Colman Domingo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1969 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
Unforgettable
Movie · as Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King Cole
A Boy and His Soul
Movie
True-ish
Movie
Strange Arrivals
Movie · as Barney Hill
An Innocent Girl
Movie
The Servant
Movie · as Barrett
Lizard Music
Movie · as (voice)
Michael
Movie · as Joseph Jackson
Disclosure Day
Movie · as Hugo Wakefield
Dead Man's Wire
Movie · as Fred Temple
Chapter 51
Movie · as Christopher Demy
Superbloom
Movie
Euphoria: A Look Back
Movie · as Self
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
Movie · as Himself
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
Movie · as Self
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Running Man
Movie · as Bobby T.
The Electric State
Movie · as Wolfe (voice)
Wicked: For Good
Movie · as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
The Four Seasons
TV · as Danny · 16 eps
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
TV · as Norman Osborn (voice) · 10 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as SElf · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Drive-Away Dolls
Movie · as The Chief
Sing Sing
Movie · as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
The Madness
TV · as Muncie Daniels · 8 eps
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Movie · as Arthur Gillman (voice)
Rustin
Movie · as Bayard Rustin
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie · as Unicron (voice)
The Color Purple
Movie · as Mister
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Movie · as Self
You Are Here
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Movie · as Self
North Star
Movie · as James
New Moon
Movie · as Storyteller
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Zola
Movie · as X
Candyman
Movie · as William Burke
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Movie · as Pastor West
The God Committee
Movie · as Father Dunbar
Cinema Toast
TV · as Barrington · 10 eps
Last Meals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Movie · as Cutler
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Movie · as Self
Barbecue
Movie · as James T
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV · as Self - Host · 22 eps
Lucy in the Sky
Movie · as Frank Paxton
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Colman Domingo · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The X Change Rate
TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Carl Weaber · 1 ep
Euphoria
TV · as Ali · 10 eps
Assassination Nation
Movie · as Principal Turrell
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie · as Joseph Rivers
First Match
Movie · as Coach Castile
Nothingman
Movie · as Otis Tremmel
The Birth of a Nation
Movie · as Hark
Culling Hens
Movie · as Trader
Horace and Pete
TV · as Dr. Evers · 10 eps
Lucifer
TV · as Father Frank Lawrence · 1 ep
Timeless
TV · as Bass Reeves · 1 ep
Time Out of Mind
Movie · as Mr. Oyello
Beautiful Something
Movie · as Drew
Fear the Walking Dead
TV · as Victor Strand · 113 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Selma
Movie · as Ralph Abernathy
A Long Walk
Movie · as Older Paul
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Eddie (voice) · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Newlyweeds
Movie · as Chico
42
Movie · as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
All Is Bright
Movie · as Nzomo
Hairbrained
Movie · as Finals Moderator
The Butler
Movie · as Freddie Fallows
400 Boys
Movie · as Talon
Lincoln
Movie · as Private Harold Green
Red Hook Summer
Movie · as Blessing Rowe
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Halloween Wars
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Passing Strange
Movie · as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as West Indian Postal Customer
The Big Gay Sketch Show
TV · 25 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Freedomland
Movie · as Male Patient
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Gus Johnson · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Stiles (voice) · 1 ep
Kung Phooey!
Movie · as Roy Lee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 4 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Andre Lanier, Sergeant Ev Sides · 1 ep
Desi's Looking for a New Girl
Movie · as Mother
True Crime
Movie · as Wally Cartwright
King of the Bingo Game
Movie · as Sonny
Around the Fire
Movie · as Trace
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Nash Bridges
TV · as Trumpet Player, Desmond Kenner, Hassam · 1 ep
Fearless
Movie · as Hospital patient with nail in hand (uncredited)
Law & Order
TV · as Donnie, Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Presenter · 1 ep