Colman Domingo is riding a career high — from his Oscar-buzzed performance as Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin in Rustin to his bold interpretation of Mister in the new movie musical version of The Color Purple to his extraordinary turn in the Toronto Film Festival world premiere Sing Sing.
And that isn’t all. Domingo is coming off an Emmy win for the previous season of Euphoria, his iconic work in the popular Fear the Walking Dead as Victor Strand and numerous memorable roles in past years in such films as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, If Beale Street Could Talk, 42, Selma, The Butler, Lincoln and on and on. His Broadway stage work has brought him awards and Tony nominations, and he continues to stand out in whatever role he takes on, no matter the medium.
Domingo joins me for this week’s new edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, and we talk about all of this including why bringing a spotlight to Rustin was so important to him, the involvement of the Obamas in producing it and his interaction with the former president, how he has put his own stamp on the character of Mister in The Color Purple (opening on Christmas Day) in a way we haven’t seen before, working with real prisoners in Sing Sing (hitting theaters in 2024) and how that experience changed him.
We also discuss those iconic characters he has been winning new fans with on Euphoria and Fear the Walking Dead, and so much more.
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