Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo
File:Colman Domingo 2015.jpg Domingo at the US Embassy in Berlin, February 2015
Born	(1969-11-28) November 28, 1969 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Actor

Colman Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actor, playwright and director.

Life and career

Domingo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Temple University where he majored in journalism. Soon thereafter he moved to San Francisco, California, where he started acting, mainly in theatre productions.

Domingo starred as the 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 roles in the film version of Passing Strange, directed by Spike Lee, which made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.

In 2010, Domingo's self-penned, one-man autobiographical play A Boy and His Soul premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theater, for which he won a GLAAD Award: Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off–Broadway and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show. He was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award.

Domingo starred as Billy Flynn in Chicago, the longest running revival on Broadway, and in the final collaboration by Kander and Ebb of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by Susan Stroman on Broadway in Fall 2010. For the latter role, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, in May 2011. When the The Scottsboro Boys opened in London in Fall 2013, Domingo was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical in April 2014. He was nominated for the Fred Astaire Award for Best Principal Dancer on Broadway in 2011.

In 2015, Domingo began appearing in a recurring role on AMC's post-apocalyptic, zombie series Fear the Walking Dead, as a character named Victor Strand. In December 2015, it was announced that Domingo was promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the series.

Domingo has taught at the O'Neill National Theater Institute, University of Texas at Austin, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Stage

Year	Show	Role	Venue	Notes
2005	The People's Temple	Eugene Smith and others	Berkeley, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2006	The People's Temple	Eugene Smith and others	Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater
2006	Passing Strange	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus	Berkeley, Berkeley Repertory Theatre	Bay Area Critics Circle Award
2007	Passing Strange	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus	Off-Broadway, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Anspacher Theater	OBIE Award
2008	Passing Strange	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus	Broadway, Belasco Theatre
2008	Well	Jim and others	Boston, Huntington Theatre
2009	Coming Home		New Haven, Long Wharf Theatre	Connecticut Critics Circle Award
2009	The Wiz	The Wiz	New York City Center Encores!
2009	A Boy and His Soul*	Himself	Off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre	*also playwright Lucille Lortel Award, GLAAD Media Award Drama Desk Award nomination, Drama League Award nomination, Audelco Award nomination.
2010	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	Off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre
2010	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater
2010	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	Broadway, Lyceum Theatre	Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination, Fred Astaire Award Nomination
2010, 2011	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Broadway, Ambassador Theatre
2011	Blood Knot	Zachariah Pietersen	Off-Broadway, Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
2012	Wild with Happy*	Gil	Off-Broadway, Joseph Papp Public Theater, LuEsther Hall	*also playwright Audelco Awards for Best Dramatic Production and Best Playwright
2013	Wild with Happy*	Gil	TheatreWorks, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts	*also playwright
2013	A Boy and His Soul*	Himself	London, Tricycle Theatre	*also playwright
2013	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	London, The Young Vic	Olivier Award for Best Featured Performance in a Musical nomination, Whatsonstage.com Awards nomination
2014	A Boy and His Soul*	Himself	Brisbane, Brisbane Powerhouse	*also playwright
2014	Guys and Dolls	Rusty Charlie	Carnegie Hall
2014	Nothing Personal	James Baldwin	Live Ideas Festival at the New York Live Arts
2014	The Scottsboro Boys	Mr. Bones	London, West End theatre, Garrick Theatre

Film

Year	Film	Role
1995	Timepiece	Khris
1998	Around the Fire	Trace
1999	King of the Bingo Game	Sonny
1999	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
2012	Red Hook Summer	Blessing Rowe
2013	All Is Bright	Nzomo
2013	42	Lawson Bowman
2013	HairBrained	Finals Moderator
2013	The Butler	Freddie Fallows
2014	400 Boys	Talon
2014	Selma	Ralph Abernathy
2015	Time Out of Mind	Mr. Oyello
2016	Beautiful Something	Drew
2016	The Birth of a Nation	Hark Turner

Television

Year	Show	Role	Episode name	Notes
1997	Nash Bridges	Reggie Harell	"Dirty Tricks"	4 episodes total
1999	Nash Bridges	Hassam Desmond Kenner	"Power Play" "Girl Trouble"	4 episodes total
2000	Nash Bridges	Trumpet Player	"Skin Trade"	4 episodes total
2004	Law & Order	Ronald Gumer	"Hands Free"	2 episodes total
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Sergeant Ev Sides	"To the Bone"	2 episodes total
2006	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Gus	"Eros in the Upper Eighties"
2008	The Big Gay Sketch Show			8 episodes; 16 episodes total
2008	Law & Order	Donnie	"Sweetie"	2 episodes total
2009	Great Performances	Mr. Franklin/Mr. Venus/Joop	"Passing Strange"	musical telecast
2010	The Big Gay Sketch Show			8 episodes; 16 episodes total
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Andre Lanier	"Love Sick"	2 episodes total
2015 - Present	Fear the Walking Dead	Victor Strand		Season 1 (Recurring role; 2 episodes) Season 2 (Main Cast; 7 episodes)
2015	The Knick	Dr. Russell Daniels		Season 2 (Recurring role)
2016	Lucifer	Father Frank Lawrence	"Priest Walks Into a Bar"
2016	Horace and Pete	Dr. Evers	"Episode 8"

External links

• Colman Domingo at the Internet Movie Database
• Colman Domingo at the Internet Broadway Database
• Colman Domingo at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Colman Domingo website.
• Interview with Colman Domingo, Words of Colour, July 25, 2013.
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