Daveed Diggs | |
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 Diggs at the Worldcon 75 in 2017 | |
| Born | Daveed Daniele Diggs January 24, 1982 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA) |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Partner | Emmy Raver-Lampman (2015-present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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| Website | daveeddiggs |
Daveed Daniele Diggs[1] (born January 24, 1982)[2] is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and 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.
Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films Wonder (2017), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) and The Little Mermaid (2023). 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.[3][4] From 2020 to 2024, he starred in the television adaptation of Snowpiercer.[5] 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.
- ^ "Daveed Diggs Theatre Credits and Profile".
- ^ Rose, Mike (January 24, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 24, 2023 includes celebrities Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Erbland, Kate (November 16, 2018). "2019 Independent Spirit Awards Nominees, 'Eighth Grade' & 'We the Animals' Lead". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ Robinson, Lisa (November 29, 2016). "How Hamilton Changed Daveed Diggs's Life (and Preferred Mode of Transportation)". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ Rosen, Christopher (May 17, 2017). "Hamilton star Daveed Diggs to lead Snowpiercer show". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017.