Taye Diggs

Scott Leo “Taye” Diggs (born January 2, 1971)[2] 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 and All American, and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Brown Sugar, The Best Man and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday. From 2014 to 2016 he starred as Inspector Terry English in Murder in the First.

Diggs was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester, New York.[3][4] 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.[5] His nickname, Taye, comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as “Scottay”.[6] He is the oldest of five children.[7] He has two brothers, Gabriel and Michael, and two sisters, Christian and Shalom. He attended Allendale Columbia School in Rochester and later transferred to School of the Arts.[4][8][9] He received a BFA in musical theater in 1993 from Syracuse University.