Daveed Diggs
Acting • Born 1982-01-24
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.
Filmography
74 credits
In the Blink of an Eye
Movie • 2026
Greg
Trolls Band Together
Movie • 2023
Spruce (voice)
Deathbomb Showcase: Global
Movie • 2020
Self
live
Movie • 2014
self (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
Movie • 2022
Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
Living Worlds
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Magic Hour
Movie • 2026
Charlie
Nickel Boys
Movie • 2024
Adult Elwood
A Tree Fell in the Woods
Movie • 2025
Josh
Ferdinand
Movie • 2017
Dos (voice)
Tour de Pharmacy
Movie • 2017
Slim Robinson
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Movie • 2017
Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Collin
x Infinity
Movie • 2018
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie • 2019
Damrish
Growing Up Wild
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Do or Die
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Hamilton
Movie • 2025
Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
First Sight
Movie
Wonder
Movie • 2017
Mr. Browne
The Starling
Movie • 2021
Ben
Soul
Movie • 2020
Paul (voice)
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 2023
Sebastian (voice)
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Movie • 2020
Hamilton's America
Movie • 2016
Self
Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent
Movie • 2010
Neil Davis
Yoga Boner
Movie • 2012
Daveed
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Movie • 2020
Self
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Self
clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic
Movie • 2021
Self
I Want Your Sex
Movie • 2026
Vikktor
Their Town
Movie • 2026
Morris Stokes
Movie
Leslie
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self
The Saviors
Movie • 2026
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
TV • 2008
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Star Wars: Visions
TV • 2021
Crux (voice)
Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Marshall Zucker
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
TV • 2022
Self
The Crossover
TV • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
Carrots (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Mayor
TV • 2017
Mac Etcetera
Green Eggs and Ham
TV • 2019
Mouse (voice)
Bob's Burgers
TV • 2011
Douglas (voice)
Invincible
TV • 2021
Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Snowpiercer
TV • 2020
Andre Layton
Bob's Burgers
TV • 2011
Jesse (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Louis Henderson
black-ish
TV • 2014
Johan Johnson
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Star Trek: Prodigy
TV • 2021
Commander Tysess (voice)
Undone
TV • 2019
Tunde
Star Wars Resistance
TV • 2018
Norath Kev (voice)
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Self
Amend: The Fight for America
TV • 2021
Self
Jam Van
TV • 2023
Central Park
TV • 2020
Helen (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Perry
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Rat King (voice)
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Mr. Noodle's Brother
Hobbes & Me
TV • 2014
Hobbes
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV • 2020
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
Skeletom (voice)
The Spot
TV
The Good Lord Bird
TV • 2020
Frederick Douglass
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest