Colman Domingo
Acting · Born 1969-11-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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. Bones in the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys (2011), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 2014 West End production, receiving a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a…
Filmography
- Passing Strange as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken as Arthur Gillman (voice)
- Rustin as Bayard Rustin
- Drive-Away Dolls as The Chief
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Unicron (voice)
- The Color Purple as Mister
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches as Self
- Lincoln as Private Harold Green
- Sing Sing as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
- Newlyweeds as Chico