Colman Domingo
Born: 1969-11-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
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. 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.
Filmography
2026
- Michael as Joe Jackson
- The Dish
- Dead Man's Wire as Fred Temple
2025
- Wicked: For Good as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
- The Running Man as Bobby Thompson
- The Electric State as Wolfe (voice)
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man as Norman Osborn (voice)
- The Four Seasons as Danny
- Chapter 51
- National Theatre Live: Retrograde ... (Producer)
2024
- It's What's Inside ... (Executive Producer)
- Sing Sing as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
- "Extraordinary" Pursuits
- The Madness as Muncie Daniels
- Drive-Away Dolls as The Chief
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Unicron (voice)
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken as Arthur Gillman (voice)
- The Color Purple as Mister
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
- Rustin as Bayard Rustin
- You Are Here as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- North Star
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches as Self
- When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
- New Moon as Storyteller
2021
- Zola as X
- Candyman as William Burke
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse as Pastor West
- The God Committee as Father Dunbar
- Cinema Toast as Barrington
- Leylak ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Cutler
- Barbecue as James T
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen as Self
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self - Host
2019
- Euphoria as Ali
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- The Twilight Zone as Carl Weaber
- A Black Lady Sketch Show as Colman Domingo
- Lucy in the Sky as Frank Paxton
- The X Change Rate as Self - Special Guest
2018
- Assassination Nation as Principal Turrell
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Joseph Rivers
- First Match as Coach Castile
2016
- Lucifer as Father Frank Lawrence
- Timeless as Bass Reeves
- Culling Hens as Trader
- Horace and Pete as Dr. Evers
- The Birth of a Nation as Hark
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Fear the Walking Dead as Victor Strand
- Beautiful Something as Drew
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Eddie (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Time Out of Mind as Mr. Oyello
- Selma as Ralph Abernathy
- A Long Walk as Older Paul
2013
- The Butler as Freddie Fallows
- Hairbrained as Finals Moderator
- Newlyweeds as Chico
- 42 as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
- 400 Boys as Talon
- All Is Bright as Nzomo
2012
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
- Lincoln as Private Harold Green
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED as Self - Guest Judge
- Red Hook Summer as Blessing Rowe
2011
- Halloween Wars as Self - Guest Judge
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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
- American Dad! as Stiles (voice)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Gus Johnson
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Kung Phooey! as Roy Lee
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Andre Lanier
2000
- Desi's Looking for a New Girl as Mother
1999
- King of the Bingo Game as Sonny
- True Crime as Wally Cartwright
1998
- Around the Fire as Trace
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Nash Bridges as Trumpet Player
1990
- Law & Order as Donnie
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter