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.

Filmography

• Cupertino — Michael Price
• M.I.A. — Dominick Pierre
• 2025Alarum — Orlin
• Daredevil: Born Again — Luke Cage
• 2024The Union — Nick Faraday
• Accused — John
• 2023Murder City — Neil
• 2023Plane — Louis Gaspare
• 2022Carter — Smith
• 2022I'm Charlie Walker — Charlie Walker
• 2021South of Heaven — Whit Price
• 2020Fatale — Rafe Grimes
• Monsterland — Brian Cooke
• Social Distance — Ike
• 2019Before You Know It — Charles
• 2019Black and Blue — Darius
• 2019Breakthrough — Tommy Shine
• Evil — David Acosta
• Seis Manos — Wallace Brister (voice)
• 2019Skin — Daryle Jenkins
• 2018Extinction — David
• 2017Girls Trip — Stewart Pierce
• Marvel's The Defenders — Luke Cage
• The Good Fight — Lemond Bishop
• Marvel's Luke Cage — Luke Cage
• Breakthrough — Narrator (voice)
• Marvel's Jessica Jones — Luke Cage
• 2014Halo: Nightfall — Jameson Locke
• Halo: Nightfall — Jameson Locke
• The Real Daytime
• The Following — Agent Nick Donovan
• 2012Men in Black 3 — Colonel
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Mike - DEVGRU
• American Horror Story — David
• Ringer — Malcolm Ward
• Blue Bloods — Cliff Reacher
• 2010Salt — CIA Tactical Leader
• Royal Pains — Officer Tanner
• 2009Taking Chance — MGySgt Demetry
• The Good Wife — Lemond Bishop
• 2007And Then Came Love — Yuppie Paul
• Rachael Ray
• American Dad! — Guerrilla Solider (voice)
• 2005Brooklyn Lobster — Jamal
• Criminal Minds — Colin Bramwell
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Billy Tolbert
• 2005Silver Bells — Bill
• 2004Million Dollar Baby — Big Willie Little
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Dave Oldren
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Samuel Mbazzi
• ER — Watts
• Casket Girls — Galpin
• The Very Thought of You

Appearances as themselves (19)

• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Tiny Creatures — Self - Narrator (voice)
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Self - Additional Guest
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• Geeking Out — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Comic Book Men — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• City Confidential — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The View — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self
• CBS Fall First Look — Self