About

Known credits:
72
Birthday:
1969-11-28
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Colman Domingo

Overview

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

Acting
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2025 Michael Actor Joe Jackson N/A
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2025 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Actor Norman Osborn (voice) N/A
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2024 The Madness Actor Muncie Daniels N/A
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2024 "Extraordinary" Pursuits Actor N/A
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2024 Sing Sing Actor John 'Divine G' Whitfield 59
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2024 Chapter 51 Actor N/A
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2024 Drive-Away Dolls Actor The Chief 57
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2023 Oprah & The Color Purple Journey Actor Self N/A
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2023 The Color Purple Actor Mister 63
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2023 Rustin Actor Bayard Rustin 60
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2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Actor Arthur Gillman (voice) 68
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2023 You Are Here Actor Self N/A
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2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Actor Unicron (voice) 71
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2022 When My Sleeping Dragon Woke Actor N/A
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2022 New Moon Actor Storyteller N/A
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2022 Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches Actor Self 59
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2022 North Star Actor 58
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2021 Candyman Actor William Burke 59
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2021 The God Committee Actor Father Dunbar 59
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2021 Zola Actor X 59
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2021 Tom Clancy's Without Remorse Actor Pastor West 68
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2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen Actor Self 59
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2020 Barbecue Actor James T N/A
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2020 Euphoria: Trouble Don't Last Always Actor Ali 60
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2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Actor Cutler 64
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2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's Actor Self - Host N/A
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2019 Lucy in the Sky Actor Frank Paxton 56
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2019 If Beale Street Could Talk: Poetry in Motion Actor 60
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2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Actor Joseph Rivers 66
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2018 Assassination Nation Actor Principal Turrell 61
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2018 First Match Actor Coach Castile 60
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2016 The Birth of a Nation Actor Hark 62
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2015 Fear the Walking Dead Actor Victor Strand 76
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2015 For Justice Actor Hank Lewis N/A
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2015 Beautiful Something Actor Drew 58
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2014 Selma Actor Ralph Abernathy 71
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2014 Time Out of Mind Actor Mr. Oyello 58
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2014 A Long Walk Actor Older Paul 59
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2013 Hairbrained Actor Finals Moderator 58
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2013 Newlyweeds Actor Chico 59
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2013 All is Bright Actor Nzomo 58
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2013 The Butler Actor Freddie Fallows 71
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2013 42 Actor Lawson Bowman (uncredited) 69
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2012 Lincoln Actor Private Harold Green 67
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2012 Red Hook Summer Actor Blessing Rowe 58
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2009 Passing Strange Actor Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus 58
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2008 Miracle at St. Anna Actor West Indian Postal Customer 59
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2007 The Big Gay Sketch Show Actor 70
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2006 Freedomland Actor Male Patient 56
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2003 Kung Phooey! Actor Roy Lee 58
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2000 Desi's Looking for a New Girl Actor Mother 58
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1999 True Crime Actor Wally Cartwright 62
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1999 King of the Bingo Game Actor Sonny N/A
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1998 Around the Fire Actor Trace 58
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Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic Actor Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole N/A
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Barbecue Actor N/A
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A Boy and His Soul Actor N/A
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Nothingman Actor Otis Tremmel N/A
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The Four Seasons Actor N/A
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Directing
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Writing
2022 New Moon Writing Writer N/A
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A Boy and His Soul Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 Sing Sing Production Executive Producer 59
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2024 It's What's Inside Production Executive Producer 60
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2022 When My Sleeping Dragon Woke Production Executive Producer N/A
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2022 New Moon Production Producer N/A
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2022 North Star Production Executive Producer 58
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2021 Leylak Production Executive Producer 59
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2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's Production Executive Producer N/A
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