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. His breakthrough came as part of the main cast of The Big Gay Sketch Show (2008–2010) and later as Victor Strand in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023). He gained wider recognition for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series Euphoria (2019–present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He earned a second Emmy nomination for his performance in the Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons (2025). In film, Domingo received consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin (2023) and a prison inmate in the drama Sing Sing (2024). His other film credits include Lincoln (2012), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2021), and The Color Purple (2023).