Colman 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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the Netflix biopic Rustin (2023). 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), The Color Purple (2023), and Sing Sing (2023).
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Acted in
The Dish
2026
The Running Man
2025
as Bobby Thompson
Michael
2025
as Joe Jackson
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
2025
as Norman Osborn (voice)
The Madness
2024
as Muncie Daniels
"Extraordinary" Pursuits
2024
Sing Sing
2024
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
Chapter 51
2024
Drive-Away Dolls
2024
as The Chief
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
as Self
The Color Purple
2023
as Mister
Rustin
2023
as Bayard Rustin
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
as Arthur Gillman (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Unicron (voice)
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
New Moon
2022
as Storyteller
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
North Star
2022
Candyman
2021
as William Burke
The God Committee
2021
as Father Dunbar
Zola
2021
as X
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
as Pastor West
Cinema Toast
2021
as Barrington
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
as Self
Barbecue
2020
as James T
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Cutler
Lucy in the Sky
2019
as Frank Paxton
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Colman Domingo
Euphoria
2019
as Ali
The Twilight Zone
2019
as Carl Weaber
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Joseph Rivers
Assassination Nation
2018
as Principal Turrell
First Match
2018
as Coach Castile
Timeless
2016
as Bass Reeves
The Birth of a Nation
2016
as Hark
Horace and Pete
2016
as Dr. Evers
Lucifer
2016
as Father Frank Lawrence
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as Victor Strand
Beautiful Something
2015
as Drew
Selma
2014
as Ralph Abernathy
Time Out of Mind
2014
as Mr. Oyello
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Eddie (voice)
A Long Walk
2014
as Older Paul
Hairbrained
2013
as Finals Moderator
Newlyweeds
2013
as Chico
All Is Bright
2013
as Nzomo
The Butler
2013
as Freddie Fallows
42
2013
as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
Lincoln
2012
as Private Harold Green
Red Hook Summer
2012
as Blessing Rowe
Halloween Wars
2011
as Self - Guest Judge
Passing Strange
2009
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as West Indian Postal Customer
The Big Gay Sketch Show
2007
Freedomland
2006
as Male Patient
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Gus Johnson
American Dad!
2005
as Stiles (voice)
Kung Phooey!
2003
as Roy Lee
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Andre Lanier
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sergeant Ev Sides
Desi's Looking for a New Girl
2000
as Mother
True Crime
1999
as Wally Cartwright
King of the Bingo Game
1999
as Sonny
Around the Fire
1998
as Trace
Law & Order
1990
as Donnie
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic
as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
Barbecue
Nothingman
as Otis Tremmel
A Boy and His Soul
Dead Man's Wire