Who Is Colman Domingo’s Husband, Raúl? Here’s Everything We Know.
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Colman Domingo has had quite the banner year, with major performances in The Color Purple and Rustin, the latter of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, thanks to his stirring performance as civil-rights and gay-rights activist Bayard Rustin.
But besides his slew of high-profile roles, Domingo has also been in the news lately because of a recent visit to The Graham Norton Show, where he retold the story of how he met his husband, Raúl. Domingo’s romantic story quickly went viral, and fans have become obsessed with the couple’s serendipitous connection. Now, we can’t blame them if they’re aching to know more.
Ahead, we break down everything we know about Raúl Domingo and his relationship with the longtime star of stage and screen. This pair’s love story is one for the books.
Raúl is a producer and director
Domingo’s husband is a talented creative in many senses, but one way in which he and Colman overlap is that they both work in the entertainment industry; in fact, Raúl co-wrote and co-directed the animated short film New Moon, in which Colman provides voice work as the storyteller. The 2022 film, which follows a mother and son who see their dreams illuminated by a new moon in their backyard, was even shortlisted for an Oscar.
Raúl attended the Director’s Program at the Austin School of Film shortly before he co-founded a production company, called Edith Productions, with Colman. This company produced New Moon, as well as two of Colman’s upcoming films—Sing Sing and It’s What’s Inside. According to IMDB, Raúl “oversees all Edith projects and develops a wide variety of content for his banner.”
Raúl has an eye for fashion
Colman may be known for his showstopping red carpet ensembles, but Raúl has quite the eye for fashion too. In fact, he’s worked with a number of luxury brands, like Lanvin and Max Mara, and he’s even been hired as a costume designer.
In a joint interview that Colman and Raúl did with GQ, the author noted that the first summer Colman and Raúl were together, Raúl ended up taking a job as an assistant costumer designer on the set (in Alaska), just so he could be closer to Colman. Now that’s love.
He is also an artist and a pilot
Filmmaking and fashion aren’t Raúl’s only passions. The creative is also an artist who specializes in oil painting, according to his bio on the Edith Productions website. The description also notes: “If he is not in his art studio, you can see Raúl high above Southern California piloting his Cessna.”
Is there anything this man can’t do?
He met Colman at a Walgreens
If you need proof of love at first sight, just consider Raúl and Colman’s origin story. The pair had their first encounter at a Walgreens in Berkeley, California, where they happened to lock eyes with each other while Colman was walking in and Raúl was leaving. However, Raúl was with a friend who dragged him away, so the two didn’t get a chance to talk. Nevertheless, fate couldn’t keep them apart.
Colman recounted the entire story during a visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2022, saying, “Okay, you gotta picture 17 years ago, I was walking down the street going into a Walgreens in Berkeley, California. We passed each other. We never spoke.” But the actor added that in that instant, he simply “felt something.”
He continues, “A few days later, I’m on Craigslist trying to buy a used computer to help with my writing. I went to the home screen and you know, they have Missed Connections, things like ads, so I would read them because I’m a romantic. I go to the second page of Missed Connections and it said, ‘Saw you outside of Walgreens, Berkeley.’” This made the actor stop in his tracks.
Turns out, that message was from Raúl, who had posted it a mere two hours earlier. Not long after, the pair ended up going on a date at a bar in San Francisco, and they spent the night together. While telling the story again on The Graham Norton Show, Colman recalls ending the night by saying to Raúl, “I think I love you and you’re about to change my life.” And boy was he right.
Raúl would end up proposing to Colman when they moved to New York City together.
Raúl and Colman tied the knot in 2014
As if their Walgreens encounter wasn’t romantic enough, the two have what is possibly an even better wedding story. No, they didn’t get married in those fluorescent aisles, but they did throw a party in California in 2014, to which they invited 25 guests who suspected it was merely a house party. However, as each attendee came through the door, they were greeted with the surprise message: “Welcome to our wedding.”
Details on the overall ceremony are pretty scarce, but in an interview with GQ, Colman revealed that he wore a Hawaiian shirt to the ceremony, and everyone danced until four in the morning. Talk about an unforgettable experience.
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