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

• 2027The Saviors — Dustin
• 2026ChikaBOOM!!
• 2026Couples Weekend — Josh
• 2026I Want Your Sex — Vikktor
• 2026In the Blink of an Eye — Greg
• 2026Magic Hour — Charlie
• 2026Their Town — Anthony
• 2025Hamilton — Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
• The Class — Creator
• 2024Nickel Boys — Adult Elwood
• Extrapolations — Marshall Zucker
• Jam Van
• Krapopolis — Carrots (voice)
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Rat King (voice)
• The Crossover — Narrator (voice)
• 2023The Little Mermaid — Sebastian (voice)
• 2023Trolls Band Together — Spruce (voice)
• 2022DC League of Super-Pets — Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
• Blindspotting — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• INVINCIBLE — Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
• 2021Living Worlds — Narrator (voice)
• Star Trek: Prodigy — Commander Tysess (voice)
• Star Wars: Visions — Crux (voice)
• 2021The Starling — Ben
• Central Park — Helen (voice)
• 2020Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
• 2020Puppy for Hanukkah — Music
• Snowpiercer — Andre Layton
• Solar Opposites — Skeletom (voice)
• 2020Soul — Paul (voice)
• The Good Lord Bird — Frederick Douglass
• Green Eggs and Ham — Mouse (voice)
• The Boys — Aaron / Oh Father
• Undone — Tunde
• 2019Velvet Buzzsaw — Damrish
• Basketball: A Love Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Blindspotting — Collin, Music Producer, Writer
• 2018Do or Die — Narrator (voice)
• Star Wars Resistance — Norath Kev (voice)
• 2018x Infinity
• 2017Ferdinand — Dos (voice)
• 2017Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
• The Mayor — Mac Etcetera, Original Music Composer
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — Slim Robinson
• 2017Wonder — Mr. Browne
• 2016Growing Up Wild — Narrator (voice)
• 2016Zootopia — Music
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Perry
• BoJack Horseman — Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
• Hobbes & Me — Hobbes, Director, Creator
• black-ish — Johan Johnson
• 2012Yoga Boner — Daveed
• Bob's Burgers — Douglas (voice), Jesse (voice)
• 2010Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent — Neil Davis
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Louis Henderson
• Sesame Street — Mr. Noodle's Brother
• First Sight — Producer
• Morris Stokes — Leslie
• The Spot

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2025Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution — Self
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Amend: The Fight for America — Self
• 2021clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic — Self
• Bottomless Brunch at Colman's — Self
• Some Good News — Self
• 2020The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting — Self
• 2016Hamilton's America — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2014live — self (voice)
• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest