No matter how you slice it, 2023 is arguably the year of Colman Domingo. Just this year alone, the Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate actor starred in the drama Sing Sing, summer blockbuster Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and animated comedy Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
However, it’s his two most recent and versatile roles as Mister, the meanspirited husband to Fantasia Barrino’s Celie in The Color Purple, and the gay Black Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin in Rustin that has carried him over into the awards season.
On Monday, Domingo received a nomination at the 81st Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for his titular role in Rustin.
The political biopic follows the life of Bayard Rustin, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. and organizer of the March on Washington Movement.
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