This is a List of awards and nominations received by Colman Domingo.
Colman Domingo is an American actor, playwright and director of stage and screen. Over his career he has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Tony Awards.
Domingo started his career on stage, acting in several Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. For his performance on A Boy and His Soul he received a Lucille Lortel Award in 2010. Later he was cast in The Scottsboro Boys by Susan Stroman, receiving nominations at the 65th Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
In 2020, for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom he received Screen Actors Guild Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2022, Domingo has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a drug addict in HBO series Euphoria and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance as an abusive pimp in Zola.
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 named John "Divine G" Whitfield in the drama Sing Sing.
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023 Best Actor Rustin 2024 Sing Sing
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2023 Best Actor in a Leading Role Rustin 2024 Sing Sing
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2020 Best Acting Ensemble Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2023 Best Actor Rustin Best Acting Ensemble The Color Purple 2024 Best ActorSing Sing Best Acting Ensemble
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Euphoria (episode: "Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys") 2025 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series The Four Seasons 2026 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Euphoria (episode: "In God We Trust")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Rustin 2024 Sing Sing
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Supporting Role in a Musical The Scottsboro Boys
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2023 The Color Purple Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Rustin 2024 Sing Sing
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011 Best Featured Actor in a Musical The Scottsboro Boys 2023 Best Play Fat Ham
Other awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Astra Film Awards 2023 Best Short Film North Star 2024 Best Actor Rustin Best Supporting Actor The Color Purple Best Cast Ensemble 2025 Best Actor Sing Sing BET Awards 2024Best Actor Rustin, The Color Purple 2025Himself 2026 Fashion Vanguard Award Black Reel Awards 2010 Best Ensemble Passing Strange 2015 Selma 2022 Outstanding Supporting Actor Zola 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance Rustin Outstanding Supporting Performance The Color Purple Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series Fear the Walking Dead Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award Himself 2025 Outstanding Lead Performance Sing Sing Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie or Limited Series The Madness Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series The Four Season Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Gotham Awards 2022 Outstanding Supporting Performance Zola 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance Sing Sing Social Justice Award Independent Spirit Awards 2020Best Supporting Male Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2021 Zola 2025 Best Lead Performance Sing Sing NAACP Image Awards 2021 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 2023 Outstanding Guest Performance in a TV Series Euphoria 2024 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Color Purple Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Rustin Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Entertainer of the Year Himself 2025 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Sing Sing Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special The Madness 2026 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series The Four Seasons Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Wicked: For Good Satellite Awards 2024 Best Actor in a Motion Picture –Drama Rustin 2025 Sing Sing
Theatre awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2008 Obie Award Performance Passing Strange Connecticut Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Play Coming Home 2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Solo Performance A Boy and His Soul Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Solo Show 2011 Fred and Adele Astaire Award Outstanding Male Dancer The Scottsboro Boys 2014 Whatsonstage.com Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Musical 2017 NAACP Theatre Award Best Director of a Play, Larger Theatre Barbecue 2018 IRNE Award Best Director of a Play, Large Stage A Guide for the Homesick Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater Outstanding Overall Production of a MusicalLights Out: Nat "King" Cole Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater Outstanding New Play/Musical Drama League Award Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical 2019 NAACP Theatre Award Best Playwright, Larger Theatre
Additional awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2010 Black Reel Award Best Ensemble Passing Strange 2014 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Selma Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Ensemble 2015 Black Reel Award Best Ensemble 2018 ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) Best Drama Actor Nothingman Newport Beach Film Festival Artist of Distinction Award 2020 Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Ensemble Cast Ma Rainey's Black Bottom NAACP Image Award Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Ensemble NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 2021 Hollywood Critics Association Awards Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie "Trouble Don't Last Always" Imagen Awards Best Supporting Actor – Television (Drama) Gotham Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance Zola Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 2022 Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor Georgia Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Seattle Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actor Saturn Awards Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series Fear the Walking Dead NHMC Impact Awards Gala Impact Award for Best Performance in a Drama Euphoria 2023 TIFF Tribute Awards Actor Award Rustin, Sing Sing Jeremy Kay, "TIFF to present Sing Sing star Colman Domingo with Tribute Performer Award". Screen Daily, August 28, 2023. Columbus Film Critics Association Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)Rustin, The Color Purple, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts "The Columbus Film Critics Association (COFCA) Awards 2023 Nominees"".