Daveed Diggs
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Boys
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Sesame Street
The Kelly Clarkson Show
INVINCIBLE
Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
All Movies (35)
- I Want Your Sex2026 · as Vikktor
- ChikaBOOM!2026
- Magic Hour2026 · as Charlie
- Couples Weekend2026 · as Josh
- Their Town2026
- The Saviors2026 · as Dustin
- In the Blink of an Eye2026 · as Greg
- Hamilton2025 · as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
- Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution2025 · as Self
- Nickel Boys2024 · as Adult Elwood
- Trolls Band Together2023 · as Spruce (voice)
- The Little Mermaid2023 · as Sebastian (voice)
- DC League of Super-Pets2022 · as Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
- Living Worlds2021 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Starling2021 · as Ben
- clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic2021 · as Self
- Soul2020 · as Paul (voice)
- Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You2020
- The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth2020 · as Self
- Velvet Buzzsaw2019 · as Damrish
- Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting2018 · as Self
- Do or Die2018 · as Narrator (voice)
- Blindspotting2018 · as Collin
- x Infinity2018
- Ferdinand2017 · as Dos (voice)
- Wonder2017 · as Mr. Browne
- Tour de Pharmacy2017 · as Slim Robinson
- Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway2017
- Growing Up Wild2016 · as Narrator (voice)
- Hamilton's America2016 · as Self
- live2014 · as self (voice)
- Yoga Boner2012 · as Daveed
- Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent2010 · as Neil Davis
- First Sight—
- Morris Stokes— · as Leslie
All TV Shows (40)
- Krapopolis2023 · as Carrots (voice)
- The Crossover2023 · as Narrator (voice)
- Extrapolations2023 · as Marshall Zucker
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Rat King (voice)
- Jam Van2023
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge2022 · as Self
- Star Trek: Prodigy2021 · as Commander Tysess (voice)
- Star Wars: Visions2021 · as Crux (voice)
- INVINCIBLE2021 · as Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
- Amend: The Fight for America2021 · as Self
- The Good Lord Bird2020 · as Frederick Douglass
- Central Park2020 · as Helen (voice)
- Snowpiercer2020 · as Andre Layton
- Solar Opposites2020 · as Skeletom (voice)
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's2020 · as Self
- Some Good News2020 · as Self
- Green Eggs and Ham2019 · as Mouse (voice)
- Undone2019 · as Tunde
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- The Boys2019 · as Aaron / Oh Father
- Star Wars Resistance2018 · as Norath Kev (voice)
- Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Mayor2017 · as Mac Etcetera
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Perry
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- black-ish2014 · as Johan Johnson
- BoJack Horseman2014 · as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
- Hobbes & Me2014 · as Hobbes
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Bob's Burgers2011 · as Douglas (voice)
- Bob's Burgers2011 · as Jesse (voice)
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts2008 · as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Louis Henderson
- The View1997 · as Self - Guest
- The View1997 · as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- Sesame Street1969 · as Mr. Noodle's Brother
- The Spot—