Daveed Diggs
Acting
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
Acting73
movieI Want Your Sex
2026
Vikktor
movieMagic Hour
2026
Charlie
movieHamilton
2025
Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
movieNickel Boys
2024
Adult Elwood
movieTrolls Band Together
2023
Spruce (voice)
tvKrapopolis
2023
Carrots (voice)
movieThe Little Mermaid
2023
Sebastian (voice)
tvThe Crossover
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvExtrapolations
2023
Marshall Zucker
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Rat King (voice)
movieDC League of Super-Pets
2022
Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
movieLiving Worlds
2021
Narrator (voice)
tvStar Trek: Prodigy
2021
Commander Tysess (voice)
tvStar Wars: Visions
2021
Crux (voice)
tvINVINCIBLE
2021
Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
movieSoul
2020
Paul (voice)
tvThe Good Lord Bird
2020
Frederick Douglass
tvCentral Park
2020
Helen (voice)
tvSnowpiercer
2020
Andre Layton
tvSolar Opposites
2020
Skeletom (voice)
tvGreen Eggs and Ham
2019
Mouse (voice)
tvUndone
2019
Tunde
tvThe Boys
2019
Aaron / Oh Father
movieVelvet Buzzsaw
2019
Damrish
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018
Self
tvStar Wars Resistance
2018
Norath Kev (voice)
movieDo or Die
2018
Narrator (voice)
tvBasketball: A Love Story
2018
Narrator (voice)
movieBlindspotting
2018
Collin
movieFerdinand
2017
Dos (voice)
movieWonder
2017
Mr. Browne
tvThe Mayor
2017
Mac Etcetera
movieTour de Pharmacy
2017
Slim Robinson
movieGrowing Up Wild
2016
Narrator (voice)
movielive
2014
self (voice)
tvblack-ish
2014
Johan Johnson
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
tvHobbes & Me
2014
Hobbes
tvBob's Burgers
2011
Douglas (voice) / Jesse (voice)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Louis Henderson
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest / Self
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvSesame Street
1969
Mr. Noodle's Brother
Sound4
Creator3
Production3
tvBlindspotting
2021
Executive Producer
movieBlindspotting
2018
Producer
First Sight
Producer
Writing2
tvBlindspotting
2021
Writer
movieBlindspotting
2018
Writer
Directing1
tvHobbes & Me
2014
Director