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 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 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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Blue Bloods

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (25)

• Alarum2025 · as Orlin
• The Union2024 · as Nick Faraday
• Murder City2023 · as Neil
• Plane2023 · as Louis Gaspare
• Carter2022 · as Smith
• I'm Charlie Walker2022 · as Charlie Walker
• South of Heaven2021 · as Whit Price
• Fatale2020 · as Rafe Grimes
• Black and Blue2019 · as Darius
• Before You Know It2019 · as Charles
• Skin2019 · as Daryle Jenkins
• Breakthrough2019 · as Tommy Shine
• Extinction2018 · as David
• Girls Trip2017 · as Stewart Pierce
• Halo: Nightfall2014 · as Jameson Locke
• Zero Dark Thirty2012 · as Mike - DEVGRU
• Men in Black 32012 · as Colonel
• Salt2010 · as CIA Tactical Leader
• Taking Chance2009 · as MGySgt Demetry
• And Then Came Love2007 · as Yuppie Paul
• Silver Bells2005 · as Bill
• Brooklyn Lobster2005 · as Jamal
• Million Dollar Baby2004 · as Big Willie Little
• The Casket Girls—
• The Very Thought of You—

All TV Shows (45)

• M.I.A.2026 · as Dominick Pierre
• Daredevil: Born Again2025 · as Luke Cage
• Accused2023 · as John
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Social Distance2020 · as Ike
• Monsterland2020 · as Brian Cooke
• Tiny Creatures2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Seis Manos2019 · as Wallace Brister (voice)
• Evil2019 · as David Acosta
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale2018 · as Self - Additional Guest
• Drop the Mic2017 · as Self
• Marvel's The Defenders2017 · as Luke Cage
• The Good Fight2017 · as Lemond Bishop
• Marvel's Luke Cage2016 · as Luke Cage
• Geeking Out2016 · as Self
• Match Game2016 · as Self - Panelist
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Marvel's Jessica Jones2015 · as Luke Cage
• Breakthrough2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Halo: Nightfall2014 · as Jameson Locke
• The Real2014
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• The Following2013 · as Agent Nick Donovan
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Self
• Comic Book Men2012 · as Self
• American Horror Story2011 · as David
• Ringer2011 · as Malcolm Ward
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Cliff Reacher
• The Good Wife2009 · as Lemond Bishop
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Royal Pains2009 · as Officer Tanner
• Rachael Ray2006
• Criminal Minds2005 · as Colin Bramwell
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Billy Tolbert
• American Dad!2005 · as Guerrilla Solider (voice)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Dave Oldren
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Samuel Mbazzi
• City Confidential1998 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• ER1994 · as Watts
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self
• Cupertino—