Raúl Domingo: Colman Domingo’s Husband, the Producer Behind Sing Sing

Colman Domingo is one of the most searched names in the United States on Friday 13 November 2026, after the director of Wicked: For Good revealed that Domingo will voice the Cowardly Lion in the film, which reaches cinemas on 21 November. The 56-year-old actor, who has two Academy Award nominations for Rustin and Sing Sing and an Emmy for his role in Euphoria, is also in the spotlight for his turn as Joe Jackson in the Michael Jackson biopic Michael. Standing beside him through that rise, and sharing the producing credits on several of his biggest projects, is his husband Raúl Domingo, a film producer, writer and visual artist who has spent two decades building a career of his own.

Raúl Domingo is not an actor chasing the same spotlight. He is a producer who came to film through theatre, luxury fashion and media, and who now runs a production company with his husband. His public record is thin by design: he gives few interviews, keeps his social media private, and lets the work speak. What follows is the verified record, with the gaps stated plainly rather than filled in.

Raúl Domingo — Quick Reference Profile

A Walgreens in Berkeley and a Craigslist Message That Changed Everything

In 2005, Colman Domingo was in Berkeley, California, for a theatre production when he walked into a Walgreens to buy a facial mask. Walking out was a man with long hair and a lip piercing. The two locked eyes, said nothing, and went their separate ways. Colman later told The Graham Norton Show in February 2024 that he checked his watch — 8:03 p.m. — and told himself to be back at the same place at the same time the following week, just in case.

He never needed to return. A few days later, while browsing Craigslist to buy a used computer, Colman found himself in the Missed Connections section and spotted a post that read “Saw you outside of Walgreens, Berkeley.” Raúl had placed it two hours earlier, describing Colman and his fauxhawk. Colman answered, and the two met for their first date at a small bar in San Francisco three days later, asking each other questions “Barbara Walters-style,” as Colman told GQ. By 4 a.m., unable to sleep, Colman told Raúl: “I think I love you and you’re about to change my life.”

The relationship moved fast and stayed the course. When Colman had to move to Juneau, Alaska, for an acting job in their first summer together, Raúl took a job as an assistant costume designer on the same shoot so he could go too. That autumn the couple moved to New York, and Raúl proposed in November 2005 — the same year they met. They have been together for more than 20 years.

From Theatre Stages and Fashion Houses to a Production Company of His Own

Long before he was known as Colman Domingo’s husband, Raúl Domingo had built a career across three industries. He started in regional and off-Broadway theatre productions, then moved into luxury fashion, working with Lanvin and the Max Mara Group. From there he went into media, leading business initiatives at Hearst Media International before starting his own digital media company.

That mix — theatre craft, fashion-world polish and media business — shaped the producer he became. In 2020, he and Colman co-founded Edith Productions, the company through which they now develop and produce their work together. Raúl is also an accomplished oil painter who works in his own studio, a side of his creative life that rarely reaches the public eye.

Sing Sing, New Moon and the Films He Built With His Husband

Raúl Domingo’s producing record is the strongest evidence of his own standing in the industry. He co-wrote and produced New Moon, an animated short film about a Black mother and her son that was shortlisted for an Academy Award. He is credited as a producer on Sing Sing, Colman’s 2023 prison drama, which received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for Colman. He also produced the sci-fi thriller It’s What’s Inside, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024 and was acquired by Netflix, and the travel series Bottomless Brunch at Colman’s. He executive produced Colman’s 2023 miniseries You Are Here.

The partnership works because the roles are distinct. Colman performs, writes and directs; Raúl produces, writes and builds the company around the work. When Colman won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Euphoria at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2022, he dedicated the award to his husband from the stage, saying: “Thank you to my darling Raúl, this is for you.” During Colman’s theatrical run in Jonestown in California, Raúl attended nearly every night with a bouquet of white roses.

A Surprise Wedding in California and a Life Kept Deliberately Private

Nine years after the Walgreens encounter, the couple married in California in 2014. The wedding was a surprise even to its 25 guests, who had been invited to what they believed was a house party and were greeted with the words “Welcome to our wedding.” Colman wore a Hawaiian shirt, and the party danced until 4 a.m. The couple have no children.

That privacy is a deliberate pattern, and it is shared by other celebrity partners we have profiled, including Natalie Viscuso, the television executive and long-term partner of Henry Cavill, who has likewise kept her public identity tied to her work rather than to fame itself. Raúl gives almost no interviews, keeps his Instagram private, and has no verified public social media presence.

What is not on the record matters here too. No authoritative source confirms Raúl Domingo’s date of birth, birthplace or height, and some celebrity biography sites publish a birth year that no reliable outlet has corroborated, so it is not repeated here. His personal net worth is not publicly verified either, and figures attached to his name online are estimates that mix his earnings with his husband’s. Until Raúl or a reliable source confirms those details, they stay blank.

What Comes Next for Raúl Domingo and Edith Productions

The coming weeks put the couple’s work back in front of audiences. Wicked: For Good, with Colman voicing the Cowardly Lion, arrives in cinemas on 21 November 2026, and the Michael biopic continues its awards-season run. Edith Productions remains the vehicle for whatever the couple make next, and Raúl’s role as its co-founder and producer puts him at the centre of it. For a man who met his husband by chance outside a pharmacy and found him again through a classified ad, the next chapter is likely to be written the same way the last twenty years were: together, and mostly out of the spotlight.

Raúl Domingo: questions people keep asking

Q: Who is Raúl Domingo?

A: Raúl Domingo is an American film producer, writer and visual artist, and the husband of actor Colman Domingo. He co-founded Edith Productions with Colman in 2020 and has produced Sing Sing, It’s What’s Inside and New Moon.

Q: How did Colman Domingo meet Raúl Domingo?

A: They met outside a Walgreens in Berkeley, California, in 2005, when Colman was buying a face mask. Neither spoke at the time. Days later, Colman found a Craigslist Missed Connections post Raúl had placed about the encounter, and they met for their first date at a San Francisco bar three days later.

Q: When did Colman Domingo and Raúl Domingo get married?

A: They married in California in 2014, nine years after they met. The wedding was a surprise for their 25 guests, who had been invited to what they thought was a house party. Colman wore a Hawaiian shirt and the party lasted until 4 a.m.

Q: What has Raúl Domingo produced?

A: His credits include the Oscar-shortlisted animated short New Moon, which he co-wrote, the 2023 film Sing Sing, the 2024 thriller It’s What’s Inside, the series Bottomless Brunch at Colman’s, and the miniseries You Are Here, which he executive produced.

Q: What is Raúl Domingo’s net worth?

A: Not publicly verified. No authoritative source separates his own earnings from his husband’s, and figures published online are unverified estimates, so no number is stated here.

Q: Myth-busting: what is not true about Raúl Domingo

A: Raúl Domingo is not an actor, despite appearing alongside his husband at premieres and on red carpets — his work is producing, writing and visual art. He did not meet Colman on a film set; they met by chance outside a Walgreens and reconnected through Craigslist. His date of birth, age, height and net worth are not publicly verified, whatever some online profiles claim, and he keeps no public social media accounts.