Colman Domingo

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 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.

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Filmography

2026

The Dish
The Dish
Movie - Released: 6/12/2026

2025

Michael
Michael
as Joe Jackson
Movie - Released: 10/1/2025
Chapter 51
Chapter 51
Movie - Released: 4/14/2025
The Running Man
The Running Man
as Bobby Thompson
Movie - Released: 11/5/2025
The Electric State
The Electric State
as Wolfe (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/7/2025
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
as Danny
TV - Released: 5/1/2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
as Norman Osborn (voice)
TV - Released: 1/29/2025

2024

Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls
as The Chief
Movie - Released: 2/22/2024
Sing Sing
Sing Sing
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
Movie - Released: 7/12/2024
"Extraordinary" Pursuits
"Extraordinary" Pursuits
Movie - Released: 8/15/2024
The Madness
The Madness
as Muncie Daniels
TV - Released: 11/28/2024

2023

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Arthur Gillman (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/28/2023
Rustin
Rustin
as Bayard Rustin
Movie - Released: 11/3/2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Unicron (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/6/2023
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
as Mister
Movie - Released: 12/25/2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/28/2023
You Are Here
You Are Here
as Self
TV - Released: 6/19/2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 12/31/2023

2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/23/2022
North Star
North Star
Movie - Released: 1/15/2022
New Moon
New Moon
as Storyteller
Movie - Released: 7/16/2022
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
Movie - Released: 10/12/2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/2022

2021

Zola
Zola
as X
Movie - Released: 6/30/2021
Candyman
Candyman
as William Burke
Movie - Released: 8/25/2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Pastor West
Movie - Released: 4/29/2021
The God Committee
The God Committee
as Father Dunbar
Movie - Released: 7/2/2021
Cinema Toast
Cinema Toast
as Barrington
TV - Released: 4/20/2021

2020

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Cutler
Movie - Released: 11/25/2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/18/2020
Barbecue
Barbecue
as James T
Movie - Released: 12/10/2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 5/3/2020

2019

Lucy in the Sky
Lucy in the Sky
as Frank Paxton
Movie - Released: 9/20/2019
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Colman Domingo
TV - Released: 8/2/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
Euphoria
Euphoria
as Ali
TV - Released: 6/16/2019
The X Change Rate
The X Change Rate
as Self - Special Guest
TV - Released: 5/23/2019
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Carl Weaber
TV - Released: 4/1/2019

2018

Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation
as Principal Turrell
Movie - Released: 9/21/2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Joseph Rivers
Movie - Released: 12/14/2018
First Match
First Match
as Coach Castile
Movie - Released: 3/12/2018

2016

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
as Hark
Movie - Released: 9/9/2016
Horace and Pete
Horace and Pete
as Dr. Evers
TV - Released: 1/30/2016
Lucifer
Lucifer
as Father Frank Lawrence
TV - Released: 1/25/2016
Timeless
Timeless
as Bass Reeves
TV - Released: 10/3/2016

2015

Beautiful Something
Beautiful Something
as Drew
Movie - Released: 4/26/2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead
as Victor Strand
TV - Released: 8/23/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Selma
Selma
as Ralph Abernathy
Movie - Released: 12/25/2014
A Long Walk
A Long Walk
as Older Paul
Movie - Released: 3/25/2014
Time Out of Mind
Time Out of Mind
as Mr. Oyello
Movie - Released: 9/7/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman
as Eddie (voice)
TV - Released: 8/22/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014

2013

Newlyweeds
Newlyweeds
as Chico
Movie - Released: 9/18/2013
42
42
as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/12/2013
All Is Bright
All Is Bright
as Nzomo
Movie - Released: 9/10/2013
Hairbrained
Hairbrained
as Finals Moderator
Movie - Released: 11/25/2013
The Butler
The Butler
as Freddie Fallows
Movie - Released: 8/16/2013
400 Boys
400 Boys
as Talon
Movie - Released: 1/1/2013

2012

Lincoln
Lincoln
as Private Harold Green
Movie - Released: 11/9/2012
Red Hook Summer
Red Hook Summer
as Blessing Rowe
Movie - Released: 8/10/2012

2011

Halloween Wars
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 10/2/2011

2009

Passing Strange
Passing Strange
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
Movie - Released: 8/21/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2008

Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna
as West Indian Postal Customer
Movie - Released: 9/15/2008

2007

The Big Gay Sketch Show
The Big Gay Sketch Show
TV - Released: 4/24/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

Freedomland
Freedomland
as Male Patient
Movie - Released: 2/17/2006

2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Gus Johnson
TV - Released: 3/3/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Stiles (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005

2003

Kung Phooey!
Kung Phooey!
as Roy Lee
Movie - Released: 3/11/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/26/2003

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Andre Lanier
TV - Released: 9/30/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sergeant Ev Sides
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

Desi's Looking for a New Girl
Desi's Looking for a New Girl
as Mother
Movie - Released: 6/16/2000

1999

True Crime
True Crime
as Wally Cartwright
Movie - Released: 3/19/1999
King of the Bingo Game
King of the Bingo Game
as Sonny
Movie - Released: 1/26/1999

1998

Around the Fire
Around the Fire
as Trace
Movie - Released: 9/26/1998

1996

The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1990

Law & Order
Law & Order
as Donnie
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Movie
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic
as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
Movie
Movie
Barbecue
Movie
Movie
Nothingman
as Otis Tremmel
Movie
Movie
Movie
True-ish
Movie