Taye Diggs
{{Short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Taye Diggs
| image = Taye Diggs (21783).jpg
| caption = Diggs in 2018
| birth_name = Scott Leo Berry[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/how-taye-diggs-is-transforming-the-role-of-hedwig.html?_r=0 Hannaham, James (2015) "How Taye is Transforming the Role of Hedwig." New York Times July 21, 2015.] Retrieved March 26, 2017.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|2}}
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
| alma_mater = Syracuse University (BFA)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1994–present
| other_names =
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Idina Menzel|2003|2014|reason=divorced}}}}
| | children = 1
| relatives = Misty Copeland (cousin-in-law)
}}
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs (né Berry; born January 2, 1971){{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=United Press International|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live|quote= actor Taye Diggs in 1970 (age 52)}} is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice (2007–2013), Murder in the First (2014–2016), and All American (2018–2023), and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Brown Sugar, Chicago (both 2002), Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011), and The Best Man (1999) and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013).
Early life
Diggs was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester, New York.{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/privatepractice/index?pn=bio&t=character&d=25009#t=actor&d=25013|title=ABC TV Shows, Specials & Movies - ABC.com|work=ABC|access-date=November 4, 2014}} His mother, Marcia (née Berry), was a teacher and actress, and his father, Andre Young, was a visual artist. When he was a child, his mother married Jeffries Diggs, whose surname Taye took.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/how-taye-diggs-is-transforming-the-role-of-hedwig.html|title=How Taye Diggs Is Transforming the Role of Hedwig|first=James|last=Hannaham|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2015}} His nickname, Taye, comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as "Scottay".[http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diggstown---An-afternoon-with-rising-star-Taye-Diggs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524042505/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diggstown---An-afternoon-with-rising-star-Taye-Diggs|date=May 24, 2008}} He is the oldest of five children.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20134399,00.html|title=Taye Digs: Actor|publisher=People|access-date=November 4, 2014}} He has two brothers, Gabriel and Michael, and two sisters, Christian and Shalom. He attended Allendale Columbia School in Rochester and later transferred to School of the Arts.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Justin |title=Taye Diggs surprises School of the Arts teachers, reveals more than $75,000 for classroom supplies |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/education/2021/07/14/taye-diggs-school-of-the-arts-teachers-rochester-donation/7950004002/ |access-date=July 17, 2021 |work=The Democrat and Chronicle |date=July 14, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/local/communities/2015/05/18/rochester-famous-quotes-quiz-answers/27514191/|title=Quiz answers explained: Who said it?|website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|language=en|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Herbert |first1=Geoff |title=SU alum Taye Diggs surprises Rochester school with $82,500 donation |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2021/07/su-alum-taye-diggs-surprises-rochester-school-with-82500-donation.html |access-date=July 17, 2021 |work=The Post-Standard |date=July 15, 2021 |language=en}} He received a BFA in musical theater in 1993 from Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts.{{cite journal |last1=Costello |first1=Margaret |title=Syracuse Portraits: Heartthrob of the Hill - Scott "Taye" Diggs '93 |journal=Syracuse University Magazine |date=Winter 2004 |volume=21 |issue=4 |page=18 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol21/iss4/6/ |access-date=July 17, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Enslin |first1=Rob |title=Actor-singer Taye Diggs '93 Returns to Campus for Coming Back Together Book Signing |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2017/09/12/actor-singer-taye-diggs-93-returns-to-campus-for-coming-back-together-book-signing/ |access-date=July 17, 2021 |work=SU News |date=September 12, 2017}}
Diggs performed many times at the popular Lakes Region Summer Theatre in Meredith, New Hampshire. He also spent the summer of 1992 at the New London Barn Playhouse in New London, New Hampshire.{{cite web |url=https://www.nlbarn.org/alumni |title=Alumni |website=nlbarn.org |access-date=December 7, 2020}} His Broadway debut was in the ensemble cast of the 1994 Tony Award-winning revival of the musical Carousel. In 1995, he also performed as a dancer in Sebastian's Caribbean Carnival at Tokyo Disneyland.
