Colman Domingo on screen and stage
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Colman Domingo is an American actor, playwright, and director.
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Domingo rose to prominence for his role on the sketch series The Big Gay Sketch Show from 2008 to 2010 and as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). During this time he also took minor roles in films such as Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Lincoln (2012), 42 (2013), Selma (2014), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). He gained acclaim for his roles in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2021), Rustin (2023), The Color Purple (2023), and Sing Sing (2023). He also took television roles in The Knick (2015), Lucifer (2016), Horace and Pete (2016), and The Twilight Zone (2020).
Domingo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Rustin (2023) and Sing Sing (2023) and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Sing Sing (2024). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a former drug addict in the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present).
Acting credits
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Timepiece | Khris | |
| 1998 | Around the Fire | Trace | |
| 1999 | King of the Bingo Game | Sonny | |
| True Crime | Wally Cartwright | ||
| 2000 | Desi's Looking for a New Girl | Mother | |
| 2003 | Kung Phooey! | Roy Lee | |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Male Patient | |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | West Indian Postal Customer | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Private Harold Green | |
| Red Hook Summer | Blessing Rowe | ||
| 2013 | All Is Bright | Nzomo | |
| 42 | Lawson Bowman | ||
| Hair Brained | Finals Moderator | ||
| The Butler | Freddie Fallows | ||
| 2014 | 400 Boys | Talon | |
| Time Out of Mind | Mr. Oyello | ||
| Selma | Ralph Abernathy | ||
| 2015 | Beautiful Something | Drew | |
| 2016 | The Birth of a Nation | Hark Turner | |
| 2018 | Assassination Nation | Principal Turrell | |
| First Match | Coach Castile | ||
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Joseph Rivers | ||
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky | Frank Paxton | |
| 2020 | Zola | X | |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Cutler | ||
| 2021 | Without Remorse | Pastor West | |
| The God Committee | Father Dunbar | ||
| Candyman | William Burke | ||
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Unicron (voice) | |
| Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Arthur Gillman (voice) | ||
| Rustin | Bayard Rustin | ||
| Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield | Also executive producer | |
| The Color Purple | Albert "Mister" Johnson | ||
| 2024 | Drive-Away Dolls | Chief | |
| 2025 | The Electric State | Wolfe (voice) | |
| Dead Man's Wire | Fred Temple | ||
| The Running Man | Bobby Thompson | ||
| Wicked: For Good | Brrr / The Cowardly Lion (voice) | Cameo | |
| 2026 | Michael | Joseph Jackson | |
| Disclosure Day † | Hugo Wakefield | Post-production | |
| 2027 | An Innocent Girl † | Filming | |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Reggie Harell | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Hassam | ||
| Desmond Kenner | |||
| 2000 | Trumpet Player | ||
| 2004 | Law & Order | Ronald Gumer | Episode: "Hands Free" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sergeant Ev Sides | 2 episodes |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Gus | Episode: "Eros in the Upper Eighties" | |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Donnie | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2010 | The Big Gay Sketch Show | Various | 16 episodes |
| 2009 | Great Performances | Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus/Joop | Episode: "Passing Strange" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Andre Lanier | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2023 | Fear the Walking Dead | Victor Strand | 75 episodes Guest role (season 1) Main role (seasons 2–8) |
| 2015 | The Knick | Dr. Russell Daniels | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2016 | Lucifer | Father Frank Lawrence | Episode: "Priest Walks Into a Bar" |
| Horace and Pete | Dr. Evers | Episode: "Episode 8" | |
| 2017 | Timeless | Bass Reeves | Episode: "The Murder of Jesse James" |
| BoJack Horseman | Eddie the Dragonfly | Voice role; episode: "The Old Sugarman Place" | |
| 2018 | American Dad! | Stiles | Voice role; episode: "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" |
| 2019–present | Euphoria | Ali Muhammad | Recurring role[1] Starring (special episode: "Trouble Don't Last Always") |
| 2020 | The Twilight Zone | Carl | Episode: "Downtime" |
| 2021 | Cinema Toast | Barrington | Voice role; episode: "Kiss, Marry, Kill" |
| 2023 | You Are Here | Himself (Host) | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | The Madness | Muncie Daniels | Lead role |
| 2025–present | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Norman Osborn (voice) | Main cast; 10 episodes |
| The Four Seasons | Danny | Main cast, also directed "Ultimate Frisbee" | |
| 2025 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Himself (Guest judge) | Episode: "Murder on the Dance Floor" |
| 2026 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (Host) | Episode: "Colman Domingo/Anitta" |
Theater
Audio plays
| Year | Project | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Scripted podcast[24] |
| 2024 | Batman Unburied: Fallen City | Scripted podcast |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | "Tears" | Sabrina Carpenter | [25] |
Directing credits
Television
| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Fear the Walking Dead | Season 4 | Episode 12[26] | "Weak" |
| 2019 | Season 5 | Episode 3[27] | "Humbug's Gulch" | |
| 2020 | Season 6 | Episode 3[28] | "Alaska" | |
| 2025 | The Four Seasons | Season 1 | Episode 6 | "Ultimate Frisbee" |
Stage
| Year | Title | Playwright | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Pieces of the Quilt – 3 | Erin Cressida Wilson, Maria Irene Fornes, Herbert Siguenza Greg Sarris, John Steppling, Migdalia Cruz, Rhodessa Jones |
Solo Mio at Bayfront Theater[29] |
| 1999 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | Theatre Rhinoceros[30] |
| 2001 | Rhinoceros | Eugène Ionesco | Theatre Rhinoceros[31] |
| 2004 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | Flight Theatre at the Complex Hollywood [32] |
| 2004 | Once on This Island | Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music) | The College at Brockport, State University of New York at Geva Theatre Center[33] |
| 2006 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | New Professional Theatre at Peter JaySharp Theater Playwrights Horizons[34] |
| 2008 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | New Professional Theatre at The Duke on 42nd St New 42nd Street[35] |
| 2009 | Exit Cuckoo | Lisa Ramirez | Working Theater at Clurman Theater at Theatre Row[36] |
| 2015 | A Band of Angels | Myla Churchill | New York City Children's Theater [37] |
| 2015 | Seven Guitars | August Wilson | Actors Theatre of Louisville[38] |
| 2016 | Barbecue | Robert O'Hara | Geffen Playhouse[39] |
| 2017 | A Guide for the Homesick | Ken Urban | Huntington Theatre Company[40] |
| 2019 | Dot | Colman Domingo | People's Light and Theatre Company[41] |
Writing credits
- Up Jumped Springtime[42][43] (Premiered at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, 1998)
- A Boy and His Soul[44] (Premiered at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City, 2009; earlier version of the play premiered at the Thick Description Theater in San Francisco in 2005,[45] and produced in 2008 as a part of Thick Description's 20th Anniversary Season;[46] produced as a one night only performance at Joe's Pub in New York City in 2008; produced in Tricycle Theatre in London, UK in 2013;[47] produced at Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014)[48]
- Wild With Happy[49] (Premiered at The Public Theater in New York City in 2012; produced at TheatreWorks in Menlo Park, CA, in 2013;[50] produced at Baltimore Center Stage in 2014;[51] produced at City Theatre (Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2017)[52]
- Dot[53] (Premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2015;[54] produced at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City in 2016;[55] produced at Detroit Public Theatre in November 2016;[56] produced at Everyman Theatre, Baltimore in December 2016;[57] produced at New Venture Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, in March 2017;[58] produced at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA, in April 2017;[59] produced at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre in St. Louis, MO, in September 2017;[60] produced at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC, in November 2017;[61] produced at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN, in November 2017;[62] produced at The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York City in October 2018;[63] produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA in September 2019; produced at Soul Rep Theatre Company in Dallas, TX in December 2019)[64]
- Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (book co-written with Robert Cary and Des McAnuff)[65] (Premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, in November 2017;[66] produced on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with opening in Spring 2018)[67]
- Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (co-written with Patricia McGregor)[68] (Produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA, in September 2017; premiered on the West Coast in February 2019 at the Geffen Playhouse;[69] premiered off-Broadway in 2025 at the New York Theatre Workshop)[70]