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Who is Snowpiercer star Daveed Diggs?

TNT'S Snowpiercer is certain to be a hit when it reaches screens later this month, with Hamilton star Daveed Diggs in one of its lead roles.

But who is the actor, which character does he play in the new series, and what else has been featured in?

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Daveed Diggs stars in SnowpiercerCredit: TM & © Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. A WarnerMedia Company. All Rights Reserved

Who is Daveed Diggs?

Daveed, aged 38, is an actor, singer, producer, writer and rapper.

He is best known for his roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway musical Hamilton.

They secured him both a Grammy Award and Tony Award.

The star was born to a Jewish social worker mother and African-American bus driver father in Oakland, California.

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, he said: "Hamilton has totally changed my life.

"I was doing small theatre in the Bay Area and touring an experimental rap project. Those were my income streams. "By the time I left Hamilton, I had already secured spots on Black-ish and Kimmy Schmidt, and the role in Wonder; this whole other world opened up.”

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