Colman Domingo

Born: 1969-11-28

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.


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as Unicron (voice)
Released: 2023-06-06

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the...

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Drive-Away Dolls

as The Chief
Released: 2024-02-22

Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her...

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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

as Arthur Gillman (voice)
Released: 2023-06-28

Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of...

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The Color Purple

as Albert 'Mister' Johnson
Released: 2023-12-25

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie...

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as William Burke
Released: 2021-08-25

Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance...

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as Private Harold Green
Released: 2012-11-09

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation...

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True Crime

as Wally Cartwright
Released: 1999-03-19

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve...

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Assassination Nation

as Principal Turrell
Released: 2018-09-21

After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small...

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The Butler

as Freddie Fallows
Released: 2013-08-16

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler...

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Zola

as X
Released: 2020-01-24

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and...

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Freedomland

as Male Patient
Released: 2006-02-17

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial...

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Rustin

as Bayard Rustin
Released: 2023-11-03

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights...

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as Pastor West
Released: 2021-04-29

An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of...

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42

as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
Released: 2013-04-12

In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against...

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Miracle at St. Anna

as West Indian Postal Customer
Released: 2008-09-15

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the...

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Selma

as Ralph Abernathy
Released: 2014-12-25

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a...

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If Beale Street Could Talk

as Joseph Rivers
Released: 2018-12-14

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his...

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The Birth of a Nation

as Hark
Released: 2016-09-09

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free...

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Red Hook Summer

as Blessing Rowe
Released: 2012-08-10

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with...

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

as Cutler
Released: 2020-11-25

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago...

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Time Out of Mind

as Mr. Oyello
Released: 2014-09-07

Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home....

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Lucy in the Sky

as Frank Paxton
Released: 2019-09-20

Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space –...

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All is Bright

as Nzomo
Released: 2013-09-10

Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling...

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Sing Sing

as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
Released: 2024-07-19

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a...

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Michael

as Joe Jackson
Released: 2025-04-17

An in-depth portrayal of Michael Jackson, a complicated man, who became the King of Pop. The...

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The God Committee

as Father Dunbar
Released: 2021-07-02

Medicine, money and morality clash when a hospital's Heart Transplant Selection Committee has...

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Beautiful Something

as Drew
Released: 2015-04-26

Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.

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First Match

as Coach Castile
Released: 2018-03-12

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood...

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Hairbrained

as Finals Moderator
Released: 2013-11-25

A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school...

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New Moon

as Storyteller
Released: 2022-07-16

An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams...

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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

as Self
Released: 2023-12-28

A behind-the-scenes look into the making of the new feature film “The Color Purple,” and the...

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Around the Fire

as Trace
Released: 1998-09-26

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton...

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

as Self
Released: 2020-12-18

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that...

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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

as Self
Released: 2022-02-23

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment...

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North Star

as uncredited
Released: 2022-01-15

A rural rancher sacrifices everything to care for his dying husband as his sister-in-law and a...

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Barbecue

as James T
Released: 2020-12-10

The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight...

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Passing Strange

as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
Released: 2009-08-21

A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A...

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Newlyweeds

as Chico
Released: 2013-09-18

A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which...

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Kung Phooey!

as Roy Lee
Released: 2003-03-11

The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the...

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A Long Walk

as Older Paul
Released: 2014-03-25

A father humiliates his son by parading him through the neighborhood in women's clothing in...

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Desi's Looking for a New Girl

as Mother
Released: 2000-06-16

After her live-in lover leaves her for another woman, Desi, a young artist, gets incredibly...

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King of the Bingo Game

as Sonny
Released: 1999-01-26

Harlem, 1943. Sonny is a struggling African American who frequents the bingo parlor in a...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self
First aired: 2022-09-12

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Sergeant Ev Sides
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Andre Lanier
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Fear the Walking Dead

as Victor Strand
First aired: 2015-08-23

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in...

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Timeless

as Bass Reeves
First aired: 2016-10-03

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying...

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American Dad!

as Stiles (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Donnie
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Lucifer

as Father Frank Lawrence
First aired: 2016-01-25

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to...

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Euphoria

as Ali
First aired: 2019-06-16

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma,...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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BoJack Horseman

as Eddie (voice)
First aired: 2014-08-22

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of...

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The Twilight Zone

as Carl Weaber
First aired: 2019-04-01

Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides...

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Gus Johnson
First aired: 2005-03-03

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...

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A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Colman Domingo
First aired: 2019-08-02

A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and...

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Horace and Pete

as Dr. Evers
First aired: 2016-01-30

The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Big Gay Sketch Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-04-24

The Big Gay Sketch Show is an LGBT-themed sketch comedy program that debuted on Logo on April...

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Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-09-09

Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...

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Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self
First aired: 2023-12-31

THR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic,...

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Halloween Wars

as Himself - Guest Judge
First aired: 2011-10-02

Cake decorators, sugar artists and pumpkin carving experts battle it out as they create...

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The X Change Rate

as Self - Special Guest
First aired: 2019-05-23

Award-winning drag queen, entertainer and TV personality Monét X Change, hot off her historic...

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You Are Here

as Self
First aired: 2023-06-19

A travel memoir series hosted by award-winning actor, playwright and director Colman Domingo,...

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