Colman Domingo
Colman Jason Domingo ( born November 28, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, dancer, playwright, theater director and singer.
Life
Colman Domingo was born into a working class family on November 28, 1969 in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the son of Edith and Clarence Bowles. He was educated at Temple University, then went to San Francisco and began his acting career on the stage. In his first appearance Domingo played a boy from high school who is dying of AIDS. In 1995, Domingo Timepiece his first film appearance.
Two years later, the actor was approached by a theater director, if he was also interested to write his own play. Despite initial rejection Domingo could be persuaded. Inspired by the book Brother to Brother, Domingo released his first piece, which is about African American gay. Finally, the piece with 500 U.S. dollars from Domingo, who hired two actors, self-financed and developed into the biggest success of the Rhinoceros Theater was.
In 2003, Domingo with an appearance in Henry V in the off- Broadway. With Well five years later he reached the realm of Broadway. He often appeared in the television series Law & Order, as well as in numerous spin-offs of the series. 2012 Domingo played in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln soldiers Harold Green. His film career brought the African-American actor, together with the likes of Spike Lee, whom he described as "Big Brother" described later.
Domingo wrote only eight years after the publication of his first piece another. He started A Boy and his Soul in a bar in New York City for a time to get down on paper, as his parents had health problems and he had to prove himself as an actor. The one-man play A Boy and His Soul was inspired among other things by the Phillysound and should be autobiographical to about 80 percent by his own admission. It plays in West Philadelphia in the 1970s and 1980s. The piece was originally performed on Broadway. The work was great recognition in New York and was later listed in the theater Tricycle in north - west London.
Domingo is also a singer and is known to his fans as " CocoSoulPower ". His genres are soul and rock songs. In the Mission District in San Francisco, he has a large following.
Colman Domingo won the 2011 Fred Astaire Award for Best principal dancer on Broadway. In addition, he has already won a Tony, Obie, Lucille Lortel and GLAAD Award. Domingo mostly received positive reviews for his Broadway performances in musicals Passing Strange and The Scottsboro Boys.
Appearances
Theater
- 2003: Henry V
- 2003: Bright Ideas
- 2005/ 06: The People 's Temple
- 2006-2008: Passing Strange
- 2008: Well
- 2009: Coming Home
- 2009: The Wiz
- 2009: A Boy and His Soul
- 2010: The Scottsboro Boys
- 2010/11: Chicago
- 2011: Blood Knot
- 2012: Wild with Happy