
Colman Domingo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1969
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
- Untitled The Princess and the Frog Live Action Spin-Off
Untitled The Princess and the Frog Live Action Spin-Off TBA
Writer
- Scandalous!
Scandalous! TBA
Director
- The Servant
The Servant TBA
as Barrett
- An Innocent Girl
An Innocent Girl TBA
Actor
- Strange Arrivals
Strange Arrivals TBA
as Barney Hill
- True-ish
True-ish TBA
Actor

A Boy and His Soul TBA
Actor, Writer
- Unforgettable
Unforgettable TBA
as Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King Cole, Director, Writer
- Lizard Music
Lizard Music 2027
as (voice)
- The Comebacker
The Comebacker 2027
Actor

Euphoria: A Look Back 2026
as Self

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY 2026
as Self

Chapter 51 2026
as Christopher Demy

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY 2026
as Himself

Disclosure Day 2026
as Hugo Wakefield

Superbloom 2026
Actor

Michael 2026
as Joseph Jackson

Dead Man's Wire 2026
as Fred Temple, Executive Producer

Wicked: For Good 2025
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)

The Running Man 2025
as Bobby T.

National Theatre Live: Retrograde 2025
Producer

The Electric State 2025
as Wolfe (voice)

Sing Sing 2024
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield, Executive Producer

Drive-Away Dolls 2024
as The Chief

It's What's Inside 2024
Executive Producer

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
Actor, Executive Producer

New Moon 2022
as Storyteller, Producer, Writer

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 2022
as Self

North Star 2022
as James, Executive Producer

Candyman 2021
as William Burke

The God Committee 2021
as Father Dunbar

Zola 2021
as X

Leylak 2021
Executive Producer

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

If Beale Street Could Talk 2018
as Joseph Rivers
- Nothingman
Nothingman 2018
as Otis Tremmel

Assassination Nation 2018
as Principal Turrell

First Match 2018
as Coach Castile
- Culling Hens
Culling Hens 2016
as Trader

The Birth of a Nation 2016
as Hark

Time Out of Mind 2015
as Mr. Oyello

Beautiful Something 2015
as Drew

Selma 2014
as Ralph Abernathy

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)

400 Boys 2013
as Talon

Lincoln 2012
as Private Harold Green

Red Hook Summer 2012
as Blessing Rowe

Passing Strange 2009
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus

Miracle at St. Anna 2008
as West Indian Postal Customer

Freedomland 2006
as Male Patient

Kung Phooey! 2003
as Roy Lee

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

Fearless 1993
as Hospital patient with nail in hand (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.