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Colman Domingo Movies, Cast & Biography
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…
- Born
- 28 November 1969
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Known for
- Actor
- Guides here
- 2 films
Biography
Who is 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.
Biography from TMDB, edited for length. Verified 6 November 2026.
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Filmography
Notable credits
- Lucifer2016Father Frank Lawrence
- Euphoria2019Ali
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts2023Unicron (voice)
- Fear the Walking Dead2015Victor Strand
- Michael2026Joseph Jackson
- Lincoln2012Private Harold Green
- Disclosure Day2026Hugo Wakefield
- The Butler2013Freddie Fallows
- BoJack Horseman2014Eddie (voice)
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse2021Pastor West
Credit list from TMDB. Sorted by audience votes.
Questions
Frequently asked
Colman was born in which country?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
What is Colman Domingo best known for?
Best known as a actor, with 2 credited films in the MovieState library.
Which Colman Domingo films can I read about here?
Disclosure Day (2026), Michael (2026).

