Colman Domingo is an award-winning actor, playwright, director, and producer. In other words, he’s a mega talent. A 2024 Oscar, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award nominee for his starring role as Bayard Rustin in Rustin, Domingo also starred last year as Mister in The Color Purple. He is a two-time Film Independent Spirit, Gotham, SAG, Critics Choice, NAACP Image, Tony®, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Theatre Award nominee for his work on stage and screen, and is an OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award winner.
Tag: Excellence in Acting
2023 – BILLY PORTER
Billy Porter is a tremendously talented Emmy, Tony and Grammy-award winning actor, singer and director, and playwright. His cinematic performances include 80 for Brady, Cinderella, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy and Bill Oliver’s OUR SON, which is featured in this year’s festival. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Anything’s Possible in 2022. Billy’s work on FX’s… Continue reading 2023 – BILLY PORTER
2022 – DALE DICKEY
Dale Dickey is a superbly talented veteran of film, television and the theater, with over 60 film credits—notably her Film Independent Spirit Award-winning performance in Debra Granik’s acclaimed Winter’s Bone. Other films include Flag Day, Palm Springs, Hell or High Water, No Exit, Iron Man 3, and A LOVE SONG, which is featured in this year’s festival. With over 50… Continue reading 2022 – DALE DICKEY
2021 – RIZ AHMED
Riz Ahmed became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after artists following the explosive success of HBO’s The Night Of, for which he won an Emmy Award, and was Golden Globe and SAG Award nominated. Ahmed has starred in successful films including ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, THE SISTERS BROTHERS and VENOM. He first garnered industry… Continue reading 2021 – RIZ AHMED
2019 – JUDITH LIGHT
We’re honored to celebrate the career of Judith Light, whose has the uncanny ability to reveal new depths to her talents with each new project. Two-time Tony winner and Emmy winner Judith Light is known for her extensive body of film, television, and stage work. An artist whose talent is as big as her heart… Continue reading 2019 – JUDITH LIGHT
2018 – MOLLY SHANNON
Molly has forged an amazing career starting with her six-season run on “Saturday Night Live,” where she created a host of indelible characters. In the years since leaving SNL she has become one of the most sought-after actors working in the business. Last year, Molly was awarded the Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Actress”… Continue reading 2018 – MOLLY SHANNON
2017 – CHLOË SEVIGNY
In some ways Chloë Sevigny already feels like family. Massachusetts-born and Connecticut-raised, her films have been a fixture at PIFF for years, and she’s worked with four past Filmmaker on the Edge honorees (Christine Vachon, Jim Jarmusch, Mary Harron and Harmony Korine). Sevigny burst onto the screen in Kids, playing Jennie, the film’s tragic heroine—a… Continue reading 2017 – CHLOË SEVIGNY
