Biography
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born 24 January 1982) is an American actor, rapper and singer. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip-hop group clipping. and graduated from Brown University in 2004 with a degree in theatre arts.
In 2015 he originated the roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, winning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award for the cast album. Diggs voiced Sebastian in the 2023 live-action film The Little Mermaid and Spruce in Trolls Band Together (2023). He co-wrote, produced and starred in the 2018 film Blindspotting.
