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Also known as Mike Randal Colter

American actor

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Luke Cage

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Film & TV

Acting · 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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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
9

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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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mike Colter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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