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Colman Domingo

Acting

Colman Domingo

EN cinema · 70 credits

Born

28 November 1969 (age 56)

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Coleman Domingo · Colman Jason Domingo

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.

Known for

Filmography

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

ENNot rated

as Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King Cole, Director, Writer

A Boy and His Soul poster

A Boy and His Soul

ENNot rated

Actor, Writer

True-ish

True-ish

ENNot rated

Actor

Strange Arrivals

Strange Arrivals

ENNot rated

as Barney Hill

An Innocent Girl

An Innocent Girl

ENNot rated

Actor

The Servant

The Servant

ENNot rated

as Barrett

Scandalous!

Scandalous!

ENNot rated

Director

Untitled The Princess and the Frog Live Action Spin-Off

Untitled The Princess and the Frog Live Action Spin-Off

ENNot rated

Writer

The Comebacker

2027

The Comebacker

EN · 2027Not rated

Actor

Lizard Music

2027

Lizard Music

EN · 2027Not rated

as (voice)

Michael poster

Michael

EN · 20268.6

as Joseph Jackson

Disclosure Day poster

Disclosure Day

EN · 20267.4

as Hugo Wakefield

Dead Man's Wire poster

Dead Man's Wire

EN · 20266.5

as Fred Temple, Executive Producer

Chapter 51 poster

Chapter 51

EN · 20263.0

as Christopher Demy

Superbloom poster

Superbloom

EN · 2026Not rated

Actor

Euphoria: A Look Back poster

Euphoria: A Look Back

EN · 20264.7

as Self

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY poster

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY

EN · 2026Not rated

as Himself

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY poster

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY

EN · 2026Not rated

as Self

The Running Man poster

The Running Man

EN · 20256.7

as Bobby T.

The Electric State poster

The Electric State

EN · 20256.5

as Wolfe (voice)

Wicked: For Good poster

Wicked: For Good

EN · 20256.6

as The Cowardly Lion (voice)

National Theatre Live: Retrograde poster

National Theatre Live: Retrograde

EN · 202510.0

Producer

Drive-Away Dolls poster

Drive-Away Dolls

EN · 20245.5

as The Chief

Sing Sing poster

Sing Sing

EN · 20247.4

as John 'Divine G' Whitfield, Executive Producer

It's What's Inside poster

It's What's Inside

EN · 20246.5

Executive Producer

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken poster

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

EN · 20237.1

as Arthur Gillman (voice)

Rustin poster

Rustin

EN · 20236.5

as Bayard Rustin

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts poster

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

EN · 20237.2

as Unicron (voice)

The Color Purple poster

The Color Purple

EN · 20237.0

as Mister

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey poster

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

EN · 20233.3

as Self

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches poster

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

EN · 20224.6

as Self

North Star poster

North Star

EN · 20225.0

as James, Executive Producer

New Moon poster

New Moon

EN · 20227.0

as Storyteller, Producer, Writer

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke poster

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

EN · 2022Not rated

Actor, Executive Producer

Zola poster

Zola

EN · 20216.2

as X

Candyman poster

Candyman

EN · 20216.0

as William Burke

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse poster

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

EN · 20216.9

as Pastor West

The God Committee poster

The God Committee

EN · 20216.6

as Father Dunbar

Leylak poster

Leylak

EN · 20217.6

Executive Producer

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom poster

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

EN · 20206.6

as Cutler

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen poster

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

EN · 20206.2

as Self

Barbecue poster

Barbecue

EN · 2020Not rated

as James T

Lucy in the Sky poster

Lucy in the Sky

EN · 20195.0

as Frank Paxton

Assassination Nation poster

Assassination Nation

EN · 20186.2

as Principal Turrell

If Beale Street Could Talk poster

If Beale Street Could Talk

EN · 20186.9

as Joseph Rivers

First Match poster

First Match

EN · 20186.4

as Coach Castile

Nothingman

2018

Nothingman

EN · 2018Not rated

as Otis Tremmel

The Birth of a Nation poster

The Birth of a Nation

EN · 20166.6

as Hark

Culling Hens

2016

Culling Hens

EN · 20162.0

as Trader

Time Out of Mind poster

Time Out of Mind

EN · 20155.6

as Mr. Oyello

Beautiful Something poster

Beautiful Something

EN · 20155.3

as Drew

Selma poster

Selma

EN · 20147.4

as Ralph Abernathy

A Long Walk poster

A Long Walk

EN · 20147.5

as Older Paul

Newlyweeds poster

Newlyweeds

EN · 20134.2

as Chico

42 poster

42

EN · 20137.2

as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)

All Is Bright poster

All Is Bright

EN · 20135.4

as Nzomo

Hairbrained poster

Hairbrained

EN · 20135.4

as Finals Moderator

The Butler poster

The Butler

EN · 20137.3

as Freddie Fallows

400 Boys poster

400 Boys

EN · 20135.0

as Talon

Lincoln poster

Lincoln

EN · 20126.8

as Private Harold Green

Red Hook Summer poster

Red Hook Summer

EN · 20125.4

as Blessing Rowe

Passing Strange poster

Passing Strange

EN · 20094.9

as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus

Miracle at St. Anna poster

Miracle at St. Anna

EN · 20086.1

as West Indian Postal Customer

Freedomland poster

Freedomland

EN · 20065.3

as Male Patient

Kung Phooey! poster

Kung Phooey!

EN · 20035.5

as Roy Lee

Desi's Looking for a New Girl poster

Desi's Looking for a New Girl

EN · 20002.9

as Mother

True Crime poster

True Crime

EN · 19996.5

as Wally Cartwright

King of the Bingo Game poster

King of the Bingo Game

EN · 19999.0

as Sonny

Around the Fire poster

Around the Fire

EN · 19986.1

as Trace

Fearless poster

Fearless

EN · 19936.9

as Hospital patient with nail in hand (uncredited)