Career
In 1996, Diggs originated the role of the landlord Benny in Jonathan Larson's Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent, which also starred his future wife, Idina Menzel. After Rent, he appeared as Mr. Black opposite Menzel's character of Kate in Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway production of The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club. Diggs also played The Bandleader in the 2002 film version of the Broadway revival of Chicago and filled in as Billy Flynn on Broadway.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=73847|title=Taye Diggs - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information|author=The Broadway League|publisher=IBDb.com|access-date=November 4, 2014}} He also temporarily filled in for Norbert Leo Butz (an original Rent standby) as the love interest Fiyero of Menzel's Elphaba character in Wicked.
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, which brought Diggs much acclaim and exposure. The following year, he played a tantric sex god in Doug Liman's Go, and AWOL groom in the coming-of-age drama The Wood alongside Omar Epps. Malcolm D. Lee's The Best Man features Diggs as the title character, an author and best friend of the groom (portrayed by Morris Chestnut).
He also starred in the 1999 remake of William Castle's House on Haunted Hill. Diggs was featured in an episode of America's Next Top Model helping the contestants through an acting challenge. Another notable role of his was on the comedy-drama Ally McBeal as a lawyer named Jackson Duper who was the love interest of the character Renee Raddick and the possible love interest of the Ling Woo character.
Diggs portrayed the title character on the short-lived UPN television series Kevin Hill which despite critical acclaim was not renewed for a second season. He reprised the role of Benny for the 2005 Rent film. Diggs is featured on the following cast recordings: Carousel 1994 revival cast; Rent 1996 original Broadway cast; The Wild Party original off-Broadway cast. He also sings on the Rent film soundtrack. In 2002, he reprised his role as the Bandleader in the film adaptation of Chicago, and also played opposite Christian Bale as Bale's partner/antagonist Brandt in the dystopian sci-fi thriller Equilibrium.
In 2003, Diggs appeared on the TV show Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher, while getting a check-up at a Punk'd-operated doctor's office. In early 2006, Diggs guest-starred for several episodes as Will Truman's love interest, James, on the eighth season of Will & Grace. In May, ABC picked up his pilot, Day Break, in which he portrayed a detective trapped in the same day and forced to relive it to clear his name of murder; the show debuted in mid-November 2006, but was abruptly canceled due to poor ratings. Although his film and television career continue to move forward, he still returns to the stage frequently. He was seen opposite James McDaniel in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play at Second Stage Theatre in New York.
Diggs co-starred as Sam Bennett opposite Kate Walsh in Private Practice, the spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, which ran for six seasons from 2007 until 2013.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/tv_nm/taye_dc_1] {{dead link|date=November 2014}} Diggs had a guest role on The West Wing as a Secret Service agent in charge of the security detail for the President's daughter. He then guest-starred on Grey's Anatomy again in a Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice crossover event. Diggs had a major role in the live action adaptation of the comic Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011).{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/20154/dead-of-night-adaptation-reclaims-dylan-dog/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615230902/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20154|url-status=dead|title='Dead of Night' Adaptation Reclaims 'Dylan Dog'|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 11, 2010|archivedate=June 15, 2010}} He also narrated the ESPN Films documentary The Fab Five about University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. Diggs is one of the stars of the independent film drama Between Us that won the grand jury prize at the 2012 Bahamas International Film Festival among its other festival appearances.{{cite news |title= Interview of the BIFF Winner: Dan Mirvish |website=Filmfestivals.com |url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/video/interview_of_the_biff_winner_dan_mirvish_between_us |access-date=February 19, 2013}}
From 2014 until 2016, Diggs starred in the TNT serial crime drama Murder in the First with Kathleen Robertson.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/steven-bochco-murder-in-the-first-1200651603/|title=TNT Slices Into Steven Bochco's 'Murder in the First'|work=Variety|access-date=November 4, 2014}} The show ran for three seasons. Diggs is the author of four children's books, Mixed Me! (2015), Chocolate Me (2015), I Love You More Than... (2018), and My Friend! (2021), all illustrated by Shane Evans (artist).{{cite web |last1=Ziegler |first1=Laura |title=Kansas City Artist Shane Evans, Co-Author Taye Diggs Demystify Mixed-Race Families In New Book |url=https://www.kcur.org/post/kansas-city-artist-shane-evans-co-author-taye-diggs-demystify-mixed-race-families-new-book#stream/0 |website=KCUR |access-date=February 7, 2020}} Diggs performed the role of the titular character Hedwig in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Belasco Theatre from July 22, 2015, until the production's closing on September 13, 2015. In 2017, Diggs appeared in the films 'Til Death Do Us Part and My Little Pony: The Movie, where he voices Capper the cat.
