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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 2, 1971
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Diggs
- 타이 딕스
- تی دیگز
Taye Diggs
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
9.0
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
0.0
Sam
I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
2025
6.5
Dr. Eric Murphy
Both Eyes Open
2025
5.5
Self
The Real Full Monty
2024
0.0
Self - Judge
Second Chance Stage
2024
8.0
Johnnie Taylor
Forever
2024
5.4
King Triton (voice)
Disney Junior Ariel
2024
0.0
Lance
Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
2023
3.5
Jeff Murray
The Comeback
2023
7.5
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
2023
Credits
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
9.0
I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
as Sam
2025
0.0
Both Eyes Open
as Dr. Eric Murphy
2025
6.5
The Real Full Monty
as Self
2024
5.5
Second Chance Stage
as Self - Judge
2024
0.0
Forever
as Johnnie Taylor
2024
8.0
Disney Junior Ariel
as King Triton (voice)
2024
5.4
Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
as Lance
2023
0.0
The Comeback
as Jeff Murray
2023
3.5
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
2023
7.5
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
as Harper Stewart
2022
8.3
The Wheel
as Self - Expert
2022
4.4
Back in the Groove
as Self - Host
2022
6.2
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
6.4
The Black Pack: Excellence
as himself
2022
0.0
Incarnation
as Brad
2022
4.0
The Black Pack: We Three Kings
2021
0.0
The Celebrity Dating Game
as Self
2021
2.0
I Can See Your Voice
2020
6.6
Muppets Now
as Self
2020
5.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
5.1
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
2019
5.3
Rent
as Himself
2019
6.7
River Runs Red
as Charles Coleman, Sr.
2018
5.3
All American
as Billy Baker
2018
8.2
25 Words or Less
2018
6.7
Set It Up
as Richard "Rick" Otis
2018
6.9
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Self / Wise Man
2017
8.4
S.W.A.T.
as Danny Wright
2017
8.1
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Capper (voice)
2017
7.2
'Til Death Do Us Part
as Alex Stone
2017
5.9
The $100,000 Pyramid
as Self
2016
7.4
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
5.9
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Opening Night
as Malcolm
2016
5.8
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
2016
8.4
Kocktails With Khloé
as Self
2016
6.8
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Self
2015
10.0
Rosewood
as Dr. Mike Boyce
2015
6.5
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
as Self
2015
0.0
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
7.9
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Rasta Cab Driver
2015
4.7
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Murder in the First
as Terry English
2014
5.7
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin Moseley
2013
6.3
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Austin Moseley (uncredited)
2013
6.3
The Best Man Holiday
as Harper Stewart
2013
6.5
Baggage Claim
as Langston Hughes
2013
5.3
Between Us
as Carlo
2012
5.2
Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony
as Himself
2012
0.0
New Girl
as Artie
2011
7.4
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
as Vargus
2011
4.7
Our Family Wedding
as Whipped Friend
2010
5.6
Black Panther
as Historical Panther #2
2010
6.1
The Good Wife
as Dean Levine-Wilkins
2009
7.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Better Off Ted
as Greg
2009
7.6
Days of Wrath
as Steve Lerato
2008
5.5
Private Practice
as Sam Bennett
2007
7.5
Day Break
as Detective Brett Hopper
2006
7.4
30 Days
as Jamal Boy
2006
1.0
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
as Himself
2006
8.1
Rent
as Benjamin Coffin III
2005
6.8
Slow Burn
as Jeffrey Sykes
2005
5.3
Cake
as Hemingway Jones
2005
4.8
Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Sam Bennett
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Sam Bennett
2005
8.2
🎬
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
as Self
2004
6.9
Drum
as Henry Nxumalo
2004
5.2
Kevin Hill
as Kevin Hill
2004
5.3
Abby Singer
as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
2003
4.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.7
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
as Self
2003
6.7
America's Next Top Model
as Guest
2003
5.3
Basic
as Pike
2003
6.5
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Sean
2003
5.1
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.0
Chicago
as Bandleader
2002
7.1
Equilibrium
as Brandt
2002
7.0
Brown Sugar
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
2002
6.7
Just a Kiss
as Andre
2002
4.3
🎬
Media Whore
as Himself
2002
1.0
New Best Friend
as Artie Bonner
2002
4.9
The Way of the Gun
as Jeffers
2000
6.3
🎬
Diary
as Self
2000
0.0
House on Haunted Hill
as Eddie
1999
5.6
The Best Man
as Harper Stewart
1999
6.6
The West Wing
as Agent Wesley
1999
8.3
The Wood
as Roland
1999
6.8
Go
as Marcus
1999
7.0
🎬
Britney Spears: The Videos
as Self
1998
10.0
Will & Grace
as James Hanson
1998
6.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Winston Shakespeare
1998
5.8
Ally McBeal
as Jackson Duper
1997
6.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
The Chris Rock Show
1997
4.4
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.5
MADtv
as Self
1995
6.9
New York Undercover
1994
7.1
Law & Order
as Sky Bell
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.5
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.1
BFFs
N/A
0.0