Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and director. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Domingo has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award. Domingo gained recognition for his portrayal as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the Netflix film Rustin (2023) and received a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Awards nomination. Domingo's early Broadway roles include the 2005 play Well and the 2008 musical Passing Strange. He gained acclaim for his role as Mr. Bones in the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys (2011) for which he received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 2014 West End production, receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical nomination. In 2018 he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. After early roles in various incarnations of the Law & Order series and as part of the main cast for The Big Gay Sketch Show, he had his breakthrough playing Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). In 2022, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo's film appearances include supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). For his role as a ruthless pimp in Janicza Bravo's Zola (2021), he received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male nomination.

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