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.

Filmography

• 2026Another Man's Wife — Brendan
• 2026Forever, This Ring
• 2026Stepfather — Darnell
• 2025BFFs
• 2025Both Eyes Open — Dr. Eric Murphy
• 2025I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day — Sam
• 2025Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours — Darius Stone
• Disney Junior Ariel — King Triton (voice)
• 2024Forever — Johnnie Taylor, Executive Producer
• Alert: Missing Persons Unit
• 2023Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy — Lance
• 2023The Comeback — Jeff Murray
• Back in the Groove — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2022Incarnation — Brad, Executive Producer
• The Best Man: The Final Chapters — Harper Stewart
• 2021The Black Pack: We Three Kings — Self, Executive Producer
• I Can See Your Voice
• All American — Billy Baker
• 2018River Runs Red — Charles Coleman, Sr.
• 2018Set It Up — Richard "Rick" Otis
• 2017'Til Death Do Us Part — Alex Stone, Producer
• 2017My Little Pony: The Movie — Capper (voice)
• S.W.A.T. — Danny Wright
• 2016Opening Night — Malcolm
• Empire — Angelo Dubois
• 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant — Rasta Cab Driver
• Rosewood — Dr. Mike Boyce
• Murder in the First — Terry English
• 2013Baggage Claim — Langston Hughes
• 2013The Best Man Holiday — Harper Stewart
• 2013The Trials of Cate McCall — Austin Moseley, Austin Moseley (uncredited)
• 2012Between Us — Carlo
• 2011Dylan Dog: Dead of Night — Vargus
• New Girl — Artie
• 2010Black Panther — Historical Panther #2
• 2010Our Family Wedding — Whipped Friend
• Better Off Ted — Greg
• The Good Wife — Dean Levine-Wilkins
• 2008Days of Wrath — Steve Lerato
• Private Practice — Sam Bennett
• 200630 Days — Jamal Boy
• Day Break — Detective Brett Hopper, Producer
• 2005Cake — Hemingway Jones
• Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Sam Bennett
• 2005Rent — Benjamin Coffin III
• 2005Slow Burn — Jeffrey Sykes
• 2004Drum — Henry Nxumalo
• Kevin Hill — Kevin Hill
• 2003Abby Singer — Taye Diggs (uncredited)
• 2003Basic — Pike
• 2003Malibu's Most Wanted — Sean
• NCIS — Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Davis
• 2002Brown Sugar — Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
• 2002Chicago — Bandleader
• 2002Equilibrium — Brandt
• 2002Just a Kiss — Andre
• 2002New Best Friend — Artie Bonner
• 2000The Way of the Gun — Jeffers
• 1999Go — Marcus
• 1999House on Haunted Hill — Eddie Baker
• 1999The Best Man — Harper Stewart
• The West Wing — Agent Wesley
• 1999The Wood — Roland
• 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back — Winston Shakespeare
• Will & Grace — James Hanson
• Ally McBeal — Jackson Duper
• The Chris Rock Show
• New York Undercover
• Law & Order — Sky Bell
• Entertainment Tonight
• Syndetic — Detective Lane
• Unsung Hollywood

Appearances as themselves (47)

• Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
• Second Chance Stage — Self - Judge
• 2024The Real Full Monty — Self
• 2022The Black Pack: Excellence — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Wheel — Self - Expert
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• The Celebrity Dating Game — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Muppets Now — Self
• 2019Rent — Self
• 2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 25 Words or Less — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Steve — Self
• Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — Self - Guest
• Kocktails With Khloé — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Self
• Taraji's White Hot Holidays — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2012Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' — Self
• 2005Celebrity Mix — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative — Self
• America's Next Top Model — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Media Whore — Self
• Diary — Self
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• MADtv — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer