Colman Domingo on screen and stage

Colman Domingo is an American actor, playwright, and director.

Domingo in 2018

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 Colour 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 for Sing Sing (2023) and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Sing Sing (2023). 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 to present).

Acting credits

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

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 Rowe
2013	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 Burke
2023	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)
	Michael †	Joseph Jackson	Post-production
	The Running Man †	Bobby Thompson
2026	Untitled Steven Spielberg film †	TBA	Filming
TBA	Dead Man's Wire †	Fred Temple	Post-production

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1997	Nash Bridges	Reggie Harell	4 episodes
1999		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	The Big Gay Sketch Show	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 episodes Guest 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–present	Euphoria	Ali Muhammed	Recurring role[1] 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"
2024	The Madness	Muncie Daniels	Lead role
2025–present	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man	Norman Osborn	Voice role, main cast; 10 episodes
2025	The Four Seasons	Danny	Lead role
	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Guest judge	Episode: "Murder on the Dance Floor"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1994	Out of the Inkwell	The Brown Bomber	Theater Rhinoceros	[2][3]
1995	Twelfth Night	Antonio		[2][3]
	Desk Set	Sadel		[4]
1996	Journey to the West	Dragon King	Berkeley Repertory Theatre/Huntington Theatre Company	[5][6]
1997	Blade to the Heat	Garnet	Thick Description	[7]
	Hurricane	Ray	Campo Santo at New Langton Arts	[8]
	Blues for an Alabama Sky	Guy	TheatreWorks	[9]
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oberon, Theseus	San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
1998	Maleta Mulata	Barbarito	Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts	[10]
	Up Jumped Springtime	Ensemble	Theater Rhinoceros	Also playwright
1999	Romeo and Juliet	Mercutio	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	[11]
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Speed		[12]
2000	Fences	Gabriel	TheatreWorks	[13]
	The Taming of the Shrew	Lucentio	California Shakespeare Theater	[14]
	Sons of Don Juan	Fernandito	San Jose Repertory Theatre	[15]
	Love's Labour's Lost	Costard	California Shakespeare Theater	[14]
2001	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Speed	Geva Theatre Center	[16]
	A Christmas Carol	Mr. Fezziwig	American Conservatory Theater	[17]
2002	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	California Shakespeare Theater	[14]
	Haroun and the Sea of Stories	Mr. Sengupta / Khatham Shud the Cultmaster of Bezaban	Berkeley Repertory Theatre	[18]
	The Winter's Tale	Autolycus	California Shakespeare Theater	[14]
2003	American Ma(u)l	Thomas Jefferson	Culture Project/ 45 Bleeker	[19]
	Henry V	Duke of Bourbon	Delacorte Theater	[20]
2004	All's Well That Ends Well	Lavatch	California Shakespeare Theater	[14]
2005	People's Temple	Eugene Smith, others	Berkeley Repertory Theatre
	A Boy and His Soul	Self	Thick Description	Also playwright
2006	People's Temple	Eugene Smith, others	Guthrie Theater
	Passing Strange	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus	Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2007			Joseph Papp Public Theater, Anspacher Theater
	Well	Jim, others	Huntington Theatre	[21]
2008	Passing Strange	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus	Broadway, Belasco Theatre
	A Boy and His Soul	Self	Thick Description	Also playwright
2009	Coming Home	Alfred Witbooy	Long Wharf Theatre	[22]
	The Wiz	The Wiz	New York City Center Encores!
	A Boy and His Soul	Self	Vineyard Theatre	Also playwright
2010	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones
			Guthrie Theater
			Broadway, Lyceum Theatre
2010, 2011	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Broadway, Ambassador Theatre
2011	Blood Knot	Zachariah Pietersen	Signature Theatre
2012	Wild with Happy	Gil, also playwright	Joseph Papp Public Theater, LuEsther Hall
2013			TheatreWorks
	A Boy and His Soul	Self	Tricycle Theatre	Also playwright
	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	The Young Vic
2014	A Boy and His Soul	Self	Brisbane Powerhouse	Also playwright
	Guys and Dolls	Rusty Charlie	Carnegie Hall
	Nothing Personal	James Baldwin	Live Ideas Festival at the New York Live Arts
	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	West End theatre, Garrick Theatre
2019	A Raisin in the Sun	Walter Lee Younger	Broadway, American Airlines Theatre One Night Only Benefit Staged Reading	[23]

Audio plays

Year	Project	Role	Notes
2023	The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Scripted podcast[24]
2024	Batman Unburied: Fallen City		Scripted podcast

Directing credits

Television

Year	Show	Season	Episode number	Episode name
2018	Fear the Walking Dead	Season 4	Episode 12[25]	"Weak"
2019		Season 5	Episode 3[26]	"Humbug's Gulch"
2020		Season 6	Episode 3[27]	"Alaska"

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 [28]
1999	Single Black Female	Lisa B. Thompson	Theatre Rhinoceros[29]
2001	Rhinoceros	Eugène Ionesco	Theatre Rhinoceros[30]
2004	Single Black Female	Lisa B. Thompson	Flight Theatre at the Complex Hollywood [31]
2004	Once on This Island	book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty	The College at Brockport, State University of New York at Geva Theatre Center[32]
2006	Single Black Female	Lisa B. Thompson	New Professional Theatre at Peter JaySharp Theater Playwrights Horizons[33]
2008	Single Black Female	Lisa B. Thompson	New Professional Theatre at The Duke on 42nd St New 42nd Street[34]
2009	Exit Cuckoo	Lisa Ramirez	Working Theater at Clurman Theater at Theatre Row[35]
2015	A Band of Angels	Myla Churchill	New York City Children's Theater [36]
2015	Seven Guitars	August Wilson	Actors Theatre of Louisville[37]
2016	Barbecue	Robert O'Hara	Geffen Playhouse[38]
2017	A Guide for the Homesick	Ken Urban	Huntington Theatre Company[39]
2019	Dot	Colman Domingo	People's Light and Theatre Company[40]

Writing credits

• Up Jumped Springtime^[41][42] (Premiered at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, 1998)
• A Boy and His Soul^[43] (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,^[44] and produced in 2008 as a part of Thick Description's 20th Anniversary Season;^[45] 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;^[46] produced at Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014)^[47]
• Wild With Happy^[48] (Premiered at The Public Theater in New York City in 2012; produced at TheatreWorks in Menlo Park, CA, in 2013;^[49] produced at Baltimore Center Stage in 2014;^[50] produced at City Theatre (Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2017^[51]
• Dot^[52] (Premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2015;^[53] produced at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City in 2016;^[54] produced at Detroit Public Theatre in November 2016;^[55] produced at Everyman Theatre, Baltimore in December 2016;^[56] produced at New Venture Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, in March 2017;^[57] produced at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA, in April 2017;^[58] produced at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre in St. Louis, MO, in September 2017;^[59] produced at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC, in November 2017;^[60] produced at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN, in November 2017;^[61] produced at The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York City in October 2018;^[62] 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)^[63]
• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (book co-written with Robert Cary and Des McAnuff)^[64] (Premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, in November 2017;^[65] produced on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with opening in Spring 2018)^[66]
• Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (co-written with Patricia McGregor) ^[67] (Produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA, in September 2017, it premiered on the West Coast in February 2019 at the Geffen Playhouse)^[68]
• West Philly, Baby (developed with Alisa Tager and AMC Networks/ALLBLK for television)^[69]