Daveed Diggs

Acting · Born 1982-01-24 in Oakland, California, USA

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.

Filmography

• Trolls Band Together as Spruce (voice)
• DC League of Super-Pets as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
• Ferdinand as Dos (voice)
• Blindspotting as Collin
• Wonder as Mr. Browne
• The Starling as Ben
• Soul as Paul (voice)
• In the Blink of an Eye as Greg
• Nickel Boys as Adult Elwood
• Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson

TV

• Bob's Burgers as Douglas (voice)
• Invincible as Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
• Bob's Burgers as Jesse (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Louis Henderson
• Undone as Tunde
• BoJack Horseman as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
• Solar Opposites as Skeletom (voice)
• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts as Self
• The View as Self - Guest
• Star Wars: Visions as Crux (voice)