Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs

Born: January 24, 1982
in Oakland, California, USA
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.

Movies for Daveed Diggs...

Trolls Band Together
Title: Trolls Band Together
Character: Spruce (voice)
Released: October 12, 2023
Type: Movie
When Branch's brother, Floyd, is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.
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Title: Krapopolis
Character: Carrots (voice)
Released: September 24, 2023
Type: TV
In mythical ancient Greece, a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.
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The Little Mermaid
Title: The Little Mermaid
Character: Sebastian (voice)
Released: May 18, 2023
Type: Movie
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
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Title: The Crossover
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 5, 2023
Type: TV
The coming-of-age story of basketball prodigy twins Filthy (aka Josh) and JB who learn that even though they have so much that binds them together growing up is all about discovering what makes us unique.
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Title: Extrapolations
Character: Marshall Zucker
Released: March 16, 2023
Type: TV
Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
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Title: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character: Rat King (voice)
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: TV
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.
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Title: Jam Van
Released: January 19, 2023
Type: TV
Jam Van is an animated series aimed at kids that follows the exploits of Anne and Lamb as they drive across the country and hang out with some of the biggest names in contemporary music - all of whom have a song to perform. Special guest stars include Boyz II Men, Sheryl Crow, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and many more!
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DC League of Super-Pets
Title: DC League of Super-Pets
Character: Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
Released: July 27, 2022
Type: Movie
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
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Title: Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Character: Self
Released: July 25, 2022
Type: TV
Bear Grylls is taking it up a level by teaching his celebrity guests essential survival skills that they'll have to master and then prove they can use in a high stress situation.
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Living Worlds
Title: Living Worlds
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 1, 2021
Type: Movie
What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy's newest original planetarium show, see how a deeper understanding of Earth might help us locate other living worlds, light years away.
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Title: Star Trek: Prodigy
Character: Commander Tysess (voice)
Released: October 28, 2021
Type: TV
A motley crew of young rebellious aliens commandeer an old Starfleet ship and must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered, but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.
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Title: Star Wars: Visions
Character: Crux (voice)
Released: September 22, 2021
Type: TV
This anthology of animated shorts from around the world celebrates the myth of Star Wars through unique cultural lenses.
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The Starling
Title: The Starling
Character: Ben
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
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Title: Invincible
Character: Theo / Council Member #2 (voice)
Released: March 25, 2021
Type: TV
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.
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Title: Amend: The Fight for America
Released: February 17, 2021
Type: TV
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.
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clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic
Title: clipping. live for no audience during a global pandemic
Character: Himself
Released: January 27, 2021
Type: Movie
In this pandemic-era concert film, clipping. (aka Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes) perform a collection of their greatest hits, as well as numerous tracks off their acclaimed 2020 album, Visions of Bodies Being Burned. Due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, this concert was performed for no audience at Coaxial Arts in Los Angeles, California.
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Soul
Title: Soul
Character: Paul (voice)
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
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Title: The Good Lord Bird
Character: Frederick Douglass
Released: October 4, 2020
Type: TV
Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
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Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Title: Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
An intimate discussion about the groundbreaking musical that has become a global phenomenon featuring Hamilton's creator, its director, and cast members of the original Broadway production. A Harvard Historian also shares insight on the historical relevance and accuracy of the production.
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Hamilton
Title: Hamilton
Character: Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
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The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Title: The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Hamilton In-Depth is a roundtable discussion with Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones and director Thomas Kail. Hosted by The Undefeated’s Kelley Carter, this special was done in promotion of Hamilton.
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Title: Central Park
Character: Helen (voice)
Released: May 29, 2020
Type: TV
An animated musical comedy about the Tillermans, a family that lives in a castle in Central Park. Owen, the park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their kids Molly and Cole in the world’s most famous park, while fending off a hotel heiress, Bitsy Brandenham, who would love nothing more than to turn the park into condos.
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Title: Snowpiercer
Character: Andre Layton
Released: May 17, 2020
Type: TV
More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
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Deathbomb Showcase: Global
Title: Deathbomb Showcase: Global
Character: self
Released: April 22, 2020
Type: Movie
A concert film organized by the Deathbomb Arc label during the lockdowns featuring: Miguel Mendez, SHADI, OHYUNG, The Holy Circle, J Fisher, Dis Fantasy, George Chen, Chaki, Rhys Langston, Books on Tape, Slowcoach, Cooling Prongs, O.L.I.V.I.A., SARN, clipping. + Christopher Fleeger, Scott Thiessen, White Boy Scream, Lauren Bousfield, Dos Monos, and Jonathan Snipes
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Title: Some Good News
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 2020
Type: TV
John Krasinski highlights some good news from around the world.
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Title: Green Eggs and Ham
Character: Mouse (voice)
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: TV
Guy-Am-I, an inventor, and his friend Sam-I-Am go on a cross-country trip that would test the limits of their friendship. As they learn to try new things, they find out what adventure brings.
