Colman Domingo, the ordinary guy who became an extraordinary actor
The film and TV star was attending eight auditions a day while working as a waiter and was on the verge of giving up acting. Today, he is in the running for an Oscar for the second time while there is one constant that hasn’t changed in 20 years: his husband Raúl
Colman Domingo is an ordinary guy. So much so that his life doesn’t change at awards galas or when drinking champagne, but in supermarkets and gyms, serving cocktails in bars, or buying mud masks. Domingo’s life has taken many twists and turns, like anyone else’s, on the path to becoming who he is today: one of the most brilliant and versatile actors of his generation, who has two consecutive best actor nominations at the Academy Awards. Last year, nominated for Rustin, he lost out to Cillian Murphy and Oppenheimer. This year, he will have to compete with Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes, Timothée Chalamet and Sebastian Stan; that is, he will go up against an architect, a cardinal, Bob Dylan, and Donald Trump, playing a prisoner who teaches drama classes. It won’t be easy for him. But it’s not impossible, either.
