Daveed Diggs
24 Jan 1982 (42 years old) in Oakland, California, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Nickel Boys as Adult Elwood
- 2023 · Trolls Band Together as Spruce (voice)
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Carrots (voice)
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)
- 2023 · The Crossover as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Extrapolations as Marshall Zucker
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Rat King (voice)
- 2023 · Jam Van as
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
- 2022 · Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge as Self
- 2021 · Living Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Star Trek: Prodigy as Commander Tysess (voice)
- 2021 · Star Wars: Visions as Crux (voice)
- 2021 · The Starling as Ben
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2021 · clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic as Himself
- 2020 · Soul as Paul (voice)
- 2020 · The Good Lord Bird as Frederick Douglass
- 2020 · Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You as
- 2020 · Hamilton as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
- 2020 · The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth as Self
- 2020 · Central Park as Helen (voice)
- 2020 · Snowpiercer as Andre Layton
- 2020 · Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
- 2020 · Deathbomb Showcase: Global as self
- 2020 · Some Good News as Self
- 2019 · Green Eggs and Ham as Mouse (voice)
- 2019 · Undone as Tunde
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Velvet Buzzsaw as Damrish
- 2018 · Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting as Self
- 2018 · Star Wars Resistance as Norath Kev (voice)
- 2018 · Do or Die as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Blindspotting as Collin
- 2018 · x Infinity as
- 2017 · Ferdinand as Dos (voice)
- 2017 · Wonder as Mr. Browne
- 2017 · The Mayor as Mac Etcetera
- 2017 · Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson
- 2017 · Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway as
- 2016 · Growing Up Wild as Narrator
- 2016 · Hamilton's America as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Perry
- 2014 · live as self (voice)
- 2014 · black-ish as Johan Johnson
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
- 2014 · Hobbes & Me as Hobbes
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · Yoga Boner as Daveed
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Douglas (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Jesse (voice)
- 2010 · Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent as Neil Davis
- 2008 · NPR Tiny Desk Concerts as Self
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Louis Henderson
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1969 · Sesame Street as Mr. Noodle's Brother
- 2024 · In the Blink of an Eye as
- 2024 · Magic Hour as
- 2024 · A Tree Fell in the Woods as Josh
- 2024 · First Sight as