Mike Colter

Mike Colter
Colter at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1976-08-26) August 26, 1976 (age 48)
Education	Benedict College University of South Carolina, Columbia (BA) Rutgers University, New Brunswick (MFA)
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Iva Colter ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Relatives	Viola Davis (second cousin)

Mike Colter (born August 26, 1976)^[1] 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).