Daveed Diggs was born on 24th January 1982, in Oakland, California USA, and is an actor and rapper, probably best known for the starring in the musical “Hamilton”, in which he plays Marquis de Lafayette in the first act and Thomas Jefferson in the second. For this performance he won Tony, Theatre World, and Lucille Lortel Awards in the category of the Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. Diggs has been active in the entertainment industry since 2006.
How much is the net worth of Daveed Diggs? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is almost $2 million, as of the data presented in early 2018. Theatre, film, television and music are the sources of Diggs’ fortune.
Daveed Diggs Net Worth $2 million
To begin with, the boy was raised in Oakland, and after matriculation from Berkeley High School, enrolled at Brown University from which he graduated in 2004 with a BA in theatre arts. He then returned to Oakland to teach poetry and acting.
Concerning his subsequent professional career, Diggs abandoned his role as a teacher to devote himself to the rap group. He became a group vocalist in 2010, and contributed to the writing and composition of the tracks of the two albums “Midcity” released in 2013 and “CLPPING” released the following year. Recently the group has worked on a new album – “Wriggle” – released in the middle of 2016. In 2012, he released his first solo album “Small Things to a Giant”, a collection of 11 tracks recorded in various studios with the collaboration of Gunjan Patel, Radproductionz, Rafael Casal and other rappers.
Regarding his career as an actor, he portrayed Ferdinand in Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” (2006) at the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and later starred in the plays “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” (2007) and “Six Degrees of Separation” (2007). Daveed landed the lead role in Shakespeare’s tragedy “Troilus and Cressida” in 2008, and continued with a number of theatre roles, including Matt in “Red Light Winter”, Watts in “Mirrors in Every Corner”, and The Egungun in “In the Red and Brown Water”. Later, the actor starred in “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine” (2011) and “A Behanding in Spokane” (2012). Then, he created the award winning role in “Hamilton” (2015 – 2016), all adding steadily to his net worth.
Having a look at Digg’s roles created for the small and big screens, he started with the lead role in the series “Hobbes and Me” in 2014, portrayed Adult Ezekiel Figuero in the series “The Get Down” (2016 – 2017), and Johan Johnson in the series “Black – ish” (2016 – 2017). The actor was cast as main in the feature film “Wonder” (2017) directed by Stephen Chbosky, and also voiced Dos in the animated film “Ferdinand” (2017). Daveed Diggs created small roles in the series’ “Sesame Street”, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “The Mayor” in 2017, and most recently in 2018 he starred in the comedy film “Blindspotting” directed by Carlos López Estrada, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He will be seen in the series “Snowpiercer” later in 2018. To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Diggs net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Daveed, he is in a long-term relationship with Jalene Goodwin.
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