Taye Diggs is a well-known American actor and singer best known for his roles in the Broadway musical Hedwig and Angry Inch and Rent, the television series Private Practice and films like Brown Sugar, The Best Man Holiday and many others.
Taye Diggs Wiki
Full Name/Real Name: Scott Leo “Taye” Diggs
Age: 49 years
Birth Date: January 2, 1971
Birth Place: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 83 kg
Nationality: American
Spouse: Idina Menzel (m. 2003–2014)
Children: Walker Nathaniel Diggs
Dating: N/A
Profession: Actor and singer
Net Worth in 2020: $20 million
Early life and biography
Taye Diggs was born January 2, 1971, in Newark, New Jersey, to parents Andre Young and Marcia (née Berry). His father is a visual artist, and his mother is a primary school teacher. He grew up in Rochester, New York, where his mother married Jeffries Diggs, whose surname he took.
Diggs has four brothers, including two brothers Gabriel and Michael, and two sisters Christian and Shalom. He went to Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, to complete his studies. Diggs then attended Syracuse University, where he obtained a BFA in musical theatre.
Taye Diggs Age, height, weight and body measurements
Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971, and is 49 years old, and his height is 1.78 m. and weighs 83 kg.
Personal Life
In January 2003, Diggs married his co-star of Broadway musical Rent, Idina Menzel. Together, they had a son, Nathaniel Diggs, born September 2, 2009. The couple divorced in 2014.
Career, awards, and nominations
Taye Diggs began her acting career in 1996 when he played the nasty landlord, Benny, in the award-winning musical “Rent”. That same year, he appeared as Mr. Black in the Broadway musical “The Wild Party”. He also starred as The Bandleader in the 2002 film version of Broadway.
Diggs then went on TV with a role on the TV show “Leading Light”. He made his film debut in the 1998 film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, which won him many accolades and exhibitions. The following year, Diggs played an AWOL boyfriend in the comedy film “The Wood” and a sexy Tantric god in the crime comedy film “Go”.
In 2003, Diggs was seen on the television show “Punk’d” in which Ashton Kutcher cheated on him. With Kate Walsh, he acted in the medical drama series “Private Practice”. Diggs has won several awards during his glorious career, including the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000), the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2003), the Guild of Film Actors Awards (2003), the NAACP Image Awards (2009) and the Acapulco Black Film Festival. (2013) and much more.
Taye Diggs’ Net worth
As of 2020, Taye Diggs’s net worth is estimated at $20 million. His enormous wealth is as a result of his successful career as a television and film actor.
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