Daveed Diggs

Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Daveed Diggs is widely known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway sensation Hamilton. Diggs can be seen starring in Pixar’s Soul on Disney+ as well as Season 2 of his hit TNT series Snowpiercer, which premiered on January 25, 2021. The first season premiered in May 2020 as the #1 new cable entertainment program of 2020. This past fall, Diggs starred in Showtime’s limited series The Good Lord Bird opposite Ethan Hawke. This past summer, Diggs starred in Disney+’s Hamilton, which was released on July 3, 2020. He also lent his voice to Apple TV+’s new animated musical sitcom, Central Park, where he starred opposite Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci, Leslie Odom Jr., and Kathryn Hahn. In 2018, Diggs co-wrote, produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed Lionsgate feature, Blindspotting. Following the film’s success, Starz ordered a television series spinoff starring Jasmine Cephas Jones. Diggs will serve as co-executive producer and writer of the series. Diggs is a member of the West Coast-based experimental hip-hop trio “clipping,” which released its fifth album entitled Visions of Bodies Being Burned on October 23, 2020.