Diggs has twice appeared on Paramount Network's reality competition series Lip Sync Battle and is the show's only two-time winner. In a third-season episode against Ne-Yo, Diggs sang his competitor's song "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" and then performed as Madonna for round two's performance of "Vogue". In his next appearance, the fourth season's Christina Aguilera tribute episode, he competed against Erika Jayne, performing "Beautiful" and "Candyman".
Diggs hosted the game show Hypnotize Me with hypnotist Keith Barry, based on Barry's British program You're Back in the Room. Hypnotize Me was originally shot for broadcast on FOX in 2016, but never aired on the network. The eight-episode series was eventually broadcast on The CW, in the summer of 2019.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/taye-diggs-host-youre-back-in-the-room-hypnotherapy-game-show-fox-1201732363/|title=Taye Diggs To Host 'You're Back in the Room' Hypnosis Game Show on Fox|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=April 5, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Hypnotize Me |url=https://cwtvpr.com/the-cw/shows/hypnotize-me/about |website=The CW Press |access-date=August 7, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Powlett |first1=Mark |title=Is Hypnotize Me a Fake? |url=https://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_156574/is-hypnotize-me-a-fake.html |website=markpowlett.co.uk |access-date=August 7, 2019 |date=July 28, 2016}} Diggs starred in the horror film Incarnation alongside Jessica Uberuaga and Michael Madsen, the film was released in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2022-01-12 |title=Cinedigm Acquires Horror Pic 'Incarnation' Starring Taye Diggs, Jessica Uberuaga & Michael Madsen |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/cinedigm-acquires-horror-pic-incarnation-starring-taye-diggs-1234908583/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In 2023, Diggs co-starred alongside Apryl Jones in the Peacock streaming film The Comeback.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Taye Diggs And Apryl Jones Unite In 'The Comeback' |url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/taye-diggs-apryl-jones-the-comeback-movie-peacock/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Essence |language=en-US}} Diggs also starred in BET+ films two part series in 2023 Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy , with part one releasing on September 21 and the second part releasing on September 28.{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2023-09-12 |title=BET+ Sets Fall Premiere Dates Including 'Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy' and 'First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/bet-plus-fall-premeres-taye-diggs-love-and-murder-1235720560/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Taye Diggs Plays a Businessman Who Loves Pleasure in 'Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy' Trailer (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/taye-diggs-love-and-murder-atlanta-playboy-trailer-exclusive-7970055 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} Diggs starred and was executive producer alongside Meagan Good in Terry McMillan Presents: Forever which premiered on Lifetime on August 24, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=2024-07-22 |title=Taye Diggs & Meagan Good To Lead & EP Lifetime's 'Terry McMillan Presents: Forever' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/taye-diggs-meagan-good-cast-lifetime-terry-mcmillan-presents-forever-1236017743/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Diggs' net worth is estimated to be around $16 million.{{Cite web |last=Jhon |first=Peter |date=2023-11-25 |title=Taye Diggs Net Worth: the Wealth Behind the Versatile Star |url=https://networthguy.com/2023/11/25/taye-diggs-net-worth-the-wealth-behind-the-versatile-star/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=networthguy |language=en-US}}
In 2025, Taye Diggs starred in the Lifetime short film I'll Be Home for Margarita Day with Maria Menounos which was presented by Chili's.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/02/21/national-margarita-day-2025-deals-saturday/78522344007/|title=National Margarita Day 2025: Deals at Chili's, Chuy's, Hooters and more|website=USA Today|first=Mike|last=Snider|date=February 21, 2025|access-date=February 23, 2025}}
Personal life
