Taye Diggs
Biography
Taye Diggs is an American actor and singer. A Newark native raised in Rochester, New York, he earned a BFA in musical theater from Syracuse University in 1993. He made his Broadway debut in the 1994 revival of Carousel, then originated the role of Benny in Rent in 1996. He later played Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway. His film debut came in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and he went on to appear in Go (1999), The Wood (1999), The Best Man (1999), and its sequel The Best Man Holiday (2013). Other films include Chicago (2002), Equilibrium (2002), and Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), and he voiced Capper in My Little Pony: The Movie (2017). On television he starred in Private Practice from 2007 to 2013, Murder in the First from 2014 to 2016, and All American from 2018 to 2023.
55years old
Turns 56 on January 2in 79 days
- Born Newark
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Scott Leo Diggs (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 21 years1998 to 2019
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First role
Diggs first appeared on Broadway as a member of the ensemble in Carousel, the musical revival that won a Tony Award in 1994.
A first
Diggs appeared twice on the Paramount Network reality competition series Lip Sync Battle, and he is the only two-time winner of the show.
Beyond film
Diggs took on the title role of Hedwig in the Broadway staging of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which ran at the Belasco Theatre from July 22, 2015, until it closed on September 13, 2015.
Taye Diggs movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Malcolm D. Lee directed two of these films, Rick Famuyiwa two. Sanaa Lathan appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sanaa Lathan's page
Regina Hall's page
Terrence Howard's page
William Fichtner's page
Queen Latifah's page
All films by Malcolm D. Lee
Rick FamuyiwaDirector, 2 films, 1999 to 2002
All films by Rick Famuyiwa
Also two films together13 more actors
- Nia LongThe Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Best Man (1999)
- Harold PerrineauThe Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Best Man (1999)
- Morris ChestnutThe Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Best Man (1999)
- Anthony RappRent (2019) and Rent (2005)
- Idina MenzelRent (2019) and Rent (2005)
- Boris KodjoeBaggage Claim (2013) and Brown Sugar (2002)
- Jesse L. MartinRent (2019) and Rent (2005)
- Adam PascalRent (2019) and Rent (2005)
- Monica CalhounThe Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Best Man (1999)
- Venida EvansBrown Sugar (2002) and Just a Kiss (2002)
- Melissa De SousaThe Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Best Man (1999)
- Wilson Jermaine HerediaRent (2019) and Rent (2005)
- Michael CotterLarry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant (2015) and Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Taye Diggs's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$801 million
20 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 20 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 79% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$307M38.3% of the total
- 2$72M8.9% of the total
- 3$61M7.7% of the total
- 4$43M5.3% of the total
- 5$41M5.1% of the total
- 6$38M4.7% of the total
- 7$35M4.3% of the total
- 8$34M4.2% of the total
$171 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 21% of the total