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.
The Dish
2026
Chapter 51
2025
"Extraordinary" Pursuits
2024
Sing Sing
John 'Divine G' Whitfield
2024
Drive-Away Dolls
The Chief
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
The Color Purple
Mister
2023
Rustin
Bayard Rustin
2023
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Arthur Gillman (voice)
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Unicron (voice)
2023
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
New Moon
Storyteller
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Self
2022
North Star
2022
Candyman
William Burke
2021
The God Committee
Father Dunbar
2021
Zola
X
2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Pastor West
2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Self
2020
Barbecue
James T
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Cutler
2020
Lucy in the Sky
Frank Paxton
2019
If Beale Street Could Talk
Joseph Rivers
2018
Assassination Nation
Principal Turrell
2018
First Match
Coach Castile
2018
The Birth of a Nation
Hark
2016
Beautiful Something
Drew
2015
Selma
Ralph Abernathy
2014
Time Out of Mind
Mr. Oyello
2014
A Long Walk
Older Paul
2014
Hairbrained
Finals Moderator
2013
Newlyweeds
Chico
2013
All Is Bright
Nzomo
2013
The Butler
Freddie Fallows
2013
42
Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
2013
Lincoln
Private Harold Green
2012
Passing Strange
Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
2009
Michael
Joe Jackson
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic
Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
Red Hook Summer
Blessing Rowe
2012
Miracle at St. Anna
West Indian Postal Customer
2008
Freedomland
Male Patient
2006
True Crime
Wally Cartwright
1999
Nothingman
Otis Tremmel
Kung Phooey!
Roy Lee
2003
Desi's Looking for a New Girl
Mother
2000
King of the Bingo Game
Sonny
1999
Around the Fire
Trace
1998
A Boy and His Soul
The Running Man
Bobby Thompson
2025
Dead Man's Wire
The Electric State
Wolfe (voice)
2025
400 Boys
Talon
2013
True-ish
Strange Arrivals
Barney Hill
The Four Seasons
Danny · (8 episodes)
2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Norman Osborn (voice) · (10 episodes)
2025
The Madness
Muncie Daniels · (8 episodes)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
You Are Here
Self · (4 episodes)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2022
Cinema Toast
Barrington · (10 episodes)
2021
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self - Host · (22 episodes)
2020
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(3 episodes)
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Colman Domingo · (1 episode)
2019
Euphoria
Ali · (16 episodes)
2019
The X Change Rate
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
2019
The Twilight Zone
Carl Weaber · (1 episode)
2019
Timeless
Bass Reeves · (1 episode)
2016
Horace and Pete
Dr. Evers · (10 episodes)
2016
Lucifer
Father Frank Lawrence · (1 episode)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Victor Strand · (113 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Eddie (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2012
Halloween Wars
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2011
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
The Big Gay Sketch Show
(25 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2007
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Gus Johnson · (1 episode)
2005
American Dad!
Stiles (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Andre Lanier · (1 episode)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sergeant Ev Sides · (1 episode)
2001
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Law & Order
Donnie · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer · (1 episode)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944