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Daveed Diggs

Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical ''Hamilton'', for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of ''Hamilton'', he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year.

Since leaving ''Hamilton'', he played a recurring role in the television series ''Black-ish'' (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films ''Wonder'' (2017), ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' (2019) and ''The Little Mermaid'' (2023). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film ''Blindspotting'', which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series ''Blindspotting'', in which he also reprised his role as a guest. From 2020 to 2024, he starred in the television adaptation of ''Snowpiercer''. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of ''Hamilton'' which was released in 2020. Provided by Wikipedia