Colman Domingo
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.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 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
- 2023 · Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Unicron (voice)
- 2022 · When My Sleeping Dragon Woke as
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · New Moon as Storyteller
- 2022 · Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches as Self
- 2022 · North Star as
- 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 · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Cutler
- 2020 · Zola as X
- 2019 · Lucy in the Sky as Frank Paxton
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Colman Domingo
- 2019 · Euphoria as Ali
- 2019 · The X Change Rate as Self - Special Guest
- 2019 · The Twilight Zone as Carl Weaber
- 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
- 2016 · The Birth of a Nation as Hark
- 2016 · Horace and Pete as Dr. Evers
- 2016 · Lucifer as Father Frank Lawrence
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Fear the Walking Dead as Victor Strand
- 2015 · Beautiful Something as Drew
- 2014 · Selma as Ralph Abernathy
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Time Out of Mind as Mr. Oyello
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Eddie (voice)
- 2014 · A Long Walk as Older Paul
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 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
- 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 as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Freedomland as Male Patient
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Gus Johnson
- 2005 · American Dad! as Stiles (voice)
- 2003 · Kung Phooey! as Roy Lee
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Sergeant Ev Sides
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Andre Lanier
- 1999 · True Crime as Wally Cartwright
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
- 1990 · Law & Order as Donnie
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Madness as Muncie Daniels
- 1999 · King of the Bingo Game as Sonny
- 1998 · Around the Fire as Trace
- Future · Barbecue as
- Future · Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
- Future · Nothingman as Otis Tremmel
- Future · A Boy and His Soul as
- 2000 · Desi's Looking for a New Girl as Mother
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self