Inside The Madness Colman Domingo's life off-screen from marriage to former jobs

The Madness sees media pundit Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo), who indispensable combat for his innocence and his beingness aft helium stumbles upon a execution heavy successful the woods of the Poconos mountains.

Oscar-nominated histrion Colman Domingo stars arsenic a media pundit desperately trying to wide his sanction successful a caller Netflix series.

The Madness sees media pundit Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo), who indispensable combat for his innocence and his beingness aft helium stumbles upon a execution heavy successful the woods of the Poconos mountains. As the walls adjacent in, Muncie strives to reconnect with his estranged household — and his mislaid ideals — successful bid to survive.

All 8 episodes of The Madness are released connected Netflix connected Thursday (November 28), with Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gabrielle Graham and John Ortiz besides successful the cast.

Colman Domingo is mostly known for his roles successful Rustin, Black Bottom, Zola, and Fear the Walking Dead, but what bash we cognize astir his beingness off-screen and his vocation breakthrough?

Early beingness and vocation of Colman Domingo

Born connected November 28, 1969, Colman Domingo was calved and raised successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The 3rd of 4 children, Domingo was raised by his parent and slope idiosyncratic Edith Bowles and stepfather Clarence sanded floors. Domingo's biologic begetter had near the household erstwhile Domingo was 9 years old.

Domingo struggled with a lisp arsenic a kid and underwent code therapy classes.

The aspiring histrion graduated from Overbrook High School and aboriginal attended Temple University, wherever helium majored successful journalism.

But Colman realised helium wanted to prosecute acting implicit journalism and moved to San Francisco, wherever helium appeared successful assorted theatre productions. He besides taught astatine assorted universities and worked arsenic a bartender portion helium worked to interruption into the TV industry.

Domingo appeared successful assorted Broadway productions and gained galore awards and nominations arsenic good arsenic play tiny roles successful Clint Eastwood's True Crime, Desi's Looking for a New Girl and Freedomland.

During this time, Domingo appeared successful Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.

What are Colman Domingo's biggest roles?

In the 2010s, Colman Domingo's vocation started to instrumentality off. He appeared successful Miracle astatine St. Anna, 42, Lincoln, Selma and The Butler earlier helium secured a large relation arsenic Victor Strand successful Fear the Walking Dead.

Colman's banal roseate erstwhile helium appeared successful Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and arsenic a ruthless pimp Zola.

His biggest appearances see If Beale Street Could Talk, an Emmy-winning show successful Euphoria, civilian rights activistic Bayard Rustin successful the Netflix movie Rustin and Mister successful the movie philharmonic adaptation of The Color Purple.

Colman is acceptable to play Joe Jackson successful the philharmonic biopic Michael successful 2025 and volition nonstop and prima successful the starring relation of a untitled Nat King Cole biopic.

The 54-year-old has won respective plaudits including a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and 2 Tony Awards.

Who is Colman Domingo joined to?

Colman Domingo is presently joined to Raúl Domingo. He archetypal met his aboriginal hubby via Craigslist successful 2005 and they joined 9 years later, successful 2014.

He told Advocate astir their beingness together: "We've been unneurotic for 17 years, and this twelvemonth we did a GQ nonfiction unneurotic and opened up our location for Architectural Digest.

"We discovered a batch astir ourselves during the pandemic, and that's made america and maine a spot much assured successful our enslaved and astir opening up,"

The mates unrecorded successful Los Angeles and they precocious bought a location successful Malibu.