Inside Colman Domingo’s super sweet love story with husband Raúl
colman domingo will receive the honorary President’s Award at the 57th NAACP Image Awards on February 28, a recognition tied to his recent string of honors including two Image Awards wins and current nominations for his work on the Netflix series The Four Seasons.
Colman Domingo’s chance meeting outside a Walgreens
Colman Domingo has described the moment he first saw Raúl as a near-instant spark. He recalled spotting a man with "beautiful hair, lip piercing, beautiful" outside a Walgreens and thinking, "Oh my God. " At the time he was on the phone and did not immediately approach; the two walked away from each other. Three days later Colman found a Craigslist "missed connection" post that said, "Saw you outside of Walgreens, Berkeley, " placed just two hours after their first crossing. They met up three days after that first sighting and had their first date.
From Craigslist missed connection to marriage in 2014
The pair married in 2014 and have kept their relationship largely private by design. colman domingo has said the decision to share one simple origin story was deliberate: they expected questions and chose to give a single, contained account while maintaining privacy about daily life. He called Raúl his best friend and noted they run a production company together, though they are not often seen together on red carpets.
Award milestones and public moments
The personal story plays out against a high-profile professional run. The two-time Oscar nominee will accept the President’s Award on February 28; two years earlier he earned a double win at the Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Rustin and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for The Color Purple. This year he holds two further nominations for Supporting Actor and Directing for the Netflix series The Four Seasons. He also made a rare public tribute to Raúl when accepting an Emmy Award in 2022, saying, "A lot of kindness brought me to this stage... Thank you to my darling Raúl, this is for you. "
Colman has occasionally shared small, vivid details about their early days—recalling his faux-hawk in 2005 and the electric awkwardness of their first exchanges—while keeping the broader rhythms of their life private. That mix of openness and discretion has shaped the public narrative of their relationship over more than two decades together.
The next confirmed milestone for Colman Domingo is the presentation of the honorary President’s Award at the 57th NAACP Image Awards on February 28. He arrives at that moment with recent Image Award wins on his record, two Oscar nominations, and current nods for Supporting Actor and Directing for The Four Seasons.
