FrameThrower · Actors · Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs
2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2018–2019
Born 24 January 1982 · Oakland, California, USA
Daveed Daniele Diggs is an American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group clipping., and in 2015 originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won both a Grammy Award and Tony Award. Since leaving Hamilton, he played a recurring role in the television series Black-ish (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films Wonder (2017) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019). 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. As of 2020, he stars in the television adaptation of Snowpiercer.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2018–2019
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical2016
- Grammy Awards2018
- Theatre World Award2015
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical2015
How their films are shot
Measured across 127 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Daveed takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Daveed takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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