Colman Domingo on screen and stage
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Colman Domingo is an American actor, writer, and director.
Domingo rose to prominence for his role on the sketch series The Big Gay Sketch Show from 2008 to 2010 and as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). During this time he also took minor roles in films such as Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Lincoln (2012), 42 (2013), Selma (2014), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). He gained acclaim for his roles in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2020), and Rustin (2023). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a former drug addict in the HBO series Euphoria (2019 to present). He also took television roles in The Knick (2015), Horace and Pete (2016), and The Twilight Zone (2020).
Acting credits
[edit]Film
[edit]| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Timepiece | Khris | |
| 1998 | Around the Fire | Trace | |
| 1999 | King of the Bingo Game | Sonny | |
| True Crime | Wally Cartwright | ||
| 2000 | Desi's Looking for a New Girl | Mother | |
| 2003 | Kung Phooey! | Roy Lee | |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Male Patient | |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | West Indian Postal Customer | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Private Harold Green | |
| Red Hook Summer | Blessing Rowe | ||
| 2013 | All Is Bright | Nzomo | |
| 42 | Lawson Bowman | ||
| Hair Brained | Finals Moderator | ||
| The Butler | Freddie Fallows | ||
| 2014 | 400 Boys | Talon | |
| Time Out of Mind | Mr. Oyello | ||
| Selma | Ralph Abernathy | ||
| 2015 | Beautiful Something | Drew | |
| 2016 | The Birth of a Nation | Hark Turner | |
| 2018 | Assassination Nation | Principal Turrell | |
| First Match | Coach Castile | ||
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Joseph Rivers | ||
| 2019 | Lucy in the Sky | Frank Paxton | |
| 2020 | Zola | X | |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Cutler | ||
| 2021 | Without Remorse | Pastor West | |
| The God Committee | Father Dunbar | ||
| Candyman | William Burke | ||
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Unicron | Voice role |
| Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Arthur Gillman | Voice role | |
| Rustin | Bayard Rustin | ||
| Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield | ||
| The Color Purple | Albert "Mister" Johnson | ||
| 2024 | Drive-Away Dolls | Chief | |
| 2025 | The Electric State† | Wolfe | Voice role; post-production |
| Michael † | Joseph Jackson | Post-production |
Television
[edit]| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Reggie Harell | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Hassam | ||
| Desmond Kenner | |||
| 2000 | Trumpet Player | ||
| 2004 | Law & Order | Ronald Gumer | Episode: "Hands Free" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sergeant Ev Sides | 2 episodes |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Gus | Episode: "Eros in the Upper Eighties" | |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Donnie | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2010 | The Big Gay Sketch Show | Various | 16 episodes |
| 2009 | Great Performances | Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus/Joop | Episode: "Passing Strange" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Andre Lanier | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2023 | Fear the Walking Dead | Victor Strand | 75 episodes Guest (season 1) Main cast (season 2–season 8) |
| 2015 | The Knick | Dr. Russell Daniels | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2016 | Lucifer | Father Frank Lawrence | Episode: "Priest Walks Into a Bar" |
| Horace and Pete | Dr. Evers | Episode: "Episode 8" | |
| 2017 | Timeless | Bass Reeves | Episode: "The Murder of Jesse James" |
| BoJack Horseman | Eddie the Dragonfly | Voice role; episode: "The Old Sugarman Place" | |
| 2018 | American Dad! | Stiles | Voice role; episode: "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" |
| 2019–2022 | Euphoria | Ali | Recurring role, 7 episodes[1] Starring (special episode: "Trouble Don't Last Always") |
| 2020 | The Twilight Zone | Carl | Episode: "Downtime" |
| 2021 | Cinema Toast | Barrington | Voice role; episode: "Kiss, Marry, Kill" |
| 2024 | The Madness | Muncie Daniels | Lead role |
| 2025 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man † | Norman Osborn | Voice role; main cast |
Stage
[edit]Audio plays
[edit]| Year | Project | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Scripted podcast[24] |
| 2024 | Batman Unburied: Fallen City | Scripted podcast |
Directing credits
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Fear the Walking Dead | Season 4 | Episode 12[25] | "Weak" |
| 2019 | Season 5 | Episode 3[26] | "Humbug's Gulch" | |
| 2020 | Season 6 | Episode 3[27] | "Alaska" |
Stage
[edit]| Year | Title | Playwright | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Pieces of the Quilt – 3 | Erin Cressida Wilson, Maria Irene Fornes, Herbert Siguenza Greg Sarris, John Steppling, Migdalia Cruz, Rhodessa Jones |
Solo Mio at Bayfront Theater [28] |
| 1999 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | Theatre Rhinoceros[29] |
| 2001 | Rhinoceros | Eugène Ionesco | Theatre Rhinoceros[30] |
| 2004 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | Flight Theatre at the Complex Hollywood [31] |
| 2004 | Once on This Island | book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty | The College at Brockport, State University of New York at Geva Theatre Center[32] |
| 2006 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | New Professional Theatre at Peter JaySharp Theater Playwrights Horizons[33] |
| 2008 | Single Black Female | Lisa B. Thompson | New Professional Theatre at The Duke on 42nd St New 42nd Street[34] |
| 2009 | Exit Cuckoo | Lisa Ramirez | Working Theater at Clurman Theater at Theatre Row[35] |
| 2015 | A Band of Angels | Myla Churchill | New York City Children's Theater [36] |
| 2015 | Seven Guitars | August Wilson | Actors Theatre of Louisville[37] |
