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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-01-24 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

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

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

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INVINCIBLE

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The View

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Sesame Street

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Bob's Burgers

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BoJack Horseman

Acting

2025

A Tree Fell in the Woods as Josh

2024

Nickel Boys as Adult Elwood

2023

Trolls Band Together as Spruce (voice)

The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)

Extrapolations as Marshall Zucker

The Crossover as Narrator (voice)

Krapopolis as Carrots (voice)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Rat King (voice)

2022

DC League of Super-Pets as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge as Self

2021

Living Worlds as Narrator (voice)

The Starling as Ben

clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic as Himself

Star Wars: Visions as Crux (voice)

INVINCIBLE as Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)

Star Trek: Prodigy as Commander Tysess (voice)

Amend: The Fight for America as Self

2020

Deathbomb Showcase: Global as self

Hamilton as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson

Soul as Paul (voice)

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth as Self

Hamilton Sing-Along

Snowpiercer as Andre Layton

The Good Lord Bird as Frederick Douglass

Some Good News as Self

Central Park as Helen (voice)

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw as Damrish

Green Eggs and Ham as Mouse (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Undone as Tunde

2018

Blindspotting as Collin

Do or Die as Narrator (voice)

Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting as Self

Basketball: A Love Story as Narrator (voice)

Star Wars Resistance as Norath Kev (voice)

2017

Ferdinand as Dos (voice)

Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

Wonder as Mr. Browne

The Mayor as Mac Etcetera

2016

Growing Up Wild as Narrator

Hamilton's America as Self

2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Perry

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self

2014

live as self (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self

black-ish as Johan Johnson

Hobbes & Me as Hobbes

BoJack Horseman as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self

2012

Yoga Boner as Daveed

2011

Bob's Burgers as Douglas (voice)

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

The View as Self

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1969

Sesame Street as Mr. Noodle's Brother

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In the Blink of an Eye

I Want Your Sex

Untitled Hitman Thriller as Leslie

Writing

2021

Blindspotting as Writer

2018

Blindspotting as Writer

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We All Die Young as Writer

Production

2021

Blindspotting as Executive Producer

2018

Blindspotting as Producer

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We All Die Young as Producer

First Sight as Producer

Sound

2018

Blindspotting as Music Producer

2016

Zootopia as Music

Directing

2014

Hobbes & Me as Director

Creator

2021

Blindspotting as Creator

2014

Hobbes & Me as Creator