Colman Domingo and Raúl Domingo crossed paths in a parking lot and haven’t left each other’s sides since.
In a February 2024 interview, Colman recalled meeting his husband in Berkeley, California, in 2005 outside of a Walgreens.
“I’m walking in and I see someone walking out, has beautiful hair down to here, lip piercing. Beautiful, beautiful,” he said on The Graham Norton Show at the time. “I see this guy and we look at each other, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God.’ I’m on the phone and I come outside and we look at each other. … I wave, but he just keeps going. I’m just dumbfounded.”
As luck would have it, three days later, Colman was on Craigslist looking to buy a used computer and decided he might place a “missed connections” ad for the “beautiful” Walgreens stranger.
“I go to page 2 of them as I’m reading and I see, ‘Saw you outside of Walgreens. Berkeley.’ He placed an ad for me two hours before,” Colman gushed. “I jumped up. I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? That’s me.’ He described me with my faux hawk — it was 2005.”
The pair went on their first date three days later and ended up tying the knot in 2014. They have been going strong ever since.
Keep scrolling to learn more about Colman and Raúl’s relationship:
2005
After passing each other outside of a Walgreens in Berkeley, California, Colman and Raúl somehow found each other through Craigslist. The couple had their first date a few days later where they immediately connected.
“I told him, ‘I think you’re about to change my life and I love you,’” Colman shared in an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in August 2022. “And we’ve been together ever since.”
The pair traveled to Juneau, Alaska, for a gig Colman was working on before settling down in New York. They got engaged later that year.
2014
Colman and Raúl got married in a small, casual ceremony with 25 guests, per GQ. According to the outlet, Colman wore a Hawaiian shirt and they danced till four in the morning.
2020
The couple started their own production company Edith Productions.
“We started Edith Productions about five years ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, to create the work we want to see in the world,” Colman shared with Netflix about their first feature film, It’s What’s Inside, in October 2024. Raúl added that the production company’s mission is to “entertain you while gutting you.”
2022
Colman thanked Raúl on stage during his Emmy acceptance speech for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his role in Euphoria.
“A lot of kindness brought me to this stage, people who love me, people who lift me up. Thank you to those people. Thank you to my darling Raúl, this is for you,” he shared.
January 2024
The twosome were seen attending the premiere of their co-produced film It’s What’s Inside at the Sundance Film Festival.
April 2024
“We’ve become even better friends and supporters,” Colman exclusively told Us Weekly. “And we’re family, and you got to be on the road to watch someone change and grow and be on that journey, and it’s beautiful. He’s my favorite person on this whole planet.”
March 2025
Raúl supported Colman at the 2025 Oscars after Colman was nominated for Best Actor for his role in Sing Sing.
