Daveed Diggs Biography

Daveed Diggs is an American actor rapper and singer. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip-hop group ‘clipping.’ and in 2015 originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton for which he won both a Grammy Award and Tony Award. Since leaving Hamilton in 2016 he has had a recurring role on the television series Black-ish and co-starred in the film Wonder.
Diggs performed in a lot of experimental theater early on most notably when he was on the national tour for Marc Bamuthi Joseph's choreopoem Word Becomes Flesh about a nine-month pregnancy through the eyes of a young single father. Aside from his experimental work he frequently performed in regional Shakespeare productions.
Lin-Manuel Miranda later invited Diggs to read and hear early versions of Hamilton. Diggs was impressed by Miranda's demos and obvious passion for the project and saw that the concept was a perceptive use of the rap-musical medium. He became part of the musical and played the roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette off-Broadway in 2015 continuing with the roles when the show was moved to Broadway later in the year. For his performance Diggs won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as well as a 2016 Grammy Award for the cast album.

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