Acting credits
68
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Mike Colter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 23Series: 45
TMDB ID: 450
IMDb ID: nm1591496
Known for: Acting
Born: August 26, 1976
Age: 49
Place of birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1992 - 2026
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q1058675
Also known as
Mike Randal Colter • Michael Colter • Μάικ Κόλτερ • 마이크 콜터 • مايك كولتر • 麥克・寇特 • 麥克·寇特
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mike Colter.
as Orlin
Alarum
2025 • Movie
as Nick Faraday
The Union
2024 • Movie
as Neil
Murder City
2023 • Movie
as Louis Gaspare
Plane
2023 • Movie
as Smith
Carter
2022 • Movie
as Charlie Walker
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 • Movie
as Whit Price
South of Heaven
2021 • Movie
as Rafe Grimes
Fatale
2020 • Movie
as Darius
Black and Blue
2019 • Movie
as Charles
Before You Know It
2019 • Movie
as Daryle Jenkins
Skin
2019 • Movie
as Tommy Shine
Breakthrough
2019 • Movie
as David
Extinction
2018 • Movie
as Stewart Pierce
Girls Trip
2017 • Movie
as Jameson Locke
Halo: Nightfall
2014 • Movie
as Mike - DEVGRU
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 • Movie
as Colonel
Men in Black 3
2012 • Movie
as CIA Tactical Leader
Salt
2010 • Movie
as MGySgt Demetry
Taking Chance
2009 • Movie
as Yuppie Paul
And Then Came Love
2007 • Movie
as Bill
Silver Bells
2005 • Movie
as Jamal
Brooklyn Lobster
2005 • Movie
as Big Willie Little
Million Dollar Baby
2004 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mike Colter.
Oct 8
as Michael Price • 3 eps
Cupertino
2026 • Series
as Dominick Pierre • 3 eps
M.I.A.
2026 • Series
as Luke Cage • 1 eps
Daredevil: Born Again
2025 • Series
as John • 1 eps
Accused
2023 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Sherri
2022 • Series
as Ike • 1 eps
Social Distance
2020 • Series
as Brian Cooke • 1 eps
Monsterland
2020 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 8 eps
Tiny Creatures
2020 • Series
as Wallace Brister (voice) • 8 eps
Seis Manos
2019 • Series
as David Acosta • 50 eps
Evil
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Additional Guest • 1 eps
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Drop the Mic
2017 • Series
as Luke Cage • 8 eps
Marvel's The Defenders
2017 • Series
as Lemond Bishop • 2 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Luke Cage • 26 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Geeking Out
2016 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
Match Game
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Chelsea
2016 • Series
as Luke Cage • 8 eps
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Breakthrough
2015 • Series
as Jameson Locke • 5 eps
Halo: Nightfall
2014 • Series
1 eps
The Real
2014 • Series