Colman Domingo
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
Law & Order
Donnie
1990
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
1990
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
American Dad!
Stiles (voice)
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Lucifer
Father Frank Lawrence
2016
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Andre Lanier
2001
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sergeant Ev Sides
2001
Series
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Euphoria
Ali
2019
Film
Disclosure Day
Hugo Wakefield
2026
Series
BoJack Horseman
Eddie (voice)
2014
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Fear the Walking Dead
Victor Strand
2015
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Nash Bridges
Trumpet Player
1996
Series
Nash Bridges
Desmond Kenner
1996
Series
Nash Bridges
Hassam
1996
Film
Michael
Joseph Jackson
2026
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Last Meals
Self
2021
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Film
The Running Man
Bobby T.
2025
Film
Wicked: For Good
The Cowardly Lion (voice)
2025
Series
Timeless
Bass Reeves
2016
Series
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Norman Osborn (voice)
2025
Film
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Unicron (voice)
2023
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Twilight Zone
Carl Weaber
2019
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Film
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Cutler
2020
Series
The Four Seasons
Danny
2025
Film
The Electric State
Wolfe (voice)
2025
Film
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Arthur Gillman (voice)
2023
Film
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Pastor West
2021
Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Gus Johnson
2005
Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Colman Domingo
2019
Film
The Color Purple
Mister
2023
Series
Halloween Wars
Self - Guest Judge
2011
Film
Drive-Away Dolls
The Chief
2024
Film
Dead Man's Wire
Fred Temple
2026
Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
Series
The Madness
Muncie Daniels
2024
Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
SElf
2025
Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Series
Horace and Pete
Dr. Evers
2016
Series
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self - Host
2020
Series
Cinema Toast
Barrington
2021
Film
The Butler
Freddie Fallows
2013
Film
Lincoln
Private Harold Green
2012
Film
Assassination Nation
Principal Turrell
2018
Film
If Beale Street Could Talk
Joseph Rivers
2018
Film
True Crime
Wally Cartwright
1999
Film
Sing Sing
John 'Divine G' Whitfield
2024
Film
Candyman
William Burke
2021
Film
42
Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
2013
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
The Birth of a Nation
Hark
2016
Series
The Big Gay Sketch Show
2007
Film
Euphoria: A Look Back
Self
2026
Series
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self
2026
Film
Lucy in the Sky
Frank Paxton
2019
Film
Zola
X
2021
Series
The X Change Rate
Self - Special Guest
2019
Film
Selma
Ralph Abernathy
2014
Film
Time Out of Mind
Mr. Oyello
2015
Film
Miracle at St. Anna
West Indian Postal Customer
2008
Film
The God Committee
Father Dunbar
2021
Film
Freedomland
Male Patient
2006
Film
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
Self
2026
Film
Fearless
Hospital patient with nail in hand (uncredited)
1993
Film
Rustin
Bayard Rustin
2023
Film
First Match
Coach Castile
2018
The Comebacker
2027
Film
Red Hook Summer
Blessing Rowe
2012
Film
Hairbrained
Finals Moderator
2013
Film
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Self
2022
Film
New Moon
Storyteller
2022
Film
400 Boys
Talon
2013
Nothingman
Otis Tremmel
2018
Film
Around the Fire
Trace
1998
Film
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
The Servant
Barrett
Culling Hens
Trader
2016
Unforgettable
Nathaniel Adams Coles / Nat King Cole
Film
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
Himself
2026
Series
You Are Here
Self
2023
Film
Barbecue
James T
2020
Film
King of the Bingo Game
Sonny
1999
Film
Beautiful Something
Drew
2015
Film
All Is Bright
Nzomo
2013
Film
Chapter 51
Christopher Demy
2026
Film
Superbloom
2026
Film
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Self
2020
Film
Desi's Looking for a New Girl
Mother
2000
An Innocent Girl
Film
Newlyweeds
Chico
2013
Film
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
Film
North Star
James
2022
Film
Passing Strange
Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
2009
Film
A Long Walk
Older Paul
2014
Film
A Boy and His Soul
True-ish
Strange Arrivals
Barney Hill
Film
Kung Phooey!
Roy Lee
2003