Who are Colman Domingo’s parents?

Colman Domingo’s parents are Clarence Domingo and Edith Bowles.

Colman Jason Domingo is an American actor who is a prominent performer on both, screen and stage. Similar to many other actors, Domingo began his acting career by starring in Broadway roles. The Broadway role that Domingo is best known for is as Mr. Bones in the musical The Scottsboro Boys in 2011.

Domingo’s breakthrough role was as Victor Strand in the AMC supernatural-survival series "Fear the Walking Dead" which premiered in 2015. Domingo is also best known for starring in shows such as Law & Order, The Big Gay Sketch Show, The Knick, Lucifer, BoJack Horseman, American Dad!, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Twilight Zone, etc. While the actor has worked in various TV shows, he is also recognized for working in movies such as Kung Phooey!, The Butler, Selma, First Match, Without Remorse, Candyman, Rustin, and many more.

Who is Colman Domingo’s father?

Based on the information available from various sources, Domingo’s father is Clarence from Belize. However, the actor is known to keep his private life out of the limelight, which is why no other information is available about the actor’s father.

Domingo’s family is from Guatemala and after attending Overbrook High School and Temple University, he moved to San Francisco and began his career in acting by starring in theater productions. The now-established actor has a major in Journalism.

Who is Colman Domingo’s mother?

Colman Domingo’s mother is Edith Bowles and she passed away in 2006. He has once opened up about his mother being very supportive of his passion for acting. During Colman’s interview with People, the actor revealed that his mother Edith Bowles used to watch The Oprah Winfrey Show religiously. Not only that, she used to write letters to Winfrey to help her son with work when he was struggling.

Domingo said, “I was a very disgruntled unemployed actor working off-off-Broadway and bartending. And my mother said, ‘Well, you know, I wrote Oprah today.’ I said, ‘Why?’ She said, ‘Well, because I think she could help you.’”

Reacting to what his mother said, a perplexed Domingo revealed, “I said, ‘Help me do what?’ She said, ‘She just needs to see you and know you and know how fabulous and fantastic of an actor and writer you are, and get you on the show.”

Colman added, “I'm like, ‘Mom, Oprah does not care about me. What are you talking about?’ And she said, ‘Oh, come on. You've got to play the game to win.’ And I thought, ‘Okay, whatever.” According to Oprah Winfrey, never received those letters amongst the thousands of others at the time. However, she revealed that she received the message. Domingo, who did not believe Winfrey cared about him, worked with the talk show host briefly in 2014 on a historical drama titled, Selma.