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Mike Colter was born on 26 August 1976 in Columbia and holds citizenship of the United States. He works as an actor, television actor and film actor, with a field of work in acting, and was educated at the University of South Carolina and Rutgers University. His notable works are Luke Cage and Plane. He began his career in 2002, active in the 21st century, and resides in Los Angeles.
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Film & TV
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Mike Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Luke Cage (2016–2018), The Defenders (2017), and Jessica Jones (2015; 2019). He has also appeared as Lemond Bishop in the television series The Good Wife (2010–2015) and The Good Fight (2018–2019), Malcolm Ward in Ringer (2011–2012), Agent J's father in…
Known for
- M.I.A. — Dominick Pierre2026
- Alarum — Orlin2025
- Daredevil: Born Again — Luke Cage2025
- The Union — Nick Faraday2024
- Murder City — Neil2023
- Plane — Louis Gaspare2023
- Accused — John2023
- I'm Charlie Walker — Charlie Walker2022
- Carter — Smith2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1976-08-26 ) August 26, 1976 (age 49)
- Education
- Benedict College , University of South Carolina, Columbia ( BA ) , Rutgers University, New Brunswick ( MFA )
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Iva Colter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Relatives
- Viola Davis (second cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Columbia
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Plane
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Mike Colter - Los Angeles Comic Con 2025.jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1976-08-26
- Commons category
- Mike Colter
- name in native language
- Mike Colter
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- time period
- 21st century
- social media followers
- 47612
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Mike Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his roles as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2015–present) and David Acosta in the CBS/Paramount+ series Evil (2019–2024). He has also appeared as Lemond Bishop in the television series The Good Wife (2010–2015) and The Good Fight (2018–2019), Malcolm Ward in Ringer (2011–2012), and Agent J's father in Men in Black 3 (2012), and Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise (2014–2015).
Early life
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