Mike Colter
Biography
Mike Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Luke Cage (2016–2018), The Defenders (2017), Jessica Jones (2015; 2019) and Daredevil: Born Again (2026). 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 Men in Black 3 (2012), Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise (2014–2015), and David Acosta, a former journalist studying to be a Catholic priest in the CBS/Paramount+ series Evil (2019–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Colter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Mike Colter
Men in Black 3
Million Dollar Baby
American Horror Story
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Salt
Criminal Minds
Zero Dark Thirty
American Dad!
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (71 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cupertino | Michael Price | TV Series | 2026 |
 | M.I.A. | Dominick Pierre | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Daredevil: Born Again | Luke Cage | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Alarum | Orlin | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Union | Nick Faraday | Movie | 2024 |
 | Murder City | Neil | Movie | 2023 |
 | Accused | John | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Plane | Louis Gaspare | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Sherri Shepherd Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Carter | Smith | Movie | 2022 |
 | I'm Charlie Walker | Charlie Walker | Movie | 2022 |
 | South of Heaven | Whit Price | Movie | 2021 |
 | Fatale | Rafe Grimes | Movie | 2020 |
 | Social Distance | Ike | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Monsterland | Brian Cooke | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Tiny Creatures | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Black and Blue | Darius | Movie | 2019 |
 | Seis Manos | Wallace Brister (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Evil | David Acosta | TV Series | 2019 |
 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Before You Know It | Charles | Movie | 2019 |
 | Skin | Daryle Jenkins | Movie | 2019 |
 | Breakthrough | Tommy Shine | Movie | 2019 |
 | Extinction | David | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Self - Additional Guest | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Drop the Mic | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Marvel's The Defenders | Luke Cage | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Girls Trip | Stewart Pierce | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Good Fight | Lemond Bishop | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Marvel's Luke Cage | Luke Cage | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Geeking Out | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Match Game | Self - Panelist | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Chelsea | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Breakthrough | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Halo: Nightfall | Jameson Locke | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Real | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Halo: Nightfall | Jameson Locke | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Following | Agent Nick Donovan | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Zero Dark Thirty | Mike - DEVGRU | Movie | 2012 |
 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Men in Black 3 | Colonel | Movie | 2012 |
 | Comic Book Men | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | American Horror Story | David | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Ringer | Malcolm Ward | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Blue Bloods | Cliff Reacher | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Salt | CIA Tactical Leader | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Good Wife | Lemond Bishop | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Taking Chance | MGySgt Demetry | Movie | 2009 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Royal Pains | Officer Tanner | TV Series | 2009 |
 | And Then Came Love | Yuppie Paul | Movie | 2007 |
 | Rachael Ray | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Silver Bells | Bill | Movie | 2005 |
 | Brooklyn Lobster | Jamal | Movie | 2005 |
 | Criminal Minds | Colin Bramwell | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Billy Tolbert | TV Series | 2005 |
 | American Dad! | Guerrilla Solider (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Million Dollar Baby | Big Willie Little | Movie | 2004 |
 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dave Oldren | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Samuel Mbazzi | TV Series | 1999 |
 | City Confidential | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The View | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1997 |
 | ER | Watts | TV Series | 1994 |
 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
| The Casket Girls | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| The Very Thought of You | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| CBS Fall First Look | Self | Movie | — |