1. Colman Jason Domingo was born on November 28,1969 and is an American actor, playwright, and director.
39 Facts About Colman Domingo
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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.
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Colman Domingo gained acclaim for his role as Mr Bones in the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
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Colman Domingo 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.
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Colman Domingo gained wider acclaim for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2022.
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Colman 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.
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Colman Domingo was born and raised as the third of four children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA by his mother, Edith Bowles, and her husband in a working class household.
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Colman Domingo's mother was a homemaker and worked at a bank, while his stepfather, Clarence, sanded floors for a living.
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Colman Domingo had previously left the family when Domingo was nine years old.
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Colman Domingo had a speech impediment, a lisp, as a child and was sent to speech therapy classes by his mother.
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Colman Domingo is a 1987 Overbrook High School graduate, and later attended Temple University, where he majored in journalism.
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Colman Domingo taught classes and performed lectures at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014, O'Neill National Theater Institute in 2015, and University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016.
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Colman Domingo continued to act sporadically through the 1990s, making his television debut in the police procedural Nash Bridges in 1997.
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Colman Domingo acted in the sketch series The Big Gay Sketch Show from 2008 to 2010.
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On stage, Colman Domingo starred as Mr Franklin Jones, Joop, and Mr Venus in the critically acclaimed rock musical Passing Strange, which, after a successful 2007 run at The Public Theater, opened on Broadway on February 28,2008.
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Colman Domingo received an Obie Award in spring 2008 as part of the ensemble of Passing Strange Off-Broadway, and reprised his role in the film version of Passing Strange, directed by Spike Lee, which made its premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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In 2010, Colman Domingo's self-penned, one-man autobiographical play titled A Boy and His Soul premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show.
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Colman Domingo was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award.
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From June 14 to July 18,2014, Colman Domingo played Billy Flynn in the Broadway revival of Chicago.
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Colman Domingo earned acclaim for his work in The Scottsboro Boys, directed by Susan Stroman on Broadway in 2010.
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Colman Domingo was nominated for the Fred Astaire Award for Best Principal Dancer on Broadway in 2011.
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Colman Domingo appeared in Lee's films Miracle at St Anna and Red Hook Summer.
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Colman Domingo described breaking down with emotions after being rejected for a role he and others felt was perfect for him and subsequently decided his talents weren't best used in acting, and he should instead pursue a business in photographing headshots.
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On Fear the Walking Dead, Colman Domingo portrayed the character of Victor Strand; his first appearance was in the fifth episode of the first season, titled "Cobalt".
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In 2017, Colman Domingo joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a member of the Actors' Branch, and played a dragonfly in an episode of the fourth season of the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman.
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In 2018, Colman Domingo joined the Directors Guild of America as a director on season four of Fear The Walking Dead.
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Colman Domingo became the first ever actor from the series to helm an episode within The Walking Dead franchise.
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Colman Domingo ultimately directed 3 episodes of Fear The Walking Dead.
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Colman Domingo collaborated with Sam Levinson for the first time with a supporting role in Assassination Nation.
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Colman Domingo attracted considerable attention for his performance in Euphoria, eventually winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2022 for his work in the second season of the series.
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In 2020, Colman Domingo signed a first-look deal with AMC Networks.
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In 2023, Domingo starred as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the Netflix biopic Rustin, which was directed by George C Wolfe.
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Colman Domingo received positive notice for his performance as Mister in the second film adaptation of The Colour Purple novel and musical, and along with the ensemble cast, he received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the film.
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Colman Domingo portrayed John "Divine G" Whitfield in the prison drama Sing Sing, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and which was picked up by A24 for theatrical distribution the following year to critical acclaim.
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Colman Domingo received nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Sing Sing.
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In 2025, Colman Domingo voiced Norman Osborn in the Marvel Studios animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and has expressed interest in playing the character in live-action in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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In January 2024, it was announced that Colman Domingo was cast to play Joe Jackson in the musical biopic Michael about the life of singer Michael Jackson.
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In September 2024, it was reported that Colman Domingo is slated to appear in Steven Spielberg's next film project, along side Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Eve Hewson, Wyatt Russell, and Colin Firth.
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From 2009 to 2017, Colman Domingo lived in the federally subsidized artists' building Manhattan Plaza.