Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs
Birth Name: Scott Diggs
Born: Jan 2, 1972
Essex Co., NJ
Career: 1996-2007
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
Comedy
Romance
Biography by Rebecca Flint Marx
As the dignified and relentlessly photogenic object of Angela Bassett's affections in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Taye Diggs made an immediate and unforgettable impression on legions of filmgoers. Diggs came to film by way of the theater. Born in 1971 in New Jersey, he was raised as the oldest of five children in Rochester, NY. After taking a B.F.A. in musical theater from Syracuse University, he made his way to Broadway, debuting in the Tony-winning production of Carousel.

In 1996, Diggs 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 excitement surrounding Diggs' performance netted him both media exposure and more work, and the following year he could be seen in no less than four films. First up was his turn 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 another member of the wedding, this time as the titular best man suffering from his own pre-wedding jitters; finally, he starred as a guest at Geoffrey Rush's allegedly haunted mansion in the remake of William Castle's The House on Haunted Hill.

In 2001, Diggs returned to the small-screen with a recurring role on Fox's Ally McBeal. And when subsequent film roles in such unsuccessful projects as Equilibrium, Basic, and Malibu's Most Wanted did his career no good, he decided to try on a full-time television gig with Kevin Hill. Premiering in 2004 on UPN, the primetime drama starred Diggs in the title role, a fast-living bachelor who finds his life turned upside down with the unexpected introduction of an infant.
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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Dancing in the Light: Six Dance Compositions by African American Choreographers 2007 Performer [Starring]
Grey's Anatomy: The Other Side of This Life, Part 1 2007 Actor [Starring]
Private Practice: Season 01 2007 Actor [Starring]
Slow Burn 2007 Actor [Starring]
30 Days 2006 Actor [Starring]
Day Break [TV Series] 2006 Actor [Starring]
Cake 2005 Actor [Starring]
Rent 2005 Actor [Starring]
Drum 2004 Actor [Starring]
Kevin Hill [TV Series] 2004 Actor [Starring] / Producer
Basic 2003 Actor [Starring]
Malibu's Most Wanted 2003 Actor [Starring]
Brown Sugar 2002 Actor [Starring]
Chicago 2002 Actor [Starring]
Equilibrium 2002 Actor [Starring]
Just a Kiss 2002 Actor [Starring]
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Taye Diggs is between 5'7 and 5'8. He is a sexy black actor that was born in New Jersey in 1972 as Scott Diggs. He played in "How Stella got her groove back" and is now acting on "Private Practice".
Born in 1971 in New Jersey, he was raised as the oldest of five children in Rochester, NY. After taking a B.F.A. in musical MORE?
No he isn't. He is married to Idina Menzel, who recently had a baby.

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