Although his career is on the upswing now, there was once a time when Colman didn’t think acting was for him. Before he would go on to win an Emmy for his role as Ali in Euphoria, Colman said he nearly quit acting in 2014.

The actor explained to The New York Times that he was forced to rethink his career after losing a role he felt would be his big break. He said he auditioned to play a maitre’d in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire but didn’t get selected because of his skin color.

After auditioning for the role, Colman said his agent told him that a researcher on the project said he didn’t fit the profile of a maitre’d because he wasn’t light-skinned.

"That's when I lost my mind," Colman recalled of the rejection, telling his agent, “I can't take it anymore. I think this is going to kill me."

Despite his initial yearning to quit acting, Colman kept going and, almost a decade later, blossomed into the star he was always meant to be. And now, with his growing fortune, he has enough to continue slaying every red carpet he will surely grace!