
Taye Diggs
Born
1971-01-02
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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). ...
Known for

Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Sam Bennett

Equilibrium
Brandt

Chicago
Bandleader

Set It Up
Richard "Rick" Otis

NCIS
Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Davis

New Girl
Artie

S.W.A.T.
Danny Wright

Basic
Pike

House on Haunted Hill
Eddie Baker

Go
Marcus

Empire
Angelo Dubois

Law & Order
Sky Bell

The Good Wife
Dean Levine-Wilkins

Rent
Benjamin Coffin III

The West Wing
Agent Wesley