Colman Domingo is an American actor, playwright, and director.
Domingo rose to prominence for his role on the sketch series The Big Gay Sketch Show from 2008 to 2010 and as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015âÂÂ2023). During this time he also took minor roles in films such as Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Lincoln (2012), 42 (2013), Selma (2014), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). He gained acclaim for his roles in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2021), Rustin (2023), The Color Purple (2023), and Sing Sing (2023). He also took television roles in The Knick (2015), Lucifer (2016), Horace and Pete (2016), and The Twilight Zone (2020).
Domingo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Rustin (2023) and Sing Sing (2023) and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama for Sing Sing (2024). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a former drug addict in the HBO series Euphoria (2019âÂÂpresent).
Acting credits
Film
Television
Theater
Audio plays
Music videos
Directing credits
Television
Stage
Writing credits
- Up Jumped Springtime (Premiered at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, 1998)
- A Boy and His Soul (Premiered at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City, 2009; earlier version of the play premiered at the Thick Description Theater in San Francisco in 2005, and produced in 2008 as a part of Thick Description's 20th Anniversary Season; produced as a one night only performance at Joe's Pub in New York City in 2008; produced in Tricycle Theatre in London, UK in 2013; produced at Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014)
- Wild With Happy (Premiered at The Public Theater in New York City in 2012; produced at TheatreWorks in Menlo Park, CA, in 2013; produced at Baltimore Center Stage in 2014; produced at City Theatre (Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2017)
- Dot (Premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2015; produced at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City in 2016; produced at Detroit Public Theatre in November 2016; produced at Everyman Theatre, Baltimore in December 2016; produced at New Venture Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, in March 2017; produced at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA, in April 2017; produced at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre in St. Louis, MO, in September 2017; produced at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC, in November 2017; produced at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN, in November 2017; produced at The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York City in October 2018; produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA in September 2019; produced at Soul Rep Theatre Company in Dallas, TX in December 2019)
- ' (book co-written with Robert Cary and Des McAnuff) (Premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, in November 2017; produced on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with opening in Spring 2018)
- Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (co-written with Patricia McGregor) (Produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA, in September 2017; premiered on the West Coast in February 2019 at the Geffen Playhouse; premiered off-Broadway in 2025 at the New York Theatre Workshop)
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