Taye Diggs's biography
Taye Diggs is 51 years old actor born at Newark. He was born on Saturday 2nd of January 1971. According to year of birth 1971 he belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 2nd of January means he is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.
He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as television actor, film actor. He is recently known as stage actor.
Taye Diggs's family
Taye Diggs's ex spouse
Idina Menzel
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel have been together since 2003 for 11 years. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Sunday 30th of May 1971 in Manhattan.
Taye Diggs's schools
We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Syracuse University, Allendale Columbia School, School of the Arts.
Detailed informations about his schools
- Graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in musical theater.
- Attended Syracuse University with Vera Farmiga and Tom Everett Scott.
Taye Diggs's career
His main focus is to be actor.
Awards and competitions
Taye Diggs's Awards
- Portrayed Benny, the landlord and former friend of the main characters in the Tony Award winning stage production of "Rent," and repeated his role in the movie version, Rent (2005).
What Taye Diggs has done for a first time
- Taye and his wife, Idina Menzel, are expecting their first child, due later this year [March 31, 2009].
- His wife Idina Menzel gave birth to their first child, a boy named Walker Nathaniel Diggs, on September 3, 2009.
Taye Diggs's quotes
- Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.
- But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.
- It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
- All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I went to college I liked it because it was so different and I have an infatuation with nicknames.
- I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
- I love apple juice.
- I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun.
- I jump at any chance to go back into theater.
- I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
- I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
- I'm always up for going back to the stage.
- I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
- I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
- I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
- Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
- My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
- Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
- I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
- I'm going through a stage where the dumbest things make me bawl. I feel like I need to see a shrink.
- The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.
- The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.
- One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
- On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
- The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.
- Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
- I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.
- You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.
- The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
Taye Diggs's body shape
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