Colman Domingo

Acting

Colman Domingo

Born November 28, 1969Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA104 credits

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

Disclosure Day
2026Disclosure Day
as Hugo WakefieldMovie
Michael
2026Michael
as Joe JacksonMovie
Dead Man's Wire
2026Dead Man's Wire
as Fred TempleMovie
Wicked: For Good
2025Wicked: For Good
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)Movie
The Running Man
2025The Running Man
as Bobby T.Movie
The Electric State
2025The Electric State
as Wolfe (voice)Movie
The Madness
2024The Madness
as Muncie DanielsTV
Sing Sing
2024Sing Sing
as John 'Divine G' WhitfieldMovie
Drive-Away Dolls
2024Drive-Away Dolls
as The ChiefMovie
It's What's Inside
2024It's What's Inside
Executive ProducerMovie
The Color Purple
2023The Color Purple
as MisterMovie
Rustin
2023Rustin
as Bayard RustinMovie
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Arthur Gillman (voice)Movie
New Moon
2022New Moon
as StorytellerMovie
Candyman
2021Candyman
as William BurkeMovie
The God Committee
2021The God Committee
as Father DunbarMovie
Zola
2021Zola
as XMovie
Leylak
2021Leylak
Executive ProducerMovie
Cinema Toast
2021Cinema Toast
as BarringtonTV
Barbecue
2020Barbecue
as James TMovie
Lucy in the Sky
2019Lucy in the Sky
as Frank PaxtonMovie
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestTV
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Colman DomingoTV
Euphoria
2019Euphoria
as AliTV
The X Change Rate
2019The X Change Rate
as Self - Special GuestTV
The Twilight Zone
2019The Twilight Zone
as Carl WeaberTV
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018If Beale Street Could Talk
as Joseph RiversMovie
N
2018Nothingman
as Otis TremmelMovie
Assassination Nation
2018Assassination Nation
as Principal TurrellMovie
First Match
2018First Match
as Coach CastileMovie
C
2016Culling Hens
as TraderMovie
Timeless
2016Timeless
as Bass ReevesTV
Horace and Pete
2016Horace and Pete
as Dr. EversTV
Lucifer
2016Lucifer
as Father Frank LawrenceTV
Time Out of Mind
2015Time Out of Mind
as Mr. OyelloMovie
Fear the Walking Dead
2015Fear the Walking Dead
as Victor StrandTV
Hot Ones
2015Hot Ones
as SelfTV
Selma
2014Selma
as Ralph AbernathyMovie
BoJack Horseman
2014BoJack Horseman
as Eddie (voice)TV
A Long Walk
2014A Long Walk
as Older PaulMovie
Hairbrained
2013Hairbrained
as Finals ModeratorMovie
Newlyweeds
2013Newlyweeds
as ChicoMovie
All Is Bright
2013All Is Bright
as NzomoMovie
The Butler
2013The Butler
as Freddie FallowsMovie
42
201342
as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)Movie
400 Boys
2013400 Boys
as TalonMovie
Lincoln
2012Lincoln
as Private Harold GreenMovie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest JudgeTV
Red Hook Summer
2012Red Hook Summer
as Blessing RoweMovie
Halloween Wars
2011Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest JudgeTV
Passing Strange
2009Passing Strange
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. VenusMovie
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Miracle at St. Anna
as West Indian Postal CustomerMovie
Freedomland
2006Freedomland
as Male PatientMovie
American Dad!
2005American Dad!
as Stiles (voice)TV
Kung Phooey!
2003Kung Phooey!
as Roy LeeMovie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
True Crime
1999True Crime
as Wally CartwrightMovie
Around the Fire
1998Around the Fire
as TraceMovie
The Daily Show
1996The Daily Show
as Self - GuestTV
Nash Bridges
1996Nash Bridges
as Trumpet PlayerTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as DonnieTV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostTV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / PresenterTV
U
Unforgettable
as Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King ColeMovie
S
Strange Arrivals
as Barney HillMovie
S
Scandalous!
DirectorMovie