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Profile of Taye Diggs
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2nd January 1972 |
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Rochester, New York, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Taye Diggs (born January 2, 1972) is an African-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.
Diggs then moved from stage to television, with a role on the soap opera Guiding Light. 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 features 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.
Diggs portrays the title character on the UPN television series Kevin Hill and can next be seen in the movie adaptation of the musical Rent.
In 2003, Diggs was on Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher or his crew members, while his body is being inspected at a Punk'd-operated hospital.
Filmography
- Rent (2005) .... Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III
- Kevin Hill (2004) TV Series .... Kevin Hill
- Drum (2004) .... Henry Nxumalo
- Punk'd (2003) TV Series (one episode) .... Himself
- Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) .... Sean
- Basic (2003) .... Pike
- Chicago (2002) .... The Bandleader
- Equilibrium (2002) .... Brandt
- Brown Sugar (2002) .... Andre Romulus 'Dre' EllisDre
- Cross the Line (2002) .... Jamal Boy
- Just a Kiss (2002) (uncredited) .... Andre
- New Best Friend (2002) .... Artie Bonner
- Ally McBeal (1997) (TV) .... Jackson Duper (2001)
- Way of the Gun, The (2000) .... Jeffers
- House on Haunted Hill (1999) .... Eddie Baker
- The Best Man (1999/I) .... Harper Stewart
- The Wood (1999) .... Roland
- Go (1999) .... Marcus
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) .... Winston Shakespeare
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