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 (2015–2023). 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 – 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 (2019–2026).
Acting credits
Film Year Film Role Notes 1995 Timepiece Khris 1998 Around the Fire Trace 1999 King of the Bingo Game Sonny True Crime Wally Cartwright 2000 Desi's Looking for a New Girl Mother 2003 Kung Phooey! Roy Lee 2006 Freedomland Male Patient 2008 Miracle at St. Anna West Indian Postal Customer 2012 Lincoln Private Harold Green Red Hook Summer Blessing Rowe2013 All Is Bright Nzomo 42 Lawson Bowman Hair Brained Finals Moderator The Butler Freddie Fallows 2014 400 Boys Talon Time Out of Mind Mr. Oyello Selma Ralph Abernathy 2015 Beautiful Something Drew 2016 The Birth of a Nation Hark Turner 2018 Assassination Nation Principal Turrell First Match Coach Castile If Beale Street Could Talk Joseph Rivers 2019 Lucy in the Sky Frank Paxton 2020 Zola X Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Cutler 2021 Without Remorse Pastor West The God Committee Father Dunbar Candyman William Burke2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Unicron (voice) Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Arthur Gillman (voice) Rustin Bayard Rustin Sing Sing John "Divine G" Whitfield Also executive producer The Color Purple Albert "Mister" Johnson 2024 Drive-Away Dolls Chief 2025 The Electric State Wolfe (voice) Chapter 51 Christopher Demy Dead Man's Wire Fred Temple The Running Man Bobby Thompson Wicked: For Good Brrr / The Cowardly Lion (voice)Cameo2026 Michael Joseph Jackson Disclosure Day Hugo Wakefield 2027 Post-productionTBA Thomas Havens (voice) In production Joseph Jackson
Television Year Show Role Notes 1997 Nash Bridges Reggie Harell 4 episodes1999 Hassam Desmond Kenner 2000 Trumpet Player 2004 Law & Order Ronald Gumer Episode: "Hands Free" 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sergeant Ev Sides 2 episodes Law & Order: Trial by Jury Gus Episode: "Eros in the Upper Eighties" 2008 Law & Order Donnie 2 episodes 2008–2010 Various 16 episodes 2009 Great Performances Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus/Joop Episode: "Passing Strange" 2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Andre Lanier 2 episodes 2015–2023 Fear the Walking Dead Victor Strand 75 episodesGuest role (season 1)Main role (seasons 2–8) 2015 The Knick Dr. Russell Daniels Recurring role (season 2) 2016 Lucifer Father Frank Lawrence Episode: "Priest Walks Into a Bar" Horace and Pete Dr. Evers Episode: "Episode 8" 2017 Timeless Bass Reeves Episode: "The Murder of Jesse James" BoJack Horseman Eddie the Dragonfly Voice role; episode: "The Old Sugarman Place" 2018 American Dad! Stiles Voice role; episode: "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" 2019–2026 Euphoria Ali Muhammad Recurring role Starring (special episode: "Trouble Don't Last Always") 2020 The Twilight Zone Carl Episode: "Downtime" 2021 Cinema Toast Barrington Voice role; episode: "Kiss, Marry, Kill" 2023 You Are Here Himself (host) 4 episodes 2024 The Madness Muncie Daniels Lead role 2025–present Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Norman Osborn (voice) Main cast; 10 episodes The Four Seasons Danny Main cast 2025 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Himself (guest judge) Episode: "Murder on the Dance Floor" 2026 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Colman Domingo/Anitta"Jimmy Kimmel Live!Himself (host)4 episodes
Theater Year Title Role Playwright VenueRef.1994 Out of the Inkwell The Brown Bomber Theater Rhinoceros 1995 Twelfth Night Antonio William Shakespeare Desk Set Sadel Phoebe Ephron 1996 Journey to the West Dragon King Wu Cheng'en Berkeley Repertory Theatre Huntington Theatre Company 1997 Blade to the Heat Garnet Oliver Mayer Thick Description Hurricane Ray Erin Cressida Wilson Campo Santo at New Langton Arts Blues for an Alabama Sky Guy Pearl Cleage TheatreWorks A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon / Theseus William Shakespeare San Francisco Shakespeare Festival 1998 Maleta Mulata Barbarito Jorge Ignacio Cortinas Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts Up Jumped Springtime Ensemble Colman Domingo Theater Rhinoceros 1999 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio William Shakespeare Shakespeare Santa Cruz The Two Gentlemen of Verona Speed 2000 Fences Gabriel August Wilson TheatreWorks The Taming of the Shrew Lucentio William