13 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Know Starred In "Wicked" The Musical

Taye Diggs is well-known for his roles in films like The Best Man franchise, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Brown Suger, Chicago, and Set It Up. On TV, he's starred in the series Kevin Hill, Private Practice, Murder in the First, and All American.

In addition to all of this, he's had a seriously impressive theater career. Did you know he originated the character of Benny in Rent in 1996? The musical also starred Idina Menzel. The two were married from 2003 to 2014, and they share a son.

Taye has gone back to Broadway over the years, including as Billy Flynn in Chicago (the same year he played the character in the film adaption), as Fiyero in Wicked in 2003, and most recently as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2015.