Daveed Diggs

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1982-01-24 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As Daveed Daniele Diggs, 戴維德·迪格斯, 다비드 딕스

Daveed Diggs

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Nickel Boys

as Adult Elwood

2023
Trolls Band Together

as Spruce (voice)

2023
The Little Mermaid

as Sebastian (voice)

2023
Krapopolis

as Carrots (voice)

2023
The Crossover

as Narrator (voice)

2023
Extrapolations

as Marshall Zucker

2022
DC League of Super-Pets

as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)

2021
Living Worlds

as Narrator (voice)

2021
2021
Star Trek: Prodigy

as Commander Tysess (voice)

2021
Star Wars: Visions

as Crux (voice)

2021
INVINCIBLE

as Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)

2020
Soul

as Paul (voice)

2020
Hamilton

as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson

2020
The Good Lord Bird

as Frederick Douglass

2020
Central Park

as Helen (voice)

2020
Snowpiercer

as Andre Layton

2020
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw

as Damrish

2019
Green Eggs and Ham

as Mouse (voice)

2019
Undone

as Tunde

2018
Do or Die

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Blindspotting

as Collin

2018
Star Wars Resistance

as Norath Kev (voice)

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Ferdinand

as Dos (voice)

2017
Wonder

as Mr. Browne

2017
Tour de Pharmacy

as Slim Robinson

2017
The Mayor

as Mac Etcetera

2016
Growing Up Wild

as Narrator

2016
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

2012
Yoga Boner

as Daveed

2011
Bob's Burgers

as Douglas (voice)

2011
Bob's Burgers

as Jesse (voice)

1999
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

Producer

First Sight

as Producer

We All Die Young

as Producer

2021
Blindspotting

as Executive Producer

2018
Blindspotting

as Producer

Writer

2021
Blindspotting

as Writer

2018
Blindspotting

as Writer

Sound

2018
Blindspotting

as Music Producer

2016
Zootopia

as Music

Creator

2021
Blindspotting

as Creator

2014
Hobbes & Me

as Creator

Director

2014
Hobbes & Me

as Director