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Taye Diggs

  • Birthplace: New Jersey
  • Birthday: January 2, 1972

Described by Ebony magazine as “the black Clark Gable,” actor Taye Diggs’ range of talent placed him closer to the moniker bestowed upon him by The Los Angeles Times , which labeled him “the black Cary Grant.” Like the Hollywood legend, the New Jersey-born Diggs was both skilled and comfortable in almost any entertainment genre – from television to theater to film; from comedies to musicals to straight drama and action/thriller/fantasy, as his ABC series, “Day Break” (2006- ) would be considered. And like Grant, Diggs exuded an …more

Credits

Actor
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Cast as Dr. Sam Bennett, the Internal Medicine Specialist in the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff series, “Private Practice” (ABC)

  • 2007

    Co-starred with Ray Liotta in Slow Burn

  • 2005

    Reprised the role of Benny for the big-screen adaptation of Jonathan Larson s Tony-winning musical Rent

  • 2004

    Cast as a Lawyer who inherits his deceased cousins daughter on UPN s Kevin Hill

  • 2003

    Acted opposite John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in John McTeirnan s military detective thriller Basic

Awards

  • 1999

    Movieline Young Hollywood Award: Most Exciting New Face (Male)

  • 1995

    OBIE Award: Special Citation

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