Diggs is the co-artistic director of a dance company, Dre.dance, with fellow Broadway veteran and School of the Arts alumnus Andrew Palermo.{{cite news|author=Sulcas, Roslyn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/dance/13dre.html |title=Party Guests With Jazzy Moves and Political Leanings|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 12, 2008|access-date=November 4, 2014}}
Diggs married his Rent co-star, actress Idina Menzel, on January 11, 2003. Their son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, was born on September 2, 2009. In 2013, the couple separated after ten years of marriage.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/taye-diggs-and-idina-menzel-separate/ |title=Taye Diggs & Idina Menzel Split |last=Nudd |first=Tim |work=People |access-date=December 11, 2013 |date=December 11, 2013}} Their divorce was finalized on December 3, 2014.{{cite web |url = https://www.tmz.com/2015/01/03/taye-diggs-idina-menzel-divorce-finalized/|title = Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel: Divorce Finalized|work = TMZ|access-date = January 3, 2015|date = January 3, 2015}}
In 2014, Diggs began a relationship with real estate agent Amanza Smith. They split in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/home/selling-sunsets-amanza-smith-opens-up-about-her-famous-exes-including-taye-diggs-jc-chasez/|title = Selling Sunset's Amanza Smith Opens Up About Her Famous Exes, Including Taye Diggs & JC Chasez}}
From 2021 to 2023, Diggs was in a relationship with Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Apryl Jones, who is the mother of singer Omarion's children.{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/d5dc2p/taye-diggs-professes-his-love-and-gratitude-for-apryl-jones|title=Taye Diggs Counts His Blessings, Including The Love He Receives From Apryl Jones!|website=BET|date=August 30, 2022|last=Blake|first=Joce|access-date=November 26, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/taye-diggs-and-apryl-jones-relationship-timeline/|title=Actor Taye Diggs and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood's Apryl Jones' Relationship Timeline|work=Us Weekly|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=February 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/taye-diggs-single/|title=Taye Diggs Confirms He's Single Again: 'I've Been On A Couple Dates'|website=Essence|date=August 27, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| Stephon | Episode: "No Greater Love" | |||
| Law & Order
| Sky Bell | Episode: "Good Girl" | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| Adrian "Sugar" Hill | Unknown episodes | |||
| 101 Dalmatians: The Series
| Dre (voice) | Episode: "He Followed Me Home" | |||
| 2001
| Jackson Duper | 10 episodes | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| Punk'd | rowspan="2"| Himself | Episode: "2.5" | |||
| Ed
| Episode: "Captain Lucidity" | |||
| The West Wing
| Secret Service Agent Wesley Davis | 2 episodes | |||
| 2004
| Himself | Episode: "The Girls Meet Taye Diggs" | |||
| 2004–2005
| Kevin Hill | 22 episodes and also producer | |||
| 2006
| James | 4 episodes | |||
| 2006–2007
| Detective Brett Hopper | 13 episodes and also producer | |||
| 2007–2009
| rowspan="2" | Dr. Sam Bennett | 3 episodes | |||
| 2007–2013
| 111 episodes | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Black Panther (voice) | Episode: "Tremble at the Might of M.O.D.O.K.!" | |||
| Better Off Ted
| Greg | Episode: "Love Blurts" | |||
| 2010
| Historical Panther #2 (voice) | |||
| 2010, 2014
| Himself | 2 episodes | |||
| 2013
| New Girl | Artie | Episode: "Coach" | |||
| 2014–2016
| Inspector Terrance English | 32 episodes | |||
| 2014
| Dean Levine-Wilkins | 3 episodes | |||
| 2015
| Himself | Episode: "#1.8" | |||
| 2015–2017
| Declan (voice) | |||
| 2015–2016
| Rosewood | Mike Boyce | |||
| 2016
| NCIS | USMC Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Davis | Episode: "Scope" | |||
| 2016–2017
| Empire | Councilman Angelo DuBois | 23 episodes | |||
| 2017, 2018
| Himself | 2 episodes | |||
| 2018–2024
| Head Coach Billy Baker | Main cast | |||
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| rowspan="3" | Himself | |||
| Selling Sunset
| Episode: "(Real) Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"{{Cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80223108|title=Selling Sunset {{!}} Netflix Official Site|website=www.netflix.com|access-date=April 23, 2019}} | |||
| Hypnotize Me
