Taye Diggs

ActorProducer Jan 2 (age 55) Newark, New Jersey, USA 1975–2025 (50 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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 (bot…

Known For

Film

Equilibrium

Brandt

Film

Chicago

Bandleader

Film

Set It Up

Richard "Rick" Otis

Film

All American

Billy Baker

Film

Go

Marcus

Film

Basic

Pike

Film

Private Practice

Sam Bennett

Film

My Little Pony: The Movie

Capper (voice)

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (55)

Both Eyes Open

as Dr. Eric Murphy

BFFs

Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours

2025

as Darius Stone

2.0

I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day

as Sam

The Real Full Monty

as Self

Forever

as Johnnie Taylor

The Comeback

as Jeff Murray

Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy

2023

as Lance

9.0

The Black Pack: Excellence

2022

as Self

Incarnation

2022

as Brad

4.0

The Black Pack: We Three Kings

2021

as Self

Rent

2019

as Self

6.7

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

2019

as Self

5.3

Set It Up

2018

as Richard "Rick" Otis

6.9

River Runs Red

2018

as Charles Coleman, Sr.

5.4

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017

as Capper (voice)

7.3

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

2017

as Self / Wise Man

8.4

'Til Death Do Us Part

as Alex Stone

Opening Night

as Malcolm

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

2015

as Rasta Cab Driver

4.6

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

2015

as Self

The Trials of Cate McCall

as Austin Moseley

The Best Man Holiday

as Harper Stewart

Baggage Claim

as Langston Hughes

Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony

2012

as Self

Between Us

2012

as Carlo

5.2

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

2011

as Vargus

4.7

Black Panther

2010

as Historical Panther #2

Our Family Wedding

as Whipped Friend

Days of Wrath

as Steve Lerato

30 Days

as Jamal Boy

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

as Self

Cake

as Hemingway Jones

Rent

as Benjamin Coffin III

Slow Burn

as Jeffrey Sykes

Celebrity Mix

as Self (archive footage)

Drum

2004

as Henry Nxumalo

5.2

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative

as Self

Basic

as Pike

Abby Singer

as Taye Diggs (uncredited)

Malibu's Most Wanted

as Sean

Chicago

as Bandleader

Equilibrium

as Brandt

Just a Kiss

as Andre

Brown Sugar

as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

New Best Friend

as Artie Bonner

Media Whore

as Self

The Way of the Gun

as Jeffers

as Marcus

House on Haunted Hill

as Eddie Baker

The Wood

as Roland

The Best Man

as Harper Stewart

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

as Winston Shakespeare

5.8

Another Man's Wife

as Brendan

Stepfather

as Darnell

Television (62)

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025

as Self

4.3

Celebrity Weakest Link

2025

as Self - Contestant

4.0

Disney Junior Ariel

2024

as King Triton (voice)

4.8

Second Chance Stage

2024

as Self - Judge

Alert: Missing Persons Unit

2023

7.4

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

5.6

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

as Harper Stewart

Back in the Groove

as Self - Host

The Wheel

as Self - Expert

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021

as Self - Contestant

7.0

The Celebrity Dating Game

as Self

I Can See Your Voice

Muppets Now

as Self

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2020

as Self

10.0

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

All American

as Billy Baker

All American

as Billy Baker

25 Words or Less

as Self

S.W.A.T.

as Danny Wright

Drop the Mic

as Self

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

as Self - Guest

Kocktails With Khloé

as Self

Rosewood

as Dr. Mike Boyce

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

Empire

as Angelo Dubois

Lip Sync Battle

as Self

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

2015

as Self

10.0

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Murder in the First

as Terry English

New Girl

as Artie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Good Wife

2009

as Dean Levine-Wilkins

Better Off Ted

as Greg

Private Practice

as Sam Bennett

Day Break

as Detective Brett Hopper

Grey's Anatomy

as Dr. Sam Bennett

Kevin Hill

as Kevin Hill

NCIS

as Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Davis

7.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

as Self

5.4

America's Next Top Model

2003

as Self - Guest

5.3

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Punk'd

as Self

Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

2003

as Self

6.2

Diary

2000

as Self

The West Wing

as Agent Wesley

Will & Grace

as James Hanson

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Jackson Duper

The Chris Rock Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

MADtv

as Self

New York Undercover

Law & Order

as Sky Bell

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self

5.4

Entertainment Tonight

1981

4.1

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Unsung Hollywood

Crew (6)

Movies (4)

Forever

Executive Producer

Incarnation

Executive Producer

The Black Pack: We Three Kings

2021

Executive Producer

'Til Death Do Us Part

2017

Producer

6.0

Television (2)

Back in the Groove

Executive Producer

Day Break

Producer