"Domingo most recently appeared in drag for Sabrina Carpenter's "Tears" music video, but is best known for his roles in HBO's Euphoria and Netflix series The Four Seasons. He was also Oscar nominated at the last two Academy Awards in the Best Actor category, in 2024 for his Bayard Rustin biopic Rustin, and in 2025 for prison drama . With Rustin he became only the second out gay actor to be Oscar nominated for playing a gay character."
"There has been much speculation about who would voice the character of the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good, with director Jon M Chu recently teasing that fans would be thrilled when they finally learnt who it is. "Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion's voice steps foot on it. It'll be wild," he said."
Colman Domingo will voice the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good and confirmed the role via a social media clip in which he hides behind a lion plushie, then reveals himself and says "See you Oz!" with a wink. Domingo appeared in drag in Sabrina Carpenter's "Tears" music video and is known for roles in HBO's Euphoria and Netflix's The Four Seasons. He earned Best Actor Oscar nominations in 2024 for Rustin and in 2025 for a prison drama, and with Rustin became only the second out gay actor nominated for portraying a gay character. The Wicked cast includes Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James. Director Jon M Chu teased fan excitement for the Cowardly Lion reveal. The Cowardly Lion is a major Wizard of Oz character and remains a core part of Wicked's second-half plot as a lion cub taken by Elphaba and Fiyero from a class cage following Dr. Dillamond's capture.
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