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Mike Colter

Mike Colter

Highest Rated: 91% Girls Trip (2017)

Lowest Rated: 31% Extinction (2018)

Birthday: Aug 26, 1976

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Born in South Carolina in 1976, Mike Colter was inspired to pursue acting by the 1984 film "A Soldier's Story." After attending the University of South