Colman Domingo

Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor and playwright. 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 acting career by leading local theater productions across the San Francisco Bay Area.

He transitioned to Broadway with roles in productions such as Well (2005), Passing Strange (2008), and Chicago (2010–2011). For his performances in the original Broadway and West End productions of The Scottsboro Boys, he earned nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role in a Musical. He also wrote the book for the musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and produced the play Fat Ham. Domingo ventured into television with early appearances in police procedurals such as Nash Bridges and the Law & Order franchise.

Domingo's first on-screen acting credit is in a 1995 direct-to-video feature film called Timepiece. Domingo continued to act sporadically through the 1990s, making his television debut in the police procedural Nash Bridges in 1997. Then, he took a small role in Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999) and acted in the independent films Desi's Looking for a New Girl (2000), Kung Phooey (2003), and the crime drama Freedomland (2006). He also took minor roles in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.

He also acted in the sketch series The Big Gay Sketch Show from 2008 to 2010. On stage, 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 role in the film version of Passing Strange, directed by Spike Lee, which made its premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Over his career, Domingo has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, five Critics' Choice Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Tony Awards.

Born 1969-11-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

On ThumbScore, Colman Domingo appears in 10 films with an average audience score of 74.7%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: Wikipedia, TMDB