Walker Diggs – African American/Jewish | Taye Diggs’s Son

The only son of actor/singers Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, Walker Diggs was born on September 2, 2009. Walker has African American ancestry from his father and Jewish ancestry from his mother. His parents first met during the production of the musical Rent in 2003. While his parents have parted ways since 2014, he is still beloved by both of them and has been active in taking care of him. He is given credit as the factor that made the relationship of Diggs and Menzel cordial post-separation.

While he was born into a family of actors/musicians, Walker is willing to carve his path. According to his father in an interview with Us Weekly, Taye said that Walker is much more interested in athletics and sports than acting and singing. Despite this separate career path for Walker, Taye noted that he finds it refreshing and is quite happy.