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.
Acted in
The Dish
2026
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
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