Colman Domingo

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.

Cast

Passing Strange

(Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus)

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

(Arthur Gillman (voice))

Rustin

(Bayard Rustin)

Drive-Away Dolls

(The Chief)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

(Unicron (voice))

The Color Purple

(Mister)

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

(Self)

Lincoln

(Private Harold Green)

Sing Sing

(John 'Divine G' Whitfield)

Newlyweeds

(Chico)

North Star

New Moon

(Storyteller)

Selma

(Ralph Abernathy)

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

A Long Walk

(Older Paul)

42

(Lawson Bowman (uncredited))

Michael

(Joe Jackson)

Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic

(Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole)

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

(Self)

The Birth of a Nation

(Hark)

Time Out of Mind

(Mr. Oyello)

Beautiful Something

(Drew)

Red Hook Summer

(Blessing Rowe)

Barbecue

"Extraordinary" Pursuits

Assassination Nation

(Principal Turrell)

If Beale Street Could Talk

(Joseph Rivers)

All is Bright

(Nzomo)

True Crime

(Wally Cartwright)

First Match

(Coach Castile)

Lucy in the Sky

(Frank Paxton)

Nothingman

(Otis Tremmel)

Zola

(X)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

(Cutler)

Candyman

(William Burke)

Hairbrained

(Finals Moderator)

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

(Pastor West)

King of the Bingo Game

(Sonny)

Kung Phooey!

(Roy Lee)

Miracle at St. Anna

(West Indian Postal Customer)

Freedomland

(Male Patient)

The Butler

(Freddie Fallows)

Around the Fire

(Trace)

Desi's Looking for a New Girl

(Mother)

The God Committee

(Father Dunbar)

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

(Self)

Barbecue

(James T)

A Boy and His Soul

The Dish

Chapter 51

The Big Gay Sketch Show

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

(Gus Johnson)

Tamron Hall

(Self - Guest)

Law & Order

(Donnie)

A Black Lady Sketch Show

(Colman Domingo)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(Andre Lanier)

Tony Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Fear the Walking Dead

(Victor Strand)

Horace and Pete

(Dr. Evers)

Lucifer

(Father Frank Lawrence)

Timeless

(Bass Reeves)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

Halloween Wars

(Self - Guest Judge)

You Are Here

(Self)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

(Self)

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

(Self)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)

Law & Order

(Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer)

The Oscars

(Self)

Euphoria

(Ali)

The X Change Rate

(Self - Special Guest)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(Sergeant Ev Sides)

BoJack Horseman

(Eddie (voice))

American Dad!

(Stiles (voice))

The Madness

(Muncie Daniels)

The Four Seasons

The Twilight Zone

(Carl Weaber)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

(Norman Osborn (voice))

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

(Self - Host)