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- Colman Domingo Started His Career in Circus and Bartended for 5 Years While Waiting for Career to Take Off</p>
<p>Sharareh Drury, Angelina LiuJuly 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM</p>
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<p>Colman Domingo</p>
<p>Colman Domingo's resume before his acting career took off includes a few odd jobs.</p>
<p>Speaking with moderator Mel Ottenberg for the Swarovski in Conversation panel on Thursday, July 24, the 55-year-old actor reflected on acting, fashion, and what he learned from one of his earliest jobs before making it big — performing in a circus.</p>
<p>"One of my first jobs was being in the circus and I did aerial web work and then trapeze and juggling and stilt walking because I was game," Domingo shared during the panel, after explaining that early on, he focused on absorbing as much information as possible wherever he worked.</p>
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<p>Colman Domingo attends an event at the Swarovski Fifth Avenue Store in Midtown on July 24, 2025</p>
<p>"I think my career mostly started in regional theater and I started my career in San Francisco, and really I really just want to be a respected actor," Domingo said. "Everything I've learned was from being in rooms and rehearsals. I have no little to no formal training in anything that I do. I learned everything by showing up, doing it, asking questions, reading books, showing up for rehearsals that I wasn't called for."</p>
<p>The Sing Sing actor also shared that despite landing roles in theater productions, he held onto bartending gigs make ends meet.</p>
<p>"Even when I was doing early shows in New York, I would take a bow and I know I was wearing thousands of dollars of clothes... I would literally run backstage, tear off my clothes, hop in a cab and go over to the 55 Bar that used to be next to Stonewall, where I used to bartend for five years," Domingo said.</p>
<p>"I constantly had bartending jobs, I needed to pay my bills," the actor added.</p>
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<p>Colman Domingo attends the amfAR gala Cannes 2025 presented by Chopard at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 22, 2025 in Cap d'Antibes, France.</p>
<p>Domingo's upcoming projects include a Michael Jackson biopic where he plays Joe Jackson, and a Nat King Cole biopic, which he will also direct. Additionally, he will be returning to Euphoria for its next season.</p>
<p>He is also involved in the film Strange Arrivals with Demi Moore, and will be directing a film about Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr. titled Scandalous!.</p>
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