Daveed Diggs

Actor • Rapper • Singer • Songwriter

Birth Date: January 24, 1982

Age: 43 years old

Birth Place: Oakland, California

Awards

Actor and rapper Daveed Diggs grew up in the Northern California city of Oakland. The son of a Jewish mother and an African-American father, Diggs described himself as an awkward adolescent. Diggs graduated from Brown University in 2004 and went on to work in experimental hip-hop circles. In 2015, Diggs made his Broadway debut in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical "Hamilton." Diggs was the originator of the role of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette. The show was based on Ron Chernow's 2004 biography of Hamilton and made its Off-Broadway debut in February 2015 before moving to Broadway and selling out shows at an unprecedented rate.

Prior to being cast in "Hamilton," Diggs was living off $100 a week in unemployment benefits and couch surfing, sometimes riding the subway all night when he had no place to stay. In June 2016, he won the Best Featured Actor in a Musical Tony Award for his roles in "Hamilton." Beginning in the fall of 2016 he appeared in Baz Luhrmann's "The Get Down," and joined the cast of the ABC sitcom "Black-ish" in a recurring role as Johan, Rainbow's poetry-reading, Francophile little brother.

Daveed Diggs

Actor • Rapper • Singer • Songwriter

Birth Date: January 24, 1982

Age: 43 years old

Birth Place: Oakland, California

Awards

Credits

The Class

AMC+ on Stage at San Diego Comic-Con

Snowpiercer at SDCC

Nickel BoysStream

KrapopolisStream

The Little Mermaid: Extras

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

The CrossoverStream

The CrossoverStream

ExtrapolationsStream

The Little MermaidStream

Trolls Band TogetherStream

Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The ChallengeStream

DC League of Super-PetsStream

Star Wars: VisionsStream

CBS Mornings

We the PeopleStream

BlindspottingStream

BlindspottingStream

27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

The StarlingStream

The Good Lord BirdStream

TWDU Extra

Central ParkStream

SnowpiercerStream

Solar OppositesStream

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Holidays Unwrapped: A Disney Channel Music Event: Extras

Daveed Diggs: Puppy For Hanukkah

SoulStream

HamiltonStream

Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving

mixed-ishStream

UndoneStream

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Elvis Goes There

Velvet Buzzsaw

Today 3rd Hour

Star Wars ResistanceStream

BlindspottingStream

BlindspottingStream

BlindspottingStream

The MayorStream

The MayorStream

Daily Blast Live

Tour de PharmacyStream

Live with Kelly and Ryan

WonderStream

FerdinandStream

The Get DownStream

The 70th Annual Tony Awards

Growing Up Wild

The Daily Show with Trevor NoahStream

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

The Late Late Show With James Corden

The Nightly Show With Larry WilmoreStream

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Black-ishStream

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

LIVE with Kelly

Bob's BurgersStream

ConanStream

Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda

Entertainment Tonight Canada

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream

The View

Charlie RoseStream

Good Morning America

Today

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