Colman Domingo
63 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 28, 1969 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Coleman Domingo · Colman Jason Domingo
Biography
Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, and director. Prominent on both screen and stage since the 2010s, Domingo has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
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, receiving a nomination 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.
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After early roles in various incarnations of the Law & Order series and as part of the main cast for The Big Gay Sketch Show, Domingo had his breakthrough playing Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). He gained wider acclaim for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2022.
Domingo received consecutive nominations in 2024 and 2025 for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin and a prison inmate in the drama Sing Sing. His other notable film appearances include roles in Lincoln (2012), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2021), and The Color Purple (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Colman Domingo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Colman Domingo: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Unforgettable
as Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King Cole
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Strange Arrivals
as Barney Hill
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Servant
as Barrett
- 2026 Chapter 51
as Christopher Demy
- 2026 Disclosure Day
as Hugo Wakefield
- 2026
- 2026 Michael
as Joseph Jackson
- 2026 Dead Man's Wire
as Fred Temple
- 2025 Wicked: For Good
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
- 2025 The Running Man
as Bobby T.
- 2025
- 2025 The Electric State
as Wolfe (voice)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024 Sing Sing
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
- 2024 Drive-Away Dolls
as The Chief
- 2023 The Color Purple
as Mister
- 2023 Rustin
as Bayard Rustin
- 2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Arthur Gillman (voice)
- 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Unicron (voice)
- 2022
- 2022 New Moon
as Storyteller
- 2022 North Star
as James
- 2021 Candyman
as William Burke
- 2021 The God Committee
as Father Dunbar
- 2021 Zola
as X
- 2021 Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Pastor West
- 2021
- 2020 Barbecue
as James T
- 2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Cutler
- 2019 Lucy in the Sky
as Frank Paxton
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk
as Joseph Rivers
- 2018 Nothingman
as Otis Tremmel
- 2018 Assassination Nation
as Principal Turrell
- 2018 First Match
as Coach Castile
- 2016 Culling Hens
as Trader
- 2016
- 2016 The Birth of a Nation
as Hark
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 Time Out of Mind
as Mr. Oyello
- 2015
- 2015 Beautiful Something
as Drew
- 2014 Selma
as Ralph Abernathy
- 2014
- 2014 A Long Walk
as Older Paul
- 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)
- 2013 400 Boys
as Talon
- 2012 Lincoln
as Private Harold Green
- 2012 Red Hook Summer
as Blessing Rowe
- 2009 Passing Strange
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
- 2008 Miracle at St. Anna
as West Indian Postal Customer
- 2007
- 2006 Freedomland
as Male Patient
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003 Kung Phooey!
as Roy Lee
- 2001
- 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
- 1996
- 1993 Fearless
as Hospital patient with nail in hand (uncredited)
- 1990
Behind the camera (15)
- Upcoming Unforgettable
Director, Writer
- Upcoming A Boy and His Soul
Writer
- Upcoming Scandalous!
Director
- Upcoming
- 2026 Dead Man's Wire
Executive Producer
- 2025 National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Producer
- 2025
- 2024 Sing Sing
Executive Producer
- 2024 It's What's Inside
Executive Producer
- 2022 When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
Executive Producer
- 2022 New Moon
Producer, Writer
- 2022 North Star
Executive Producer
- 2021 Leylak
Executive Producer
- 2020
- 2015
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2026
- 2026
- 2026
- 2026 Bear Grylls is Running Wild
1 episode
- 2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2025 Good Hang with Amy Poehler
1 episode
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2023
- 2023 You Are Here
4 episodes
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
4 episodes
- 2022
- 2021 Last Meals
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
5 episodes
- 2019 The X Change Rate
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
1 episode
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
1 episode
- 2011 Halloween Wars
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
8 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
3 episodes