV
Chicago
2002Chicago
as BandleaderMovie
Equilibrium
2002Equilibrium
as BrandtMovie
Brown Sugar
2002Brown Sugar
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' EllisMovie
Just a Kiss
2002Just a Kiss
as AndreMovie
M
2002Media Whore
as SelfMovie
New Best Friend
2002New Best Friend
as Artie BonnerMovie
The Way of the Gun
2000The Way of the Gun
as JeffersMovie
Diary
2000Diary
as SelfTV
House on Haunted Hill
1999House on Haunted Hill
as Eddie BakerMovie
The Best Man
1999The Best Man
as Harper StewartMovie
The West Wing
1999The West Wing
as Agent WesleyTV
The Wood
1999The Wood
as RolandMovie
Go
1999Go
as MarcusMovie
Will & Grace
1998Will & Grace
as James HansonTV
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Winston ShakespeareMovie
Ally McBeal
1997Ally McBeal
as Jackson DuperTV
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
MADtv
1995MADtv
as SelfTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Sky BellTV
People's Choice Awards
1975People's Choice Awards
as Self - PresenterTV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awards
as Self - PerformerTV
A
Another Man's Wife
as BrendanMovie
S
Stepfather
as DarnellMovie