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Colman Domingo

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 two Academy Awards 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 Musical. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical ''Summer: The Donna Summer Musical''.

After early roles in various incarnations of the ''Law & Order'' series and as part of the main cast for ''The Big Gay Sketch Show'', Domingo had his breakthrough playing Victor Strand in the AMC series ''Fear the Walking Dead'' (2015–2023). He gained wider acclaim for his recurring role as the recovering drug addict Ali on the HBO series ''Euphoria'' (2019–present), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2022.

Domingo received consecutive nominations in 2023 and 2024 for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic ''Rustin'' and a prison inmate in the drama ''Sing Sing''. His other notable film appearances include roles in ''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). Provided by Wikipedia