Biography
Daveed Daniele Diggs is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. In 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of Hamilton, he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. He portrayed Aaron/Oh Father in the superhero series The Boys (2026).
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Awards & recognition
- Grammy Awards · 2018
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical · 2016
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical · 2015
- Theatre World Award · 2015
- Hugo Award — Best Novella · 2020 · nominated
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- Locus Award — Best Novella · 2020 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
INVINCIBLE
BoJack Horseman
The Boys
Soul
Wonder
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Green Eggs and Ham
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hamilton
Solar Opposites
Zootopia
Bob's Burgers
Undone
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Snowpiercer
Blindspotting
Trolls Band Together
Star Trek: Prodigy
Ferdinand
Growing Up Wild
DC League of Super-Pets
Amend: The Fight for America
Star Wars: Visions
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
black-ish
Sesame Street
Krapopolis
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes on You
The Starling
Blindspotting
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
The Good Lord Bird
Tour de Pharmacy
Nickel Boys
Couples Weekend
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
The Little Mermaid
Central Park
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Star Wars: Resistance
I Want Your Sex
Extrapolations
The Mayor
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
In the Blink of an Eye
The Crossover
The Jennifer Hudson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Velvet Buzzsaw