Sing Sing Actor Colman Domingo will receive the Actor Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, it was announced Monday.
The film awards ceremony will take place on January 3, 2025, while the festival will take place from January 2 to 13.
“We are truly thrilled to honor the extraordinary talent of Colman Domingo at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for the second consecutive year. In Sing SingColman Domingo delivers another exceptional performance based on the true story of the wrongly convicted Divine G, who finds purpose in prison through theater acting,” says festival president Nachhattar Singh Chandi. “For this incredibly raw and captivating performance, it is It is an honor for us to present the Spotlight Award, Actor to Colman Domingo.”
Domingo received the honor last year for his performance in Rustinfor which he also received an Oscar nomination for best actor. Previous recipients of the Actor Spotlight Award include Bryan Cranston for TrumboBrendan Fraser for The whale and Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw ridgeall three were also nominated for best actor at the Oscars: Fraser won.
Domingo's credits include Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, for which he was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a SAG Ensemble Award Zolafor which he received Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations. He won an Emmy in 2022 for his performance in Euphoria. His other credits include If Beale Street Could Talk, Without Remorse, Candyman, Assassination Nation, True Crime, Selma and Lee Daniels' The butler.
He will be the next protagonist of the limited series The madness for Netflix on November 28, as well as in Michaelin which he plays Joe Jackson. She will also star in the Netflix comedy Tina Fey The four seasons. He is repped by WME, Liebman Entertainment and Wolf-Kasteler Public Relations.
Last week the festival announced it Emilia Perez would receive this year's Vanguard Award, which is “a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project.”