Colman Domingo photographed by David Roemer for Variety
Colman Domingo photographed by David Roemer for Variety
Colman Domingo photographed by David Roemer for Variety
Colman Domingo photographed by David Roemer for Variety
Colman Domingo photographed by David Roemer for Variety
Colman Domingo by Keith Major
Colman Domingo by Keith Major
Colman Domingo by Keith Major
Colman Domingo by Raúl Romo
Colman Domingo by Raúl Romo
Colman Domingo by Raúl Romo
Colman Domingo Portrait by Tyler Shields
Colman Domingo Profile Portrait by Tyler Shields
Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo produced and stars in the A24 distributed independent film Sing Sing directed by Greg Kwedar which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Colman received the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Award for Distinguished Career Achievement.
Colman Domingo is an Academy Award nominated, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, Astra and Satellite Award nominated for his starring role as Bayard Rustin in the film Rustin. He received the Spotlight Award | Actor at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, as well as the Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Colman has received the 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival Honor | Outstanding Performance and was honored by the Critics Choice Association with the Actor Award for Film in Rustin. Domingo starred as Mister in the The Color Purple musical motion picture. A two time Film Independent Spirit, Gotham, SAG, Critics Choice, NAACP Image, Tony®, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Theatre Award nominee for his work on stage and screen, Colman is an OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award winning actor, playwright, director and producer. Colman landed a historic double win of Lead Actor and Supporting Actor Awards at the 2024 NAACP Image awards.
Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Production of a Play for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham on Broadway. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama, 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 role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Colman stars in an eight part limited series for Netflix entitled The Madness, directed by Clement Virgo, due in 2024. Mr. Domingo takes on a role of Joe Jackson in the Universal Pictures biopic Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua.
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, Nia DaCosta's Candyman and Janicza Bravo's Zola. 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.
Domingo received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursinus College. Colman is on the Board of Directors of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, and has served as a Juilliard School Creative Associate and a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama. He 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. Through his award-winning production company, Edith Productions, Colman develops television, film, theater and animation projects.