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Aliases: Mike Randal Colter , Michael Colter , Μάικ Κόλτερ , 마이크 콜터 , مايك كولتر , 麥克・寇特 , مایک کولتر , مایکل کولتر , 麥克·寇特

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

Biography

Mike Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage/Carl Lucas in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the streaming 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), Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise (2014–2015), Agent J's father in Men in Black 3, and David Acosta, a former journalist studying to be a Catholic priest in the CBS/Paramount+ series Evil (2019–2024). Colter is a graduate of Calhoun County High School. In his senior high school yearbook, his senior superlative as voted by the class was "most ambitious." Colter spent a year at Benedict College before transferring to the University of South Carolina, receiving a bachelor's degree in theatre in 1999. He obtained an MFA degree in acting from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Colter's first role was in the film Million Dollar Baby as boxer Big Willie Little. He also guest-starred on Law & Order: Trial By Jury, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, ER, and The Parkers, as well as several TV movies. He starred in the series Ringer. In 2012, he was featured in the final act of the film Men in Black 3, playing agent J's father in the year 1969. In 2014, Colter began portraying the role of Agent Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise.[6] Colter starred in the series Halo: Nightfall and provided the motion capture for Agent Locke in Halo 5: Guardians, and the voice acting is performed by Ike Amadi. He also co-starred as Luke Cage/Carl Lucas in Jessica Jones on Netflix. The first season was released online on November 20, 2015. This was followed by the character's own series, Luke Cage, and the first season was released on September 30, 2016. The second season release followed on June 22, 2018. In between the two seasons, Colter also played Luke in The Defenders. He also starred in the 2018 alien invasion movie Extinction. Colter was announced as the male lead in the CBS drama pilot, Evil, as David Acosta, a Catholic seminarian who assesses unexplained phenomena for supernatural or scientific explanations. In 2020, Colter starred in the Netflix anthology series Social Distance. In 2023, Colter and Gerard Butler starred in the movie Plane by Lionsgate Play. Colter met his future wife, Iva, at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where they were both graduate students. The couple married in 2002. They have two daughters. Colter is a second cousin of actress Viola Davis. He resides in Los Angeles. In 2019, Colter played for the "home" roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The roster was made up of celebrities with Carolina roots. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Colter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8
Criminal Minds
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8

Criminal Minds

(2005) Colin Bramwell
American Horror Story
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8
Blue Bloods
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8

Blue Bloods

(2010) Cliff Reacher
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Lemond Bishop
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Dave Oldren
Evil
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8

Evil

(2019) David Acosta
The Good Fight
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8

The Good Fight

(2017) Lemond Bishop

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Neil
Louis Gaspare
2022 Smith
Charlie Walker
2021 Whit Price
2020 Rafe Grimes
Ike
Brian Cooke
Self - Narrator (voice)
David
2019 Darius
Wallace Brister (voice)
David Acosta
Self
Self
N/A
Charles
Daryle Jenkins
Tommy Shine
2018 Self - Additional Guest
2017 Self
Luke Cage
Stewart Pierce
Lemond Bishop
2016 Luke Cage
Self
Self - Panelist
Self
2015 Luke Cage
Narrator (voice)
2014 Jameson Locke
N/A
N/A
Self
Jameson Locke
2013 Agent Nick Donovan
2012 Mike - DEVGRU
Self
Colonel
Self
2011 David
Malcolm Ward
2010 Cliff Reacher
CIA Tactical Leader
2009 Lemond Bishop
MGySgt Demetry
Self - Guest
2007 Yuppie Paul
2006 N/A
2005 Bill
Jamal
Colin Bramwell
Billy Tolbert
Guerrilla Solider (voice)
2004 Big Willie Little
2001 Dave Oldren
1999 Samuel Mbazzi
1997 Self - Guest
1994 Watts
Louis Gaspare
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Year Character Movie/Tv

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