Mike Colter
Mike Colter was born in Columbia, South Carolina, United States on August 26th, 1976 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 48, Mike Colter biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Mike Randal Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in Marvel's Luke Cage (2016–2018), The Defenders (2017), and Jessica Jones (2015–2019), all set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In addition, he has appeared as Lemond Bishop in the television series The Good Wife (2010–2015), Malcolm Ward in Ringer (2011–2012), and Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise (2014–2015).
Early life
Colter was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and the youngest of four children born to Eddie Lee, Sr., and Freddie Marion (née Mitchell) Colter grew up in St. Matthews, South Carolina. He is a graduate of Calhoun County High School. His senior superlative, as voted by the class, was "most ambitious" in his senior high school yearbook. Colter studied at Benedict College for a year before going to the University of South Carolina, where he received a bachelor's degree in theater in 1999. He obtained an MFA degree in acting from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Personal life
When Colter was pursuing his Masters and working on her PhD, she met Iva, his future wife, Iva at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In 2002, the couple married. On the September 27, 2016 segment of The Wendy Williams Show, he also revealed that he has a daughter with Iva. In October 2018, the couple's second daughter was born. Colter is Viola Davis' second cousin. He lives in Los Angeles.
Colter appeared on the "home" roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2019. The roster was made up of celebrities with roots in Carolina.
Career
Colter's first role was in the film Million Dollar Baby as boxer Big Willie Little. He also guest starred on Law & Order: Trial By Jury, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, ER, and The Parkers as well as several TV movies. He starred in the series Ringer.
In 2012, he was featured in the final act of the film Men in Black 3, playing agent J's father in the year 1969.
In 2014, Colter began portraying the role of Agent Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise. Colter starred in the series Halo: Nightfall and provided the motion capture for Agent Locke in Halo 5: Guardians, and the voice acting is performed by Ike Amadi. He also co-starred as Luke Cage in Jessica Jones on Netflix. The first season was released online on November 20, 2015. This was followed by the character's own series, Luke Cage, and the first season was released on September 30, 2016. The second season release followed on June 22, 2018. In between the two seasons, Colter also played Luke in The Defenders. He also starred in the 2018 alien invasion movie Extinction.
Colter was announced as the male lead in the CBS drama pilot, Evil as David Acosta, a Catholic seminarian who assesses unexplained phenomena for supernatural or scientific explanations.
In 2020, Colter starred in the Netflix anthology series Social Distance.