Colman Domingo

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Nov 28 (age 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1988–2026 (38 year career)

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Biography

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 an Academy Award and two Tony Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024. Domingo's early Broadway roles include the 2005 play Well and the 2008 musical Passing Strange. He gained acclaim for his role as Mr. Bo…

Known For

Film

Fear the Walking Dead

Victor Strand

Film

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Unicron (voice)

Film

The Butler

Freddie Fallows

Film

Lincoln

Private Harold Green

Film

Selma

Ralph Abernathy

Film

42

Lawson Bowman (uncredited)

Film

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

Pastor West

Film

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Arthur Gillman (voice)

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (58)

Michael

2026 Upcoming

as Joe Jackson

Apr 22

Disclosure Day

2026 Upcoming

Jun 10

Dead Man's Wire

as Fred Temple

The Running Man

as Bobby T.

Wicked: For Good

as The Cowardly Lion (voice)

The Electric State

as Wolfe (voice)

Chapter 51

"Extraordinary" Pursuits

Drive-Away Dolls

as The Chief

Sing Sing

as John 'Divine G' Whitfield

7.4

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Unicron (voice)

7.2

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

as Arthur Gillman (voice)

The Color Purple

as Mister

Rustin

as Bayard Rustin

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

2023

as Self

3.3

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

2022

New Moon

2022

as Storyteller

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

as Self

North Star

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

as Pastor West

Zola

as X

Candyman

as William Burke

The God Committee

as Father Dunbar

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020

as Cutler

6.6

Barbecue

2020

as James T

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

as Self

Lucy in the Sky

as Frank Paxton

Nothingman

as Otis Tremmel

If Beale Street Could Talk

as Joseph Rivers

Assassination Nation

as Principal Turrell

First Match

as Coach Castile

The Birth of a Nation

as Hark

Culling Hens

as Trader

Time Out of Mind

as Mr. Oyello

Beautiful Something

as Drew

Selma

as Ralph Abernathy

A Long Walk

as Older Paul

The Butler

as Freddie Fallows

as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)

7.2

400 Boys

2013

as Talon

Newlyweeds

as Chico

Hairbrained

as Finals Moderator

All Is Bright

as Nzomo

Lincoln

as Private Harold Green

Red Hook Summer

as Blessing Rowe

Passing Strange

as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus

4.9

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as West Indian Postal Customer

Freedomland

as Male Patient

Kung Phooey!

as Roy Lee

Desi's Looking for a New Girl

as Mother

True Crime

as Wally Cartwright

King of the Bingo Game

1999

as Sonny

Around the Fire

1998

as Trace

3.3

True-ish

A Boy and His Soul

Strange Arrivals

as Barney Hill

Unforgettable

as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole

The Comebacker

Television (42)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

2025

as Norman Osborn (voice)

The Four Seasons

as Danny

The Madness

as Muncie Daniels

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

2023

as Self

4.0

You Are Here

2023

as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Cinema Toast

as Barrington

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

2020

as Self - Host

10.0

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self - Guest

Euphoria

as Ali

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

The Twilight Zone

as Carl Weaber

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019

as Colman Domingo

7.0

The X Change Rate

2019

as Self - Special Guest

4.4

Lucifer

2016

as Father Frank Lawrence

Timeless

as Bass Reeves

Horace and Pete

as Dr. Evers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Hot Ones

as Self

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

as Victor Strand

7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

BoJack Horseman

as Eddie (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

as Self - Guest Judge

7.2

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

2012

as Self - Guest Judge

5.5

Halloween Wars

2011

as Self - Guest Judge

6.4

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Big Gay Sketch Show

American Dad!

as Stiles (voice)

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Gus Johnson

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Sergeant Ev Sides

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

Nash Bridges

as Hassam

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer

7.3

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Oscars

as Self

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (16)

Movies (13)

Dead Man's Wire

2026

Executive Producer

6.5

National Theatre Live: Retrograde

Producer

It's What's Inside

Executive Producer

Sing Sing

Executive Producer

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

2022

Executive Producer

New Moon

2022

Producer

New Moon

2022

Writer

North Star

Executive Producer

Leylak

Executive Producer

Scandalous!

Director

A Boy and His Soul

Writer

Unforgettable

Director

Unforgettable

Writer

Television (3)

The Four Seasons

2025

Director

6.5

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

2020

Executive Producer

10.0

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

Director

7.6