Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

Birthdate
November 28, 1969 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
November 28, 1969 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, playwright and theater director. Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a nomination for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award win, and two nominations for Tony Awards.

Domingo's early Broadway roles include the 2005 play Well and the 2008 musical Passing Strange. He gained acclaim for his role as Mr. Bones in the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys (2011), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 2014 West End production, being nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

After early roles in various incarnations of the Law & Order series and as part of the main cast for The Big Gay Sketch Show, he had his breakthrough playing Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). In 2022, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria.

Domingo's film appearances include supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). For his role as a ruthless pimp in Janicza Bravo's Zola (2021), he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. His portrayal of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the Netflix film Rustin (2023) earned him nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Domingo is openly gay, and has been married to his husband, Raúl Domingo, since 2014.

Colman Domingo's LGBTQ+ Titles

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Cutler
Beautiful Something
Beautiful Something
Drew

Acting (78)

The Madness as Muncie Daniels (8 episodes)
Nothingman as Otis Tremmel
A Boy and His Soul
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
Barbecue
2025
Michael as Joe Jackson
2024
Sing Sing as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
2024
Drive-Away Dolls as The Chief
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
2023
The Color Purple as Albert 'Mister' Johnson
2023
Rustin as Bayard Rustin
2023
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken as Arthur Gillman (voice)
2023
You Are Here as Self (4 episodes)
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Unicron (voice)
2022
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self (2 episodes)
2022
New Moon as Storyteller
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches as Self
2022
North Star
2021
Candyman as William Burke
2021
The God Committee as Father Dunbar
2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse as Pastor West
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen as Self
2020
Barbecue as James T
2020
2020
Zola as X
2019
Lucy in the Sky as Frank Paxton
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show as Colman Domingo (1 episode)
2019
Euphoria as Ali (16 episodes)
2019
The X Change Rate as Self - Special Guest (1 episode)
2019
The Twilight Zone as Carl Weaber (1 episode)
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk as Joseph Rivers
2018
Assassination Nation as Principal Turrell
2018
First Match as Coach Castile
2016
Timeless as Bass Reeves (1 episode)
2016
The Birth of a Nation as Hark
2016
Horace and Pete as Dr. Evers (10 episodes)
2016
Lucifer as Father Frank Lawrence (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Fear the Walking Dead as Victor Strand (113 episodes)
2015
2014
Selma as Ralph Abernathy
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
Time Out of Mind as Mr. Oyello
2014
BoJack Horseman as Eddie (voice) (1 episode)
2014
A Long Walk as Older Paul
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013
Hairbrained as Finals Moderator
2013
Newlyweeds as Chico
2013
All is Bright as Nzomo
2013
The Butler as Freddie Fallows
2013
42 as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
2012
Lincoln as Private Harold Green
2012
Red Hook Summer as Blessing Rowe
2011
Halloween Wars as Himself - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2009
Passing Strange as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
2008
Miracle at St. Anna as West Indian Postal Customer
2007
The Big Gay Sketch Show (25 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2006
Freedomland as Male Patient
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Gus Johnson (1 episode)
2005
American Dad! as Stiles (voice) (1 episode)
2003
Kung Phooey! as Roy Lee
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Andre Lanier (1 episode)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Sergeant Ev Sides (1 episode)
2000
Desi's Looking for a New Girl as Mother
1999
True Crime as Wally Cartwright
1999
King of the Bingo Game as Sonny
1998
Around the Fire as Trace
1990
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Donnie (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)

Directing (2)

Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic • Director
• Director
2015
Fear the Walking Dead • Director (3 episodes)
• Director (3 episodes)

Production (5)

2024
Sing Sing • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2024
It's What's Inside • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
New Moon • Producer
• Producer
2021
Leylak • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Writing (3)

A Boy and His Soul • Writer
• Writer
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic • Writer
• Writer
2022
New Moon • Writer
• Writer