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Title: Undone
Character: Tunde
Released: September 12, 2019
Type: TV
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Velvet Buzzsaw
Title: Velvet Buzzsaw
Character: Damrish
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
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Title: Star Wars Resistance
Character: Norath Kev (voice)
Released: October 7, 2018
Type: TV
Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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Do or Die
Title: Do or Die
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
The 1977-78 NBA scoring title came down to the final day of the season. Heading into their last games, San Antonio's silky-smooth forward George Gervin was averaging 26.8 points per game. High-flying Denver showman David Thompson was at 26.6. Thompson had the greatest game of his career, shattering Wilt Chamberlain's record for most points in a quarter. When Gervin took the court later in the day, he knew that he had to respond with a masterpiece of his own—or else risk losing the crown.
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Blindspotting
Title: Blindspotting
Character: Collin
Released: July 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
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x Infinity
Title: x Infinity
Released: March 2, 2018
Type: Movie
Visual album that consists of all the videos for the 18 track album, x Infinity, by spoken word artist, rapper, and author George Watsky.
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Ferdinand
Title: Ferdinand
Character: Dos (voice)
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
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Wonder
Title: Wonder
Character: Mr. Browne
Released: November 13, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Title: The Mayor
Character: Mac Etcetera
Released: October 3, 2017
Type: TV
A struggling hip-hop artist runs for mayor to promote his mix-tape and wins.
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Tour de Pharmacy
Title: Tour de Pharmacy
Character: Slim Robinson
Released: July 8, 2017
Type: Movie
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
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Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Title: Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Released: May 9, 2017
Type: Movie
It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create the biggest show in America…and are getting ready to conquer the world. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.
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Growing Up Wild
Title: Growing Up Wild
Character: Narrator
Released: December 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Life is an adventure - especially for a newborn animal who has so much to learn. "Growing Up Wild" takes audiences to the wildest corners of the planet to tell the tales of five courageous animals as they tackle the very first challenges of their young lives. With a little guidance from sage family members, each must figure out how and where to find food, while learning to recognize the very real threat of danger. From their first steps of exploring their world to their final steps into independence, "Growing Up Wild" reveals the triumphs and setbacks of five young lives in which instinct, parental lessons, and trial & error ultimately define their destinies. Featuring the stunning imagery and iconic storytelling that makes Disneynature's big-screen adventures an inspiring movie-going experience, "Growing Up Wild", brings home a special look at how similar and different these young lives can be. - Written by (C) 2016 Disney Enterprises
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Hamilton's America
Title: Hamilton's America
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into ground-breaking musical theater.
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Title: Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2015
Type: TV
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
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Title: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Character: Perry
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: TV
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
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live
Title: live
Character: self (voice)
Released: November 4, 2014
Type: Movie
A short, staged multimedia performance film for the hip hop act True Neutral Crew
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Title: black-ish
Character: Johan Johnson
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: TV
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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Title: BoJack Horseman
Character: Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace Sr. (voice)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: TV
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
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Title: Hobbes & Me
Character: Hobbes
Released: March 10, 2014
Type: TV
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal recreate their favorite Calvin and Hobbes moments.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Yoga Boner
Title: Yoga Boner
Character: Daveed
Released: October 19, 2012
Type: Movie
When Jelly Donut & Daveed Diggs are the only dudes in a class of beautiful yoga girls, they rise to the occasion.
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Title: Bob's Burgers
Character: Jesse (voice)
Released: January 9, 2011
Type: TV
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.
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Title: Bob's Burgers
Character: Douglas (voice)
Released: January 9, 2011
Type: TV
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.
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Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent
Title: Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall of Sexual Detergent
Character: Neil Davis
Released: October 17, 2010
Type: Movie
The band, Sexual Detergent, has been through a lot of ups and downs in its rise to the top of rock stardom, but their lowest point was when Neil Davis, its former front man, almost destroyed the dream. This episode of 'Rock Hard: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Sexual Detergent,' delves into what really happened, including exclusive interviews with Neil Davis, and the people who witnessed these tragic events firsthand.
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Title: NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 2008
Type: TV
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Louis Henderson
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: The View
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: Sesame Street
Character: Mr. Noodle's Brother
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: TV
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
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First Sight
Title: First Sight
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A sci-fi romantic comedy about falling asleep to find the person of your dreams.
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Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Title: Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Illustrates and explains how the 2018 film Blindspotting was created. Features interviews with all involved in the film.
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In the Blink of an Eye
Title: In the Blink of an Eye
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An epic sci-fi drama exploring the history of the world and the nature of life, love, hope, and connection, doing so by focusing on three intersecting storylines.