Cast & creator
Mike Colter
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Mike Randal Colter , Michael Colter, Μάικ Κόλτερ, 마이크 콜터, مايك كولتر
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film credits
46
television credits
72
1992–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Samuel Mbazzi
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Guerrilla Solider (voice)
2005
Criminal Minds
Colin Bramwell
2005
American Horror Story
David
2011
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Dave Oldren
2001
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Blue Bloods
Cliff Reacher
2010
The Good Wife
Lemond Bishop
2009
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
ER
Watts
1994
The Good Fight
Lemond Bishop
2017
Daredevil: Born Again
Luke Cage
2025
Evil
David Acosta
2019
The Following
Agent Nick Donovan
2013
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Royal Pains
Officer Tanner
2009
The Real Daytime
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Chelsea
Self
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Luke Cage
2015
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
1992
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
Luke Cage
2016
Rachael Ray
2006
Cupertino
Michael Price
2026
Accused
John
2023
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
Comic Book Men
Self
2012
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Billy Tolbert
2005
Men in Black 3
Colonel
2012
Ringer
Malcolm Ward
2011
M.I.A.
Dominick Pierre
2026
Marvel's The Defenders
Luke Cage
2017
Plane
Louis Gaspare
2023
Million Dollar Baby
Big Willie Little
2004
Zero Dark Thirty
Mike - DEVGRU
2012
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Additional Guest
2018
Monsterland
Brian Cooke
2020
Girls Trip
Stewart Pierce
2017
Salt
CIA Tactical Leader
2010
Black and Blue
Darius
2019
The Union
Nick Faraday
2024
Alarum
Orlin
2025
Seis Manos
Wallace Brister (voice)
2019
Geeking Out
Self
2016
Breakthrough
Tommy Shine
2019
Extinction
David
2018
Social Distance
Ike
2020
Fatale
Rafe Grimes
2020Casket Girls
Galpin
Carter
Smith
2022
Skin
Daryle Jenkins
2019
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
2015
Halo: Nightfall
Jameson Locke
2014
Halo: Nightfall
Jameson Locke
2014
Tiny Creatures
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
South of Heaven
Whit Price
2021
Taking Chance
MGySgt Demetry
2009
Before You Know It
Charles
2019
City Confidential
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
And Then Came Love
Yuppie Paul
2007
I'm Charlie Walker
Charlie Walker
2022
Murder City
Neil
2023
Silver Bells
Bill
2005CBS Fall First Look
Self
The Very Thought of You
Brooklyn Lobster
Jamal
2005