Shakespeare California Shakespeare Theater Sons of Don Juan Fernandito John PiRoman San Jose Repertory Theatre Love's Labour's Lost Costard William Shakespeare California Shakespeare Theater 2001 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Speed Geva Theatre Center A Christmas Carol Mr. Fezziwig Charles Dickens American Conservatory Theater 2002 A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander William Shakespeare California Shakespeare Theater Haroun and the Sea of Stories Mr. Sengupta / Khatham Shud Salman Rushdie Berkeley Repertory Theatre The Winter's Tale Autolycus William Shakespeare California Shakespeare Theater 2003 American Ma(u)l Thomas Jefferson Robert O'Hara Culture Project/ 45 Bleeker Henry V Duke of Bourbon William Shakespeare Delacorte Theater 2004 All's Well That Ends Well Lavatch California Shakespeare Theater 2005 People's Temple Eugene Smith, others Leigh Fondakowski Berkeley Repertory Theatre A Boy and His Soul Self Colman Domingo Thick Description 2006 People's Temple Eugene Smith, others Leigh Fondakowski Guthrie Theater Passing Strange Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus Stew Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2007 The Public Theater, Anspacher Theater Well Jim, others Lisa Kron Huntington Theatre 2008 Passing Strange Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus Stew Broadway, Belasco Theatre A Boy and His Soul Self Colman Domingo Thick Description 2009 Coming Home Alfred Witbooy Athol Fugard Long Wharf Theatre The Wiz William F. Brown New York City Center Encores! A Boy and His Soul Self Colman Domingo Vineyard Theatre 2010 Mr. Bones David Thompson Vineyard Theater Guthrie Theater Broadway, Lyceum Theatre 2010–2011 Chicago Billy Flynn Fred Ebb / Bob Fosse Broadway, Ambassador Theatre 2011 Blood Knot Zachariah Pietersen Athol Fugard Signature Theatre 2012 Wild with Happy Gil Colman DomingoThe Public Theater, LuEsther Hall 2013 TheatreWorks A Boy and His Soul Self Tricycle Theatre Mr. Bones David Thompson The Young Vic 2014 A Boy and His Soul Self Colman Domingo Brisbane Powerhouse Guys and Dolls Rusty Charlie Jo Swerling / Abe Burrows Carnegie Hall Nothing Personal James Baldwin James Baldwin New York Live Arts, Live Ideas Festival2014–2015 Mr. Bones David Thompson West End theatre, Garrick Theatre 2019 A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger (one night only) Lorraine Hansberry Broadway, American Airlines Theatre Benefit Staged Reading
Audio plays Year Project Role Notes 2023 The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark Bruce Wayne / Batman Scripted podcast 2024 Batman Unburied: Fallen City Scripted podcast
Music videos YearTitleArtist2025"Tears"Sabrina Carpenter
Discography YearTitleRoleArtist2026"Automatic""Spoken WordJessie Ware
Directing credits Television Year Show Season Episode number Episode name 2018 Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 12 "Weak" 2019 Season 5 Episode 3 "Humbug's Gulch" 2020 Season 6 Episode 3 "Alaska" 2025 The Four Seasons Season 1 Episode 6 "Ultimate Frisbee" 2026 Season 2 Episode 1 "Hiking"
Stage Year Title Playwright Venue 1998 Pieces of the Quilt – 3 Erin Cressida Wilson, Maria Irene Fornes, Herbert Siguenza Greg Sarris, John Steppling, Migdalia Cruz, Rhodessa Jones Solo Mio at Bayfront Theater 1999 Single Black Female Lisa B. Thompson Theatre Rhinoceros 2001 Rhinoceros Eugène Ionesco Theatre Rhinoceros 2004 Single Black Female Lisa B. Thompson Flight Theatre at the Complex Hollywood 2004 Once on This Island Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music) The College at Brockport, State University of New York at Geva Theatre Center 2006 Single Black Female Lisa B. Thompson New Professional Theatre at Peter JaySharp Theater Playwrights Horizons 2008 Single Black Female Lisa B. Thompson New Professional Theatre at The Duke on 42nd St New 42nd Street 2009 Exit Cuckoo Lisa Ramirez Working Theater at Clurman Theater at Theatre Row 2015 A Band of Angels Myla Churchill New York City Children's Theater 2015 Seven Guitars August Wilson Actors Theatre of Louisville 2016 Barbecue Robert O'Hara Geffen Playhouse 2017 A Guide for the Homesick Ken Urban Huntington Theatre Company 2019 Dot Colman Domingo People's Light and Theatre Company
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) Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (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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