# Colman Domingo on screen and stage

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 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
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Timepiece | Khris | |
| 1998 | Around the Fire | Trace | |
| 1999 | King of the Bingo Game | Sonny | |
| 1999 | 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 | |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer | Blessing Rowe | |
| 2013 | All Is Bright | Nzomo | |
| 2013 | 42 | Lawson Bowman | |
| 2013 | Hair Brained | Finals Moderator | |
| 2013 | The Butler | Freddie Fallows | |
| 2014 | 400 Boys | Talon | |
| 2014 | Time Out of Mind | Mr. Oyello | |
| 2014 | Selma | Ralph Abernathy | |
| 2015 | Beautiful Something | Drew | |
| 2016 | The Birth of a Nation | Hark Turner | |
| 2018 | Assassination Nation | Principal Turrell | |
| 2018 | First Match | Coach Castile | |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Joseph Rivers | |
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky | Frank Paxton | |
| 2020 | Zola | X | |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Cutler | |
| 2021 | Without Remorse | Pastor West | |
| 2021 | The God Committee | Father Dunbar | |
| 2021 | Candyman | William Burke | |
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Unicron (voice) | |
| 2023 | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Arthur Gillman (voice) | |
| 2023 | Rustin | Bayard Rustin | |
| 2023 | Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield | Also executive producer |
| 2023 | The Color Purple | Albert "Mister" Johnson | |
| 2024 | Drive-Away Dolls | Chief | |
| 2025 | The Electric State | Wolfe (voice) | |
| 2025 | Michael † | Joseph Jackson | Post-production |
| 2025 | The Running Man † | Bobby Thompson | Post-production |
| 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 | Nash Bridges | Hassam | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Nash Bridges | Desmond Kenner | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Trumpet Player | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Law & Order | Ronald Gumer | Episode: "Hands Free" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sergeant Ev Sides | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | 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" |
| 2016 | Horace and Pete | Dr. Evers | Episode: "Episode 8" |
| 2017 | Timeless | Bass Reeves | Episode: "The Murder of Jesse James" |
| 2017 | 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 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 |
| TBA | The Four Seasons † | TBA | Upcoming series |

### Stage

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

### Audio plays

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

## Directing credits
### Television

| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode name |
| 2018 | Fear the Walking Dead | Season 4 | Episode 12 | "Weak" |
| 2019 | Fear the Walking Dead | Season 5 | Episode 3 | "Humbug's Gulch" |
| 2020 | Fear the Walking Dead | Season 6 | Episode 3 | "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 |
| 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 | book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty | 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, it premiered on the West Coast in February 2019 at the Geffen Playhouse)
* West Philly, Baby (developed with Alisa Tager and AMC Networks/ALLBLK for television)