Taye DiggsTaye Diggs (born January 2, 1972) is an American actor. He hails from Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Rochester, New York. He is the oldest of five children; he has two brothers and two sisters. Diggs married Broadway star Idina Menzel on January 11, 2003. Diggs received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater from Syracuse University. Diggs' debut was in the ensemble cast of the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Carousel. In 1996, he got his big break, originating the role of the nasty landlord Benny in Jonathan Larson's Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent. He then moved from stage to television, with a role on Guiding Light, and in 1998 he made his film debut in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The following year he accepted roles as a tantric sex god in Doug Liman's Go. Audiences could next see him as an AWOL groom in the coming-of-age drama The Wood. Malcolm D. Lee's The Best Man featured Diggs as the titular best man suffering from his own pre-wedding jitters. He also starred in the remake of William Castle's The House on Haunted Hill. Currently, Diggs portrays an attorney on the UPN series Kevin Hill. Filmography
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Currently, Diggs portrays an attorney on the UPN
series Kevin Hill. The following year he accepted roles as a tantric sex god in Doug Liman's Go. 1973 - Gigi as Honore Lachailles. He then moved from stage to television, with a role on Guiding Light, and in 1998 he made his film debut in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. 1961 - Kean as Edmund Kean. In 1996, he got his big break, originating the role of the nasty landlord Benny in Jonathan Larson's Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent. 1955 - Kismet as Hajj London production. Diggs' debut was in the ensemble cast of the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Carousel. 1953 - Kismet as Hajj. Diggs received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater from Syracuse University. 1948 - Kiss Me, Kate as Fred Graham. Diggs married Broadway star Idina Menzel on January 11, 2003. 1947 - The Cradle Will Rock replacement in the part of Larry Foreman. He is the oldest of five children; he has two brothers and two sisters. 1946 - The Beggar's Holiday as Macheath. He hails from Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Rochester, New York. 1944 - Sing Out, Sweet Land as Barnaby Goodchild. Taye Diggs (born January 2, 1972) is an American actor. 1943 - Oklahoma! as Curly McLain. Winston Shakespeare. 1940 - Two for the Show. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) ... 1939 - The Straw hat Revue. Marcus. 1939 - One for the Money. Go (1999) ... 1938 - The Two Bouquets as Albert Porter. Wood, The (1999) .... Roland. 1937 - Babes in Arms as Marshall Blackstone. Harper Stewart. 1936 - White Horse Inn chorus. Best Man, The (1999/I) ... Eddie Baker. House on Haunted Hill (1999) ... Jeffers. Way of the Gun, The (2000) ... Jackson Duper (2001). Ally McBeal (1997) (TV) ... Artie Bonner. New Best Friend (2002) ... Andre. Just a Kiss (2002) (uncredited) ... Jamal Boy. Cross the Line (2002) ... Andre Romulus 'Dre' EllisDre. Brown Sugar (2002) ... Brandt. Equilibrium (2002) ... The Bandleader. Chicago (2002) ... Pike. Basic (2003) ... Sean. Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) ... Henry Nxumalo. Drum (2004) ... Kevin Hill. Kevin Hill (2004) TV Series ... Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III. Rent (2005) ... |