
Taye Diggs
Acting
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.
Born: January 2, 1971 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Filmography (92)

Celebrity Weakest Link
2025

Number One on the Call Sheet
2025

Both Eyes Open
2025

Forever
2024

Disney Junior Ariel
2024

Alert: Missing Persons Unit
2023

The Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022

The Wheel
2022

Back in the Groove
2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

Incarnation
2022

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021

I Can See Your Voice
2020

Muppets Now
2020

Tamron Hall
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019

Rent
2019

River Runs Red
2018

All American
2018

25 Words or Less
2018

Set It Up
2018

S.W.A.T.
2017

Drop the Mic
2017

My Little Pony: The Movie
2017

'Til Death Do Us Part
2017

The $100,000 Pyramid
2016

Match Game
2016

To Tell the Truth
2016

Opening Night
2016

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016

Kocktails With Khloé
2016

Rosewood
2015

Celebrity Family Feud
2015

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015

Lip Sync Battle
2015

Empire
2015

Murder in the First
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Trials of Cate McCall
2013

The Best Man Holiday
2013

Baggage Claim
2013

Between Us
2012

New Girl
2011

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011

Our Family Wedding
2010

Black Panther
2010

The Good Wife
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Better Off Ted
2009

Private Practice
2007

Day Break
2006

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006

Rent
2005

Slow Burn
2005

Cake
2005

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
2004

Drum
2004

Kevin Hill
2004

NCIS
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
2003

America's Next Top Model
2003

Basic
2003

Malibu's Most Wanted
2003

Punk'd
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Chicago
2002

Equilibrium
2002

Brown Sugar
2002

Just a Kiss
2002

New Best Friend
2002

The Way of the Gun
2000

Diary
2000

House on Haunted Hill
1999

The Best Man
1999

The West Wing
1999

The Wood
1999

Go
1999

Will & Grace
1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998

Ally McBeal
1997

The View
1997

The Chris Rock Show
1997

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

MADtv
1995

New York Undercover
1994

Law & Order
1990

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Entertainment Tonight
1981

People's Choice Awards
1975