| 2016 | Barbecue | Robert O'Hara | Geffen Playhouse[38] |
| 2017 | A Guide for the Homesick | Ken Urban | Huntington Theatre Company[39] |
| 2019 | Dot | Colman Domingo | People's Light and Theatre Company[40] |
Writing credits
[edit]- Up Jumped Springtime[41][42] (Premiered at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, 1998)
- A Boy and His Soul[43] (Premiered at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City, 2009; earlier version of the play premiered at the Thick Description Theater in San Francisco in 2005,[44] and produced in 2008 as a part of Thick Description's 20th Anniversary Season;[45] produced as a one night only performance at Joe's Pub in New York City in 2008; produced in Tricycle Theatre in London, UK in 2013;[46] produced at Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014)[47]
- Wild With Happy[48] (Premiered at The Public Theater in New York City in 2012; produced at TheatreWorks in Menlo Park, CA, in 2013;[49] produced at Baltimore Center Stage in 2014;[50] produced at City Theatre (Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2017[51]
- Dot[52] (Premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2015;[53] produced at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City in 2016;[54] produced at Detroit Public Theatre in November 2016;[55] produced at Everyman Theatre, Baltimore in December 2016;[56] produced at New Venture Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, in March 2017;[57] produced at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA, in April 2017;[58] produced at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre in St. Louis, MO, in September 2017;[59] produced at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC, in November 2017;[60] produced at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN, in November 2017;[61] produced at The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York City in October 2018;[62] produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA in September 2019; produced at Soul Rep Theatre Company in Dallas, TX in December 2019)[63]
- Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (book co-written with Robert Cary and Des McAnuff)[64] (Premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, in November 2017;[65] produced on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with opening in Spring 2018)[66]
- Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (co-written with Patricia McGregor) [67] (Produced at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA, in September 2017, it premiered on the West Coast in February 2019 at the Geffen Playhouse)[68]
- West Philly, Baby (developed with Alisa Tager and AMC Networks/ALLBLK for television)[69]
References
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- ^ a b "Night+Day". SF Weekly. May 10, 1995. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved Dec 21, 2020.
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- ^ "Contemporary 'Gentleman'". Democrat and Chronicle. February 11, 2001. p. 31. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ Eisgrau, Robin. "American Ma(u)l Review: God Slave America". Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
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- ^ "Well | Huntington Theatre Company". Huntingtontheatre.org. April 26, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (2009). "Returning to the Birthplace of a Dream in Athol Fugard's Play". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ Laporta, James (2019). "FORMER MARINE ADAM DRIVER REVEALS WHY HE BELIEVES PLAYS CAN HELP VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES". Newsweek. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Colman Domingo to Voice Batman Opposite Hasan Minhaj's Riddler in Spotify Series". The Hollywood Reporter. September 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colman Domingo's IMDB Director Filmography Page". IMDb. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Humbug's Gulch (2019)". IMDb. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Pollock, Sarabeth [@SarabethPollock] (September 22, 2020). "#FearTWD 603 is titled "Alaska" and is directed by @colmandomingo" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2020 – via Twitter.
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- ^ ""SUNY Brockport: Once On This Island by Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty, April 2004"". Retrieved October 27, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Gates, Anita (20 June 2006). "Brainy Black Women, Still Looking for Love, in 'Single Black Female'". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (29 April 2008). "Passing Strange's Domingo Helms Single Black Female Off-Broadway". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Bacalzo, Dan (17 March 2009). "Colman Domingo to Direct Lisa Ramirez's Exit Cuckoo Off-Broadway". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Colman Domingo to Direct New York City Children's Theater's A BAND OF ANGELS This Spring". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Gambino, Joe (18 August 2015). "Colman Domingo Will Direct Seven Guitars at Actors Theatre; Casting Announced". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Colman Domingo on directing 'Barbecue' at the Geffen". Los Angeles Times. 9 September 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ McPhee, Ryan (6 October 2017). "A Guide for the Homesick, Directed by Tony Nominee Colman Domingo, Begins Boston Run October 6". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Timpane, John (23 September 2019). "'Dot' at People's Light: A West Philly family faces the terrible truth of their mother's decline, with affection and authentic humor". Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ Metzger, Jerry (1998-05-14). "No room for the blues". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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- ^ Hurwitt, Robert. "'REVIEW / From ballet to Earth, Wind and Fire, Colman Domingo finds his groove". Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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