
Daveed Diggs
CountryUnited States 
GenderMale
Birthdayjanv. 24, 1982
BiographyDaveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. In 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of Hamilton, he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. He portrayed Aaron/Oh Father in the superhero series The Boys (2026).
Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2022) 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; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series Blindspotting, in which he also reprised his role as a guest. From 2020 to 2024, he starred in the television adaptation of Snowpiercer. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020, and won a Children's and Family Emmy Award as an executive producer on the sports drama series The Crossover (2023).
His voice acting career includes Ferdinand (2017), Soul (2020), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), The Little Mermaid (2023), and Trolls Band Together (2023).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Daveed Diggs. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2022) 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; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series Blindspotting, in which he also reprised his role as a guest. From 2020 to 2024, he starred in the television adaptation of Snowpiercer. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020, and won a Children's and Family Emmy Award as an executive producer on the sports drama series The Crossover (2023).
His voice acting career includes Ferdinand (2017), Soul (2020), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), The Little Mermaid (2023), and Trolls Band Together (2023).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Daveed Diggs. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Central Park
as Helen

Extrapolations
as Marshall Zucker

Green Eggs and Ham
as Mouse

Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock
as Jamdolin

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Rat King

Snowpiercer
as Andre Layton

The Boys
as Aaron Barrett / Oh Father

The Crossover
as Future Josh Bell

The Good Lord Bird
as Frederick Douglass

Undone
as Tunde
Part of Crew
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