Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo
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.
Known For
Actor
as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
as Otis Tremmel
as Joe Jackson
as Norman Osborn (voice)
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
as The Chief
as Muncie Daniels
as Self
as Mister
as Bayard Rustin
as Arthur Gillman (voice)
as Unicron (voice)
as Self
as Storyteller
as Self
as William Burke
as Father Dunbar
as X
as Pastor West
as James T
as Cutler
as Self - Host
as Frank Paxton
as Self - Guest
as Colman Domingo
as Ali
as Self - Special Guest
as Carl Weaber
as Joseph Rivers
as Principal Turrell
as Coach Castile
as Hark
as Bass Reeves
as Dr. Evers
as Father Frank Lawrence
as Drew
as Victor Strand
as Ralph Abernathy
as Mr. Oyello
as Older Paul
as Self
as Eddie (voice)
as Self
as Finals Moderator
as Chico
as Nzomo
as Freddie Fallows
as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
as Private Harold Green
as Blessing Rowe
as Self - Guest Judge
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
as West Indian Postal Customer
as Self
as Male Patient
as Gus Johnson
as Stiles (voice)
as Roy Lee
as Self
as Andre Lanier
as Sergeant Ev Sides
as Mother
as Wally Cartwright
as Sonny
as Trace
as Donnie
as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
as Self - Guest
as Self - Nominee
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director