Musical theatre performer (rapper/singer, bass-baritone range)
A virtuosic actor, rapper, and songwriter who originated the dual roles of Lafayette and Jefferson in Hamilton, becoming a defining voice of contemporary musical theatre through his genre-defying performances across stage, screen, and hip-hop.
Defining moments and milestones
Daveed Diggs burst onto Broadway in 2015 as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton, a dual role that showcased his virtuosic ability to blend rapid-fire rap with dramatic nuance and won him the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Since that career-defining moment, he has resisted typecasting, building a multidisciplinary practice as a screenwriter and producer (Blindspotting), television actor (Snowpiercer), voice performer (Soul, The Little Mermaid), and committed hip-hop artist with the experimental group Clipping, establishing himself as one of contemporary theatre's most intellectually restless and creatively ambitious performers.
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for originating the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton (2016)
Berkeley High School; Brown University (BA, Theatre Arts, 2004); Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Brown University (2017)
Recordings featuring Daveed Diggs in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.