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Taye Diggs Family, Instagram, Movies And TV Shows, Net Worth

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Lily Fisher

Published Feb 10, 2026

Scott Leo “Taye” Diggs is an American 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-), and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Brown Sugar (2002), and The Best Man (1999) and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013).

Diggs has twice appeared on Paramount Network’s reality competition series Lip Sync Battle and is the show’s only two-time winner. In a third season episode against Ne-Yo, Diggs sang his competitor’s song “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” and then performed as Madonna for round two’s performance of “Vogue”.

Diggs hosted the game show Hypnotize Me with hypnotist Keith Barry, based on Barry’s British program You’re Back in the Room. Hypnotize Me was originally shot for broadcast on FOX in 2016, but never aired on the network. The eight-episode series was eventually broadcast on The CW, in the summer of 2019.

Taye Diggs Family

His mother, Marcia (née Berry), was a teacher and actress, and his father, Andre Young, is a visual artist. When he was a child, his mother married Jeffries Diggs, whose surname Taye took.

His nickname, Taye, comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as “Scottay”. He is the oldest of five children. He has two brothers, Gabriel and Michael, and two sisters, Christian and Shalom.

Taye Diggs Instagram

@tayediggsinsta

Taye Diggs Movies And TV Shows

Baggage Claim picture
Baggage Claim (2013)
The Best Man Holiday picture
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
The Best Man picture
The Best Man (1999)
Chicago picture
Chicago (2002)
Day Break picture
Day Break (2006 TV show)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night picture
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
Equilibrium picture
Equilibrium (2002)
House on Haunted Hill picture
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Malibu’s Most Wanted picture
Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
Murder in the First picture
Murder in the First (2014 TV show)
New Best Friend picture
New Best Friend (2002)
Private Practice picture
Private Practice (2007 TV show)
Rent picture
Rent (2005)
Set It Up picture
Set It Up (2018)
Way of the Gun picture
Way of the Gun (2000)

Taye Diggs Net Worth

Taye Diggs is an American theatre, film, and television actor who has a net worth of $7 million.