Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actor, playwright and director.

Domingo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Temple University, where he majored in journalism. Soon thereafter he moved to San Francisco, California, where he started acting, mainly in theatre productions.

Domingo starred as Mr. Franklin Jones, Joop, and Mr. Venus, in the critically acclaimed rock musical Passing Strange, which, after a successful 2007 run at The Public Theater, opened on Broadway on February 28, 2008. He received an Obie Award in spring 2008 as part of the ensemble of Passing Strange Off-Broadway and reprised his roles in the film version of Passing Strange, directed by Spike Lee, which made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. In 2010, Domingo's self-penned, one-man autobiographical play A Boy and His Soul premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theater, for which he won a GLAAD Award: Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off–Broadway and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show. He was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award.

Domingo starred as Billy Flynn in Chicago, the longest running revival on Broadway, and in the final collaboration by Kander and Ebb of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by Susan Stroman on Broadway in Fall 2010. For the latter role, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, in May 2011. When the The Scottsboro Boys opened in London in Fall 2013, Domingo was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical in April 2014. He was nominated for the Fred Astaire Award for Best Principal Dancer on Broadway in 2011.

In 2015, Domingo began appearing in a recurring role on AMC's post-apocalyptic, zombie series Fear the Walking Dead, as a character named Victor Strand. In December 2015, it was announced that Domingo was promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the series.

Domingo has taught at the O'Neill National Theater Institute, University of Texas at Austin, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

• 1997: Dean Goodman Choice Award - "Blues for an Alabama Sky" by Pearl Cleage at TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
• 2006: Bay Area Critics Circle Award Performance - "Passing Strange" by Stew at The Berkeley Repertory Theater
• 2008: Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Actor in a Play – "Coming Home" by Athol Fugard at Long Wharf Theatre
• 2008: Obie Award Performance - "Passing Strange" by Stew at The Public Theatre
• 2010: Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show – "A Boy and His Soul" by Colman Domingo at Vineyard Theatre
• 2010: ITBA Award, Outstanding Solo Show – "A Boy and His Soul" by Colman Domingo at Vineyard Theatre
• 2015: Black Reel Award, Best Ensemble - "Selma" directed by Ava DuVernay

• 2010: Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance - "A Boy and His Soul" by Colman Domingo at Vineyard Theatre
• 2010: Drama League Award Nomination, Distinguished Performance - "A Boy and His Soul" by Colman Domingo at Vineyard Theatre
• 2010: Black Reel Award, Best Ensemble - "Passing Strange" directed by Spike Lee
• 2011: Fred and Adele Astaire Award Nomination, Outstanding Male Dancer - "The Scottsboro Boys" by Fred Ebb, John Kander and David Thompson
• 2011: Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - "The Scottsboro Boys" by Fred Ebb, John Kander and David Thompson
• 2014: Whatsonstage.com Awards, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical - "The Scottsboro Boys" by Fred Ebb, John Kander and David Thompson
• 2014: Olivier Award, Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical - "The Scottsboro Boys" by Fred Ebb, John Kander and David Thompson
• 2014: San Diego Film Critics Society, Best Ensemble - "Selma"
• 2014: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Best Ensemble - "Selma"

Stage

As playwright

• 2009 A Boy and His Soul
• 2012 Wild With Happy
• 2016 Dot
• 2017 SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (book co-written with Robert Cary, and Des McAnuff)

As actor

Film

Television