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My Take
Colman Domingo is proof that the industry's obsession with youth is a measurement error. He spent decades grinding through theater, acting, writing plays, and directing while the spotlight looked elsewhere, and when it finally found him in his fifties he was simply ready. The Emmy, the Oscar nominations, the Time 100 selection: none of it reads as luck to me. It reads as compound interest on craft. What I love most is the generosity of his screen presence; he elevates everyone sharing the frame with him. Late bloomers like Domingo make me optimistic about patience as a career strategy, and his is one I genuinely study.
Overview
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 among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Colman Domingo
- Name (Japanese)
- コールマン・ドミンゴ
- Reading
- こーるまん・どみんご
- Born
- November 28, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / television actor / stage actor / writer / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Overbrook High School
- University
- Temple University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Out100
- 2024 Time 100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.