| 8 episodes | |||
| Elena of Avalor
| Sanza (voice) | Episode: "Flower of Light" | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| rowspan="3" | Himself | Episode: "Taye Diggs" | |||
| Muppets Now
| 6 episodes | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Episode: "Taye Diggs and Demi Burnett" | |||
| Ada Twist, Scientist
| Mr. Twist (voice) | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Harper Stewart | |||
| Back in the Groove
| Himself | Host | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| S.W.A.T. | Danny | Episode: "All That Glitters" | |||
| Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
| Lance Herndon | 2 episodes | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| Alert: Missing Persons Unit | Himself | Episode: "Federal Prisoner #07198F-068P" | |||
| Ariel
| King Triton (voice) | Main role{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2023-08-18 |title=Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Revival Leads Disney Junior Slate; Taye Diggs To Voice King Triton With Amber Riley As Ursula In Ariel Animated Series |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/mickey-mouse-clubhouse-revival-disney-junior-slate-ariel-animated-series-1235522073/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} | |||
| Johniee | Also executive producer | |||
| 2025
| Robogobo | Pupsicle (voice) | 3 episodes | |||
| 2025
| I'll Be Home for Margarita Day | Sam | Television short |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist(s) ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| 1995
| "Temptations" | 2pac | style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-24-ca-49355-story.html | title=2Pac's Pals Turn Out for Tupac-Less Video | work=Los Angeles Times | date=September 24, 1995 | access-date=June 29, 2014 | author=Hochman, Steve}} |
| 2002
| "Boys" | Britney Spears featuring Pharrell Williams | |
| 2014
| "Imagine" {{small|(UNICEF: World version)}} | Various | style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web|last=Rowles|first=Dustin|date=November 21, 2014|title='Imagine' Gets the Star-Studded 'We Are The World' Treatment for UNICEF|url=https://www.pajiba.com/videos/imagine-gets-the-starstudded-we-are-the-world-treatment-for-unicef.php|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Pajiba}} |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1994
|Policeman / Cyrus Hamlin u/s Jigger Craigin |Broadway |
| 1996
|rowspan=2|Rent |rowspan=2|Benjamin Coffin III |Off-Broadway |
| 1996-1997
|Broadway |
| 2000
|Mr. Black |Off-Broadway |
| 2002
|rowspan=2|Broadway |
| 2003–2004 |
| 2005
|Captain Richard Davenport |Off-Broadway |
| 2015
|Hedwig Robinson |Broadway |
| 2018 |
| 2025
| The Duke of Monroth |
Awards and nominations
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In popular culture
- In 2012, in the "Dr. Klaustus" episode of the animated series American Dad!, the character Roger sees a picture of Diggs in a magazine and comments that he is "still perfect". He refers to Diggs as "my constant, my ebony north star".
- On the NBC series Parks and Recreation, Diggs is often referenced by character Tom Haverford, who likens himself to Diggs. He also fantasizes about co-owning a burlesque nightclub with Diggs and two of the Pussycat Dolls.
- On the NBC series 30 Rock, Diggs is referenced as a male-excellence example by Jack Donaghy: "If I were dating a man he would be at the top of my list, with Michael Jordan, Denzel Washington."
- On the ABC/TBS television series Cougar Town, the character Laurie Keller is shown to have a crush on Diggs. She describes his smile as one that "lights up the world" and has numerous pictures of him in her apartment.
- Season 4 episode 10 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: the only people who follow Fran's girlfriend Monica on Twitter are her mother "and, of course, Taye Diggs".
References
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External links
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- [http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/taye-diggs Taye Diggs interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703222415/http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/taye-diggs |date=July 3, 2010 }}
- [https://networthguy.com/2023/11/25/taye-diggs-net-worth-the-wealth-behind-the-versatile-star/ Taye Diggs Net Worth] at the [https://networthguy.com/ Networthguy]
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