Daveed Diggs
Acting
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.
Movies
The Little Mermaid
2023
Soul
2020
Hamilton
2025
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
Wonder
2017
Trolls Band Together
2023
Ferdinand
2017
Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent
2010
Magic Hour
2025
The Starling
2021
Nickel Boys
2024
Growing Up Wild
2016
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
live
2014
Blindspotting
2018
I Want Your Sex
2026
Hamilton's America
2016
x Infinity
2018
Living Worlds
2021
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Bob's Burgers
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
INVINCIBLE
2021
BoJack Horseman
2014
Sesame Street
1969
Star Wars: Visions
2021
Snowpiercer
2020
Solar Opposites
2020
Tony Awards
1956
The View
1997
The View
1997
black-ish
2014
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014