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.
as Detective Lane
as Balthasar
as Darnell
as Brendan
as Darius Stone
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Dr. Eric Murphy
as Self
as Self - Judge(8 eps)
as Johnnie Taylor
as King Triton (voice)(59 eps)
as Lance
as Jeff Murray
as Harper Stewart(8 eps)
as Self - Expert(1 ep)
as Self - Host(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as Brad
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self(6 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self
as Charles Coleman, Sr.
as Billy Baker(84 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Richard "Rick" Otis
as Danny Wright(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Capper (voice)
as Alex Stone
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Panelist(2 eps)
as Self - Panelist(1 ep)
as Malcolm
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Dr. Mike Boyce(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Rasta Cab Driver
as Self(2 eps)
as Angelo Dubois(23 eps)
as Terry English(32 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Austin Moseley
as Austin Moseley (uncredited)
as Harper Stewart
as Langston Hughes
as Carlo
as Artie(1 ep)
as Vargus
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Whipped Friend
as Historical Panther #2
as Dean Levine-Wilkins(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(6 eps)
as Greg(1 ep)
as Steve Lerato
as Sam Bennett(111 eps)
as Detective Brett Hopper(13 eps)
as Jamal Boy
as Benjamin Coffin III
as Jeffrey Sykes
as Hemingway Jones
as Dr. Sam Bennett(2 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Henry Nxumalo
as Kevin Hill(22 eps)
as Taye Diggs (uncredited)
as Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Davis(1 ep)
as Self(6 eps)
as Self(41 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Pike
as Sean
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Bandleader
as Brandt
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
as Andre
as Self
as Artie Bonner
as Jeffers
as Self(1 ep)
as Eddie Baker
as Harper Stewart
as Agent Wesley(2 eps)
as Roland
as Marcus
as James Hanson(4 eps)
as Winston Shakespeare
as Jackson Duper(10 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Sky Bell(1 ep)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Self - Performer(1 ep)