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Colman Domingo

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Colman Domingo
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
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In 2022, Colman Domingo won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film CinemaQ-LaBahn Ikon Film Award, the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award, the Creative Coalition Television Humanitarian Award and the Atlanta's Out On Film Icon Award. Colman Domingo stars in the Netflix, Higher Ground film Rustin as Bayard Rustin slated for 2022. He also stars as Mister in the Warner Brothers, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg produced The Color Purple musical motion picture. A 2022 Emmy, two time Film Independent Spirit, Gotham, SAG, Critics Choice and NAACP award nominee, Colman recently won a Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series/Anthology and an Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his work in Euphoria. Domingo is a Tony®, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Theatre Award nominated, OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award winning actor, playwright, director and producer. Colman received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursinus College. He joined the faculty of University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts as a Professor of acting, after having served as a Juilliard School Creative Associate and a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama. Colman has starred in some of the most profound films in recent years such as Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, Steven Spielbergs' Lincoln, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Ava DuVernay's Selma, Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation, Nia DaCosta's Candyman and Janicza Bravo's Zola. Domingo stars on AMC's Fear the Walking Dead for seven seasons and guest stars on HBO's Euphoria as Ali. He recurred on Steven Soderbergh's series The Knick. As a writer, his plays and musicals include Dot (Samuel French), Wild with Happy (Dramatist Play Service) and A Boy and His Soul (Oberon Books), the Tony Award nominated Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and Geffen Playhouse's groundbreaking musical Light's Out: Nat King Cole. His plays have been produced by The Public Theater, Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse, Humana Festival of New American Plays, New York Stage and Film, A.C.T, The Tricycle Theater in London, Brisbane Powerhouse in Australia, among others.
BornNovember 28, 1969
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 16 wins & 28 nominations total

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Colman Domingo at an event for The Oscars (2021)
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Colman Domingo in Rustin (2023)
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Clint Eastwood, Frances Fisher, and Colman Domingo in True Crime (1999)
Colman Domingo in Zola (2020)
Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, and Glynn Turman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Chadwick Boseman, and Dusan Brown in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

Known for

Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln
7.3
  • Private Harold Green
  • 2012
David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)
Selma
7.5
  • Ralph Abernathy
  • 2014
Colman Domingo and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Fear the Walking Dead
6.8
TV Series
  • Victor Strand
Passing Strange (2009)
Passing Strange
7.3
  • Mr. Franklin
  • Joop
  • Mr. Venus
  • 2009

Credits

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Actor

  • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • The Color Purple
    • Mister
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Rustin
    • Bayard Rustin
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • The Madness
    • Muncie Daniels
    • Pre-production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Colman Domingo and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
    Fear the Walking Dead
    • Victor Strand
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2023
  • New Moon (2022)
    New Moon
    • Storyteller
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Zendaya in Euphoria (2019)
    Euphoria
    • Ali
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • North Star (2022)
    North Star
    • James
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Candyman (2021)
    Candyman
    • William Burke
    • 2021
  • Blackout (2019)
    Blackout
    • Kellen
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • The God Committee (2021)
    The God Committee
    • Father Dunbar
    • 2021
  • Cinema Toast (2021)
    Cinema Toast
    • Barrington (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
    Without Remorse
    • Pastor West
    • 2021
  • Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Cutler
    • 2020
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)
    The Twilight Zone
    • Carl Weaver
    • Danny
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Andre Ozim in Change the Narrative (2020)
    Change the Narrative
    • Colman Domingo (2020)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)
    Zola
    • X
    • 2020
  • Natalie Portman and Mehdi Taleghani in Lucy in the Sky (2019)
    Lucy in the Sky
    • Frank Paxton
    • 2019
  • Colman Domingo in Nothingman (2018)
    Nothingman
    • Otis Tremmel
    • Short
    • 2018

Producer

  • It's What's Inside
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
  • When My Sleeping Dragon Woke (2022)
    When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • New Moon (2022)
    New Moon
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • North Star (2022)
    North Star
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Leylak (2021)
    Leylak
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Colman Domingo in Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (2020)
    Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
    • executive producer
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020

Director

  • Colman Domingo and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
    Fear the Walking Dead
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2020
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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"Euphoria" Cast Answer 4 Burning Questions
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"Euphoria" Cast Answer 4 Burning Questions
How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie
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How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie
Viola Davis Reflects on Chadwick Boseman's Unapologetic Authenticity
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Viola Davis Reflects on Chadwick Boseman's Unapologetic Authenticity
Colman Domingo Outsmarts Walkers and Really Vibes With "The Golden Girls"
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Colman Domingo Outsmarts Walkers and Really Vibes With "The Golden Girls"
Sundance Stars Cast Their Biopics
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Sundance Stars Cast Their Biopics
'Zola' Turns Dancer's Real-Life Tweet-Storm Into Sundance's Buzziest Title
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'Zola' Turns Dancer's Real-Life Tweet-Storm Into Sundance's Buzziest Title
All Is Bright
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All Is Bright
All Is Bright
Clip 1:55
All Is Bright
The IMDb Captain's Hat: Stars Answer Your Burning Questions
Interview 4:07
The IMDb Captain's Hat: Stars Answer Your Burning Questions
"Fear the Walking Dead" Cast Teases What's to Come
Interview 4:25
"Fear the Walking Dead" Cast Teases What's to Come
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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • November 28, 1969
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Spouse
    • Raul Domingo2014 - present
  • Parents
      Edith Hawkins Bowles
  • Other works
    (March 10 to April 12, 2015) His play, "Dot," was performed in a Brown-Forman Series production at the Pamela Brown Auditorium, Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Megan Byrne, Vichet Chum, Sean Dugan, Kevin R. Free, Marjorie Johnson, Adrienne C. Moore, Sharon Washington and Julie Phillips (stage manager) in the cast. Meredith McDonough was director. Dane Laffrey was scenic designer. Connie Furr Soloman was costume designer. Mark Barton was lighting designer. Christian Frederickson was sound designer. Stephen Horton was stage manager. Jason Pacella was assistant stage manager. Kimberly Colburn was Dramaturge. Kelly Gillespie was casting director. Rachel Dart was assistant director.
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Male

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    According to Colman Domingo on the 9/17/17 of Fear the Walking Dead (2015), he stated that he went to high school with Will Smith.

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