How Colman Domingo’s Husband Raúl Domingo Found His ‘The Four Seasons’ Co-Star

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Colman Domingo’s star continues to rise, with his role in musical adaptation The Color Purple and his scene-stealing turn in HBO’s Euphoria. Fans are curious about the Fear the Walking Dead actor’s personal life, but he has been in a very steady romance for nearly two decades. Colman married his now-partner Raúl Domingo in 2014, but they met way back in 2005 during a chance encounter in a Walgreens parking lot.

Here’s everything to know about Colman Domingo and his longtime partner and husband, Raúl.

Who is Raúl Domingo?

Not a lot is known about Raúl’s personal life outside of his marriage—even his Instagram is private—but his work life has moved in tandem with Colman’s since they met almost 20 years ago. Their first summer together, Colman was called to Juneau, Alaska, for an acting role, and Raúl went with him, taking a job as an assistant costume designer on the shoot so they didn’t have to do long distance. They headed back to New York in the fall, and that November, Colman proposed.

He has moved on to working in writing and producing. He and Colman created the animated short film New Moon, about a Black mother and her son discussing life and their hopes and dreams.

He also worked as a film producer on Bottomless Brunch at Colman’s and sci-fi thriller It’s What’s Inside.

How did Colman and Raúl meet?

In an interview with his husband for GQ, Colman says he happened to lock eyes with Raúl at a Walgreens, but his future husband was being dragged away by a friend. He couldn’t stop thinking about him.

“I just felt something,” he explained.

Raúl also felt something. He and his friend were late for a party and had stopped at the store to buy a gift for their host. But he couldn’t stop thinking about Colman’s face either.

He went on Craigslist’s Missed Connections and wrote a post saying, “I saw you outside of Walgreens in Berkeley…”

Colman said he ended up on Missed Connections as well and saw the words written for him.

“I literally jumped out of my chair when I saw the post,” Colman says.

In 2020, during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colman rehashed the story with more details.

“Okay, you gotta picture 17 years ago, I was walking down the street going into a Walgreens in Berkeley, California,” he said. “We passed each other. We never spoke…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.”

Colman continued, “I go to the second page of Missed Connections and it said, ‘Saw you outside of Walgreens, Berkeley.’”

Two days later, they went on their first date at a San Francisco bar. They spent the night together, and Colman was already in love.

“I told him, ‘I think you’re about to change my life, and I love you,’” he said. “And we’ve been together ever since.”

When did Colman and Raúl get married?

Raúl and Colman were married in California in 2014, and it was something of a surprise for guests. What felt like a house party to the 25 attendees suddenly transformed into a ceremony when they announced, “Welcome to our wedding.”

Colman told GQ that he wore a Hawaiian shirt, and the partygoers danced until four in the morning.

What has Colman said about Raúl?

One thing Colman insists on is how supportive his husband is. Raúl attended almost every performance of Jonestown in California during Colman’s time with the show, bringing a bouquet of white roses each time. During their joint interview with GQ, Raúl told Colman, “I feel like I needed to understand everything that you are.”

In 2022, Colman thanked Raúl during his acceptance speech after his win for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his work in Euphoria. He even dedicated the honor to him.

“A lot of kindness brought me to this stage, people who love me, people who lift me up. Thank you to those people,” Colman said. “Thank you to my darling Raúl, this is for you.”

The couple attended a number of big events together in early 2024.

In January, Raúl was Colman’s date at the annual Golden Globe Awards where the actor was nominated for Rustin.

In March, they were both dressed to impress for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

They headed to the 2024 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in April.

In May, they attended the amfAR Cannes Gala in France.

Colman wrote a loving tribute to Raúl on their anniversary in March 2025.

On March 20, Colman shared an Instagram Story to celebrate his anniversary with Raúl, writing, “20. We build together. Spread love together. Heal together. Challenge each other. Are patient with each other. Watch each other grow. What a journey. Thank god for that Walgreens on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. And the follow up on Craigslist Missed Connections.”

In February, on The Graham Norton Show, Colman shared the story of their meeting again.

“You’re in Berkeley, California, in 2005 and you’re minding your business going into a Walgreens,” he set the scene. “I’m just going there in Berkeley to get a mask for the night, you know, facial mask. So I’m walking in and I see someone walking out, has beautiful hair down to here, lip piercing, beautiful. I see this guy and we look at each other. I‘m like, ‘Oh my God.’ And I’m on the phone and I come outside and we look at each other and he’s talking to this young woman and she seemed to be angry about something.”

He continued, “They walk off down the street but he keeps looking back and I wave, but he just keeps going and then I’m just dumbfounded.”

He then explained looking through the Missed Connections ads section on Craigslist.

“I wondered if they work, because I would read them on the subway,” he said. “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. I jumped up, I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? That’s me!’ He described me with my fauxhawk—it was 2005.”

What projects have Colman and Raúl worked on together?

The couple co-produced their first feature film, It’s What’s Inside, which started streaming on Netflix in October 2024. The horror/sci-fi film was produced through their company, Edith Productions. Colman was the movie’s executive producer, and Raúl was its producer.

In a behind-the-scenes video with Netflix, the pair opened up about their collaborative process and the significance of this project. “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. Raúl added that their mission is to “entertain you while gutting you.”

Reflecting on the experience, the couple called it a “poetic” beginning, with Raúl noting, “It’s not only our first film; it was also [director Greg Jardin’s] first film.”

Colman added, “When it comes to our first feature film, it tells the world about what Edith is interested in, and that’s what we’re excited about.”

In May 2024, Colman talked to Queerty about his newest project, The Four Seasons, in which he plays one half of a married couple. His husband in the series is played by Marco Calvani, and the two actors explained how Raúl helped bring him to the role.

“Marco and I were friends for a good year prior,” Colman shared, when asked about working together. “He and his husband, Marco, and me and my husband, Raúl, would get together and just have like dates. They would come over to the pool, we would go over to their house for dinner. And then when while we’re in the middle of casting, Raúl had the brilliant idea. He said, ‘You know who would be a great candidate for your husband? Marco.’”

Marco Calvani’s husband is also named Marco, but Colman and Raúl worked through the confusion. Colman explained he had known Calvani as a writer and artist, but he decided to urge him to send in an audition tape after talking it out with Raúl. His husband was right all along, because Calvani got the job.

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