# List of awards and nominations received by Colman Domingo

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Colman Domingo, an American actor, playwright and director of stage and screen.
Domingo started his career on stage, acting in several Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. For his performance on A Boy and His Soul he received a Lucille Lortel Award in 2010. Later he was cast in The Scottsboro Boys by Susan Stroman, receiving nominations at the 65th Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
In 2020, for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom he received Screen Actors Guild Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2022, Domingo has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a drug addict in HBO series Euphoria and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance as an abusive pimp in Zola.
Domingo received consecutive nominations in 2023 and 2024 for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin and a prison inmate named John "Divine G" Whitfield in the drama Sing Sing.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

Academy Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

British Academy Film Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Rustin | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Sing Sing | Nominated | |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Critics' Choice Movie Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2020 | Best Acting Ensemble | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2025 | Best Acting Ensemble | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Euphoria | Won | |

### Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Rustin | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Sing Sing | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2020 | Best Supporting Male | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Supporting Male | Zola | Nominated |
| 2025 | Best Lead Performance | Sing Sing | Nominated |

### Laurence Olivier Awards

Laurence Olivier Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Role in a Musical | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2020 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2025 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Sing Sing | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

Tony Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Best Play | Fat Ham | Nominated | |

## Other awards
### Astra Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2023 | Best Short Film | North Star | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Cast Ensemble | The Color Purple | Won |
| 2025 | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |

### BET Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Rustin, The Color Purple | Nominated | |

### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Ensemble | Passing Strange | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Ensemble | Selma | Won |
| 2022 | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Zola | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series | Fear the Walking Dead | Nominated |
| 2024 | Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award | Himself | Honored |
| 2025 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Sing Sing | Nominated |

### Gotham Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2022 | Outstanding Supporting Performance | Zola | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2024 | Social Justice Award | Sing Sing | Won |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2021 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won |
| 2023 | Outstanding Guest Performance in a TV Series | Euphoria | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | The Color Purple | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The Color Purple | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture | Rustin | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2024 | Entertainer of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2025 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | The Madness | Nominated |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture –Drama | Rustin | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture –Drama | Sing Sing | Won | |

## Theatre awards

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Obie Award | Performance | Passing Strange | Won |
| 2008 | Connecticut Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Coming Home | Won |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Solo Performance | A Boy and His Soul | Nominated |
| 2010 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | A Boy and His Soul | Nominated |
| 2010 | Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Solo Show | A Boy and His Soul | Won |
| 2011 | Fred and Adele Astaire Award | Outstanding Male Dancer | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated |
| 2014 | Whatsonstage.com Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated |
| 2017 | NAACP Theatre Award | Best Director of a Play, Larger Theatre | Barbecue | Nominated |
| 2018 | IRNE Award | Best Director of a Play, Large Stage | A Guide for the Homesick | Nominated |
| 2018 | Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater | Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole | Nominated |
| 2018 | Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater | Outstanding New Play/Musical | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole | Nominated |
| 2018 | Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Nominated |
| 2019 | NAACP Theatre Award | Best Playwright, Larger Theatre | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Nominated |

## Additional awards

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Black Reel Award | Best Ensemble | Passing Strange | Nominated |
| 2014 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Selma | Nominated |
| 2014 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Selma | Nominated |
| 2015 | Black Reel Award | Best Ensemble | Selma | Won |
| 2018 | ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) | Best Drama Actor | Nothingman | Won |
| 2018 | Newport Beach Film Festival | Artist of Distinction Award | Artist of Distinction Award | Won |
| 2020 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won |
| 2020 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won |
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Acting Ensemble | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2020 | Florida Film Critics Circle Award | Best Ensemble | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2020 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie | Euphoria | Won |
| 2021 | Imagen Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Television (Drama) | Euphoria | Won |
| 2021 | Gotham Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performance | Zola | Nominated |
| 2021 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Zola | Nominated |
| 2022 | Austin Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Zola | Nominated |
| 2022 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Zola | Won |
| 2022 | Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Zola | Nominated |
| 2022 | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Zola | Nominated |
| 2022 | Saturn Awards | Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series | Fear the Walking Dead | Nominated |
| 2022 | NHMC Impact Awards Gala | Impact Award for Best Performance in a Drama | Euphoria | Won |
| 2023 | TIFF Tribute Awards | Actor Award | Rustin, Sing Sing | Won |
| 2023 | Columbus Film Critics Association | Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) | Rustin, The Color Purple, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Nominated |
| 2023 | Indiana Film Journalists Association | Best Lead Performance | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Columbus Film Critics Association | Best Lead Performance | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Women Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Newport Beach Film Festival | Outstanding Performance Award | Rustin | Won |
| 2023 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Rustin | Won |
| 2023 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Spotlight Award | Rustin | Won |
| 2023 | Celebration of Cinema and Television | Best Actor | Rustin | Won |
| 2023 | Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Black Reel Awards | Best Lead Performance | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Best Actor | Rustin | Won |
| 2023 | Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2023 | Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Won |
| 2023 | Celebration of Cinema and Television | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Won |
| 2023 | Columbus Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2023 | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2024 | Black Reel Award | Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award | Rustin, The Color Purple | Won |
| 2024 | London Film Critics' Circle | Derek Malcolm Award For Innovation | Rustin, The Color Purple | Won |
| 2024 | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Won |
| 2024 | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2024 | African-American Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Won |
| 2024 | Dorian Awards | LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award "For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity" | LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award "For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity" | Won |
| 2024 | Dorian Awards | Film Performance of the Year | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2024 | Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Rustin | Nominated |
| 2025 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Dorian Awards | Film Performance of the Year | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Chicago Indie Critics | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Lead Performance | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Portland Critics Association | Best Lead Performance (Male) | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Indiana Film Journalists Association | Best Lead Performance | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Michigan Movie Critics Guild | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | New York Film Critics Online | Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Atlanta Film Critics Circle | Best Ensemble | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | Hollywood Creative Alliance's (HCA) The Astra Awards | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Ensemble | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | Seattle Film Critics Society | Lead Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | African American Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |
| 2025 | Phoenix Critics Circle | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated |
| 2025 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Won |