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. Bo...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Dish
2026
A UFO story. Plot TBA.

The Running Man
2025
as Bobby Thompson
Desperate to save his sick daughter, a working-class dad joins a deadly spectator sport where the longer he stays alive, the bigger the payout. Betwee...

Chapter 51
2025
Multiple actresses playing the same role have died during production of the film Dissident. In his search for The Hollywood Killer, an FBI agent sifts...

The Electric State
2025
as Wolfe (voice)
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

"Extraordinary" Pursuits
2024
“Extraordinary Pursuits,” a short film created by trailblazing visual artist Tyler Mitchell to celebrate thirty years of The Art of Fashion®—Neiman's ...

Sing Sing
2024
as John 'Divine G' Whitfield
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this st...

Sing Sing
2024
Executive Producer
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this st...

Drive-Away Dolls
2024
as The Chief
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian desperately needs to loosen up. In sea...

It's What's Inside
2024
Executive Producer
A pre-wedding reunion descends into a psychological nightmare for a group of college friends when a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase.

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look into the making of the new feature film “The Color Purple,” and the impact the story has had on our culture. Oprah Winfrey ta...

The Color Purple
2023
as Mister
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately find...

Rustin
2023
as Bayard Rustin
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington...

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
as Arthur Gillman (voice)
Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to prote...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Unicron (voice)
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Ma...

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
A little girl lives in a custodian apartment inside a New York Public Library, where her father stokes its coal furnace 24/7. Decades later, actor Sha...

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke
2022
Executive Producer
A little girl lives in a custodian apartment inside a New York Public Library, where her father stokes its coal furnace 24/7. Decades later, actor Sha...

New Moon
2022
as Storyteller
An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams are illuminated by the New Moon accompanied by magic o...

New Moon
2022
Producer, Writer
An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams are illuminated by the New Moon accompanied by magic o...

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as ...

North Star
2022
A rural rancher sacrifices everything to care for his dying husband as his sister-in-law and a pair of televangelists peddle in shame, fear, and divis...

North Star
2022
Executive Producer
A rural rancher sacrifices everything to care for his dying husband as his sister-in-law and a pair of televangelists peddle in shame, fear, and divis...

Candyman
2021
as William Burke
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

The God Committee
2021
as Father Dunbar
Medicine, money and morality clash when a hospital's Heart Transplant Selection Committee has only minutes to decide which of three patients on the tr...

Zola
2021
as X
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek...

Leylak
2021
Executive Producer
In present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
as Pastor West
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
as Self
Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen.

Barbecue
2020
as James T
The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight talk while they await their youngest sister’s arrival. Wh...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Cutler
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

Lucy in the Sky
2019
as Frank Paxton
Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space – and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that...

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Joseph Rivers
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Assassination Nation
2018
as Principal Turrell
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four...

First Match
2018
as Coach Castile
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estr...

The Birth of a Nation
2016
as Hark
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation...

Beautiful Something
2015
as Drew
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.

Selma
2014
as Ralph Abernathy
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Time Out of Mind
2014
as Mr. Oyello
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect...

A Long Walk
2014
as Older Paul
A father humiliates his son by parading him through the neighborhood in women's clothing in front of all the other kids on a summer day. The impact of...

Hairbrained
2013
as Finals Moderator
A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.

Newlyweeds
2013
as Chico
A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane.

All Is Bright
2013
as Nzomo
Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

The Butler
2013
as Freddie Fallows
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

42
2013
as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

400 Boys
2013
as Talon

Lincoln
2012
as Private Harold Green
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...

Red Hook Summer
2012
as Blessing Rowe
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well ...

Passing Strange
2009
as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus
A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A theatrical stage production of the original Broadway musical...

Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as West Indian Postal Customer
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tusca...

Freedomland
2006
as Male Patient
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Kung Phooey!
2003
as Roy Lee
The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling...

Desi's Looking for a New Girl
2000
as Mother
After her live-in lover leaves her for another woman, Desi, a young artist, gets incredibly depressed. Her well-meaning friends try to set her up with...

True Crime
1999
as Wally Cartwright
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...

King of the Bingo Game
1999
as Sonny
Harlem, 1943. Sonny is a struggling African American who frequents the bingo parlor in a desperate attempt to provide for his family in Depression era...

Around the Fire
1998
as Trace
Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved a...

Michael
N/A
as Joe Jackson
An in-depth portrayal of Michael Jackson, a complicated man, who became the King of Pop. The biopic will bring to life Jackson’s most iconic performan...
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic
N/A
as Nathaniel Adams Coles/Nat King Cole
Legendary singer, actor, and jazz pianist Nat King Cole was prominent in the mid-1900s. Though he passed away in 1965 at only 45 years old, his songs ...
Nothingman
N/A
as Otis Tremmel
A homeless alcoholic living on Skid Row dons himself a Private Investigator to solve cases for others living on the street.

A Boy and His Soul
N/A
The award-winning story of a boy's coming of age amidst the soul music of '70's and '80's Philadelphia.
Dead Man's Wire
N/A
Set in 1977 and based on a true story, Tony Kiritsis, a former real estate developer puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who d...
True-ish
N/A
Follows Janet Paine, a well-intentioned but deeply insecure Manhattan PR executive with a specialty for smear campaigns.
Strange Arrivals
N/A
as Barney Hill
Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple, in 1961, became the first reported case of an alien abduction, as they journeyed back from their honeymo...
Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic
N/A
Director, Writer
Legendary singer, actor, and jazz pianist Nat King Cole was prominent in the mid-1900s. Though he passed away in 1965 at only 45 years old, his songs ...

A Boy and His Soul
N/A
Writer
The award-winning story of a boy's coming of age amidst the soul music of '70's and '80's Philadelphia.
Scandalous!
N/A
Director
Follow the clandestine love affair between film star Kim Novak and singer/dancer and film star Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957.