Taye Diggs

Age: 55

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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 Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch; the TV series Private Practice (2007-2013), Murder in the First (2014-2016), and All American (2018-2024); and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), The Wood, The Best Man (both 1999), Brown Sugar, Chicago (both 2002), Malibu's Most Wanted, Basic (both 2003), The Best Man (1999) and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013), and Baggage Claim (2013). He 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. He starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill, and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break.

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Taye Diggs

Dorothy’s father

for Dorothy’s father in The Wiz

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The Wiz

A remake of the 1978 The wiz. A young woman going to college with no plans. She lives in Atlanta with her aunt and uncle and dog. Her Aunt Em wants her just figure out her path before she goes off into the world. A bit shy and timid, but strong. After visiting her old apartment where she grew up with her parents before the accident She and her dog Toto are swept into a blizzard to in an Atlanta, alternate universe called Oz. Dorothy journeys through Oz to get back home and along the way finds her brain, heart, and courage.

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