Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

1969-11-28 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 64 Credits

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...

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The Dish

The Dish

2026

Acting

A UFO story. Plot TBA.

The Running Man

The Running Man

2025

as Bobby Thompson

Acting

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

Chapter 51

2025

Acting

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

The Electric State

2025

as Wolfe (voice)

6.5
Acting

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

"Extraordinary" Pursuits

2024

Acting

“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

Sing Sing

2024

as John 'Divine G' Whitfield

7.5
Acting

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

Sing Sing

2024

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

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

Drive-Away Dolls

2024

as The Chief

5.5
Acting

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

It's What's Inside

2024

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

2023

as Self

4.5
Acting

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

The Color Purple

2023

as Mister

7.1
Acting

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

Rustin

2023

as Bayard Rustin

6.6
Acting

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

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

as Arthur Gillman (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Unicron (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

2022

Acting

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

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

2022

Executive Producer

Producing

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

New Moon

2022

as Storyteller

Acting

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

New Moon

2022

Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

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

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

2022

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

North Star

2022

5.0
Acting

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

North Star

2022

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Candyman

2021

as William Burke

6.0
Acting

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

The God Committee

2021

as Father Dunbar

6.6
Acting

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

Zola

2021

as X

6.2
Acting

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

Leylak

2021

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

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

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

2021

as Pastor West

7.0
Acting

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

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

2020

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

Barbecue

2020

as James T

Acting

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

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020

as Cutler

6.7
Acting

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

Lucy in the Sky

2019

as Frank Paxton

5.0
Acting

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

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

as Joseph Rivers

6.9
Acting

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Assassination Nation

Assassination Nation

2018

as Principal Turrell

6.3
Acting

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

First Match

2018

as Coach Castile

6.4
Acting

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

The Birth of a Nation

2016

as Hark

6.6
Acting

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

Beautiful Something

2015

as Drew

5.4
Acting

Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.

Selma

Selma

2014

as Ralph Abernathy

7.4
Acting

"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

Time Out of Mind

2014

as Mr. Oyello

5.6
Acting

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

A Long Walk

2014

as Older Paul

7.5
Acting

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

Hairbrained

2013

as Finals Moderator

5.4
Acting

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

Newlyweeds

2013

as Chico

4.0
Acting

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

All Is Bright

2013

as Nzomo

5.4
Acting

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

The Butler

The Butler

2013

as Freddie Fallows

7.3
Acting

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

42

2013

as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

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

400 Boys

2013

as Talon

Acting
Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

as Private Harold Green

6.9
Acting

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

Red Hook Summer

2012

as Blessing Rowe

5.5
Acting

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

Passing Strange

2009

as Mr.Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus

5.4
Acting

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

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as West Indian Postal Customer

6.1
Acting

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

Freedomland

2006

as Male Patient

5.2
Acting

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Kung Phooey!

Kung Phooey!

2003

as Roy Lee

5.3
Acting

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

Desi's Looking for a New Girl

2000

as Mother

1.5
Acting

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

True Crime

1999

as Wally Cartwright

6.5
Acting

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

King of the Bingo Game

1999

as Sonny

Acting

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

Around the Fire

1998

as Trace

3.5
Acting

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

Michael

N/A

as Joe Jackson

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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

A Boy and His Soul

N/A

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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

Directing Writing

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

A Boy and His Soul

N/A

Writer

Writing

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

Directing

Follow the clandestine love affair between film star Kim Novak and singer/dancer and film star Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957.