Taye Diggs is also known as Scott L. Diggs, Diggs, Taye, Scottaye, Scott Leo Diggs and A. Leo “Taye” Diggs. Taye Diggs is an American singer, actor and TV producer who has estimated net worth as high as $16 million. He is best known for his appearances in “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, “The Best Man” and a famous and well-known worldwide rock musical “Rent” by Jonathan Larson. While taking part in filming “Kevin Hill”, he was receiving 80 000 dollars per episode, and this large amount of money dramatically increased Taye’s net worth.
Taye Diggs Net Worth $16 Million
Scott Leo Diggs was born on January 2, 1971, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. He was raised in an ordinary family with two brothers and two sisters. Today his brother Gabriel Diggs is also a well-known music producer, DJ and radio host. Scott attended Allendale Columbia School and School of the Arts. Later he graduated from Syracuse University and then started his career. At first he performed in theatres and was also dancing at Tokyo Disneyland for more than three months. The first time Diggs really managed to rise to fame and increase his net worth was in 1996, when he portrayed Benny in the musical “Rent”. Later there were many other successful performances by Taye, which increased his net worth. For example, Diggs was playing Winston Shakespeare in a romantic drama “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” directed by Devin Rodney Sullivan in 1998. The year after, Taye managed to perform in four different movies – “The Wood”, “Go”, “Houe on Haunted Hill” and “The Best Man”, where he portrayed Harper Stewart. These films significantly helped to increase S. Leo Diggs’s net worth.
Taye Diggs has received many awards and nominations for his great work as an actor. The first time he was nominated to be the best outstanding actor in a motion picture in year 2000 by Image Awards, but however, the first time when he won an award was only three years later. Then, in year 2003, he received an award by Screen Actors Guild as the best outstanding performance by a cast in motion picture for his notable appearance in a film “Chicago” which was directed by Rob Marshall. Since that time he has received a several Image Awards, and the last one he won in year 2009 for the movie “Private Price”. So you know how rich is Taye Diggs.
In 2003 Diggs married Idina Menzel, whom he met while filming “Rent” in which she co-starred. The couple have one son, called Walker Nathaniel Diggs born in September 2009. However, the couple didn’t enjoy a happy family life for long. Only four years after their son was born the couple decided to separate and filed for divorce. They finally broke up in 2013, after ten years of living together. Since then Taye’s net worth has only continued to grow.
