Colman Domingo

Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, playwright and director. 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. Time magazine named him among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.

Domingo started his career in regional theater productions before transitioning to Broadway acting in Well (2005), Passing Strange (2008), and Chicago (2010–2011). For his role in the original Broadway and West End productions of The Scottsboro Boys, he earned nominations for the Tony Award and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. He also wrote the book for the musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (2018) and co-produced the play Fat Ham (2023).

On television he portrayed Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023) and played a recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He earned a second Emmy nomination for his comedic role in the Netflix series The Four Seasons (2025).

In film, Domingo received consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin (2023) and a prison inmate in the drama Sing Sing (2024). His other film credits include Lincoln (2012), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2021), The Color Purple (2023), and Michael (2026).