born 1982 · Acting
64.8avg grm
14titles
#75best rank
4honors
best title · #75 on siteHamilton2020 · as Marquis de Lafayette82.5Honors
42018Grammy Awards
2016Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical
2015Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
2015Theatre World Award
Bio
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.
Filmography
ranked on this site2020s11 titles
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The Crossover2023 · as Narrator · series64.1L
The Little Mermaid2023 · as Sebastian53.2R
Running Wild with Bear Grylls the Challenge2022 · as Self · series64.0HHamilton2020 · as Marquis de Lafayette82.5HHamilton2020 · as Thomas Jefferson82.5S
Some Good News2020 · as Self - Special Guest · series65.1C
Central Park2020 · as Government Lady · series62.6CCentral Park2020 · as Passenger · series62.6CCentral Park2020 · as Helen · series62.6S
Snowpiercer2020 · as Andre Layton · series55.9SSnowpiercer2020 · as Layton Well · series55.9
