Taye Diggs born Scott Leo Diggs Taye comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as Scottay is an American theatre film and television actor He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch the TV series Private Practice 20072013 Murder in the First 20142016 and All American 2018 and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 The Wood The Best Man both 1999 Brown Sugar Chicago both 2002 Malibus Most Wanted Basic both 2003 The Best Man 1999 and its sequel The Best Man Holiday 2013 and Baggage Claim 2013 He had a recurring role as Jackson Duper on Ally McBeal Dean LevineWilkins on The Good Wife Mike Boyce on Rosewood starring real life friend Morris Chestnut and Councilman Angelo DuBois on Empire He starred in the lead role on the series Kevin Hill and as Detective Brett Hopper on Day Break