Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

  • Birthday: 1969-11-28
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: Κόλμαν Ντομίνγκο

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.

Filmography

Passing Strange

2009

As Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus

Lincoln

2012

As Private Harold Green

Newlyweeds

2013

As Chico

Selma

2014

As Ralph Abernathy

A Long Walk

2014

As Older Paul

Time Out of Mind

2014

As Mr. Oyello

Beautiful Something

2015

As Drew

Red Hook Summer

2012

As Blessing Rowe

Assassination Nation

2018

As Principal Turrell

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

As Joseph Rivers

All is Bright

2013

As Nzomo

True Crime

1999

As Wally Cartwright

First Match

2018

As Coach Castile

Nothingman

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As Otis Tremmel

Lucy in the Sky

2019

As Frank Paxton

Zola

2020

As X

Candyman

2021

As William Burke

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

2021

As Pastor West

Hairbrained

2013

As Finals Moderator

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

As West Indian Postal Customer

Kung Phooey!

2003

As Roy Lee

Freedomland

2006

As Male Patient

The Butler

2013

As Freddie Fallows

Around the Fire

1998

As Trace

The God Committee

2021

As Father Dunbar

Barbecue

2020

As James T

Rustin

2023

As Bayard Rustin

The Color Purple

2023

As Albert 'Mister' Johnson

North Star

2022

As

New Moon

2022

As Storyteller

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

As Arthur Gillman (voice)

Drive-Away Dolls

2024

As The Chief

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

As Unicron (voice)

Sing Sing

2024

As John 'Divine G' Whitfield

42

2013

As Lawson Bowman (uncredited)

Michael

2025

As Joe Jackson

Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic

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As Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole

Barbecue

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As

Production

A Boy and His Soul

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As Writer

Leylak

2021

As Executive Producer

New Moon

2022

As Producer

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

2022

As Executive Producer

New Moon

2022

As Writer

Sing Sing

2024

As Executive Producer

It's What's Inside

2024

As Executive Producer

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