Colman Domingo
CountryUnited States 
GenderMale
Birthdaynov. 28, 1969
BiographyColman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor and playwright. Prominent on both screen and stage since the 2010s, Domingo has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. Time magazine named him among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
Domingo started his acting career by appearing in local theater productions across the San Francisco Bay Area. As his career progressed, he transitioned to Broadway with roles in productions such as Well (2005), Passing Strange (2008), Chicago (2010), and The Scottsboro Boys (2011); the latter earned him a Tony Award nomination and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the West End production. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.
Domingo ventured into television with various roles in police procedurals such as Nash Bridges and the Law and Order franchise. His breakthrough came as part of the main cast of The Big Gay Sketch Show (2008–2010) and later as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). He gained wider recognition for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He earned a second Emmy nomination for his performance in the Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons (2025).
In film, Domingo received consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin (2023) and a prison inmate in the drama Sing Sing (2024). He has also appeared in acclaimed films such as 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).
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Domingo started his acting career by appearing in local theater productions across the San Francisco Bay Area. As his career progressed, he transitioned to Broadway with roles in productions such as Well (2005), Passing Strange (2008), Chicago (2010), and The Scottsboro Boys (2011); the latter earned him a Tony Award nomination and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the West End production. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.
Domingo ventured into television with various roles in police procedurals such as Nash Bridges and the Law and Order franchise. His breakthrough came as part of the main cast of The Big Gay Sketch Show (2008–2010) and later as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). He gained wider recognition for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He earned a second Emmy nomination for his performance in the Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons (2025).
In film, Domingo received consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin (2023) and a prison inmate in the drama Sing Sing (2024). He has also appeared in acclaimed films such as 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).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Colman Domingo. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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