Daveed Diggs is an American actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, and producer born on January 24, 1982, in Oakland, California, USA. He is best known for originating the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway musical Hamilton, which earned him a Tony Award and a Grammy Award in 2016.

     He is the lead vocalist of the experimental hip-hop group Clipping, and has also been involved in other music projects like Freestyle Love Supreme. In film and television, Diggs has starred in Blindspotting (2018), Wonder (2017), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), and The Little Mermaid (2023). He co-created and produced the TV adaptation of Blindspotting (2021–2023) and played Andre Layton in Snowpiercer (2020–2024).

     Diggs has also done extensive voice work, portraying Commander Tysess in Star Trek: Prodigy, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Rat King in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and Theo in Invincible.