Daveed Diggs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-01-24 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Daveed Diggs

Biography

Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group clipping., and in 2015 originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won both a Grammy Award and Tony Award. Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films Wonder (2017) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film Blindspotting, which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. As of 2020, he stars in the television adaptation of Snowpiercer.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • INVINCIBLE

    INVINCIBLE

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Sesame Street

    Sesame Street

  • Bob's Burgers

    Bob's Burgers

  • Bob's Burgers

    Bob's Burgers

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • black-ish

    black-ish

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

    NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

  • Solar Opposites

    Solar Opposites

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Star Wars: Visions

    Star Wars: Visions

  • Trolls Band Together

    Trolls Band Together

  • Soul

    Soul

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Krapopolis

    Krapopolis

  • Star Trek: Prodigy

    Star Trek: Prodigy

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    DC League of Super-Pets

  • Ferdinand

    Ferdinand

  • Wonder

    Wonder

  • Green Eggs and Ham

    Green Eggs and Ham

  • Star Wars Resistance

    Star Wars Resistance

  • Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

  • Hamilton

    Hamilton

  • Basketball: A Love Story

    Basketball: A Love Story

  • Undone

    Undone

  • Central Park

    Central Park

  • Extrapolations

    Extrapolations

  • clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic

    clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic

  • Magic Hour

    Magic Hour

  • The Good Lord Bird

    The Good Lord Bird

  • Their Town

    Their Town

  • The Starling

    The Starling

  • Tour de Pharmacy

    Tour de Pharmacy

  • Velvet Buzzsaw

    Velvet Buzzsaw

  • Amend: The Fight for America

    Amend: The Fight for America

  • Some Good News

    Some Good News

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

  • Hamilton's America

    Hamilton's America

  • Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

    Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

  • Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

    Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

  • Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

    Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

  • Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

    Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

  • live

    live

  • The Crossover

    The Crossover

  • A Tree Fell in the Woods

    A Tree Fell in the Woods

  • Blindspotting

    Blindspotting

  • The Mayor

    The Mayor

  • First Sight

    First Sight

  • Morris Stokes

    Morris Stokes

  • The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

    The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

  • Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting

    Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting

  • Yoga Boner

    Yoga Boner

  • x Infinity

    x Infinity

  • Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution

    Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution

  • Do or Die

    Do or Die

  • I Want Your Sex

    I Want Your Sex

  • Jam Van

    Jam Van

  • Deathbomb Showcase: Global

    Deathbomb Showcase: Global

  • Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent

    Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent

  • Hobbes & Me

    Hobbes & Me

  • In the Blink of an Eye

    In the Blink of an Eye

  • Living Worlds

    Living Worlds

  • Growing Up Wild

    Growing Up Wild