{"id":7942,"count":1,"description":"Taye Diggs (born Scott Leo Diggs, Taye comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as \"Scottay\") is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the\u00a0Broadway\u00a0musicals\u00a0Rent\u00a0and\u00a0Hedwig and the Angry Inch; the TV series\u00a0Private Practice\u00a0(2007-2013),\u00a0Murder in the First\u00a0(2014-2016), and\u00a0All American (2018-2024); and the films\u00a0How Stella Got Her Groove Back\u00a0(1998),\u00a0The Wood, The Best Man (both 1999), Brown Sugar,\u00a0Chicago\u00a0(both 2002),\u00a0Malibu's Most Wanted, Basic\u00a0(both 2003), The Best Man\u00a0(1999) and its sequel,\u00a0The Best Man Holiday\u00a0(2013), and Baggage Claim (2013).\n\nHe had a recurring role as Jackson Duper on Ally McBeal, Dean Levine-Wilkins on The Good Wife, Mike Boyce on Rosewood starring real life friend Morris Chestnut, and Councilman Angelo DuBois on Empire.\n\nHe starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill, and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break.","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/actor\/taye-diggs\/","name":"Taye Diggs","slug":"taye-diggs","taxonomy":"actor","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor\/7942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/actor"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie?actor=7942"},{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?actor=7942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}