Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor,
writer, director and producer.Domingo was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. His father is from Belize, and is from a Guatemalan
family. Domingo attended Overbrook High School and then later 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 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 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 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.
writer, director and producer.Domingo was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. His father is from Belize, and is from a Guatemalan
family. Domingo attended Overbrook High School and then later 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 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 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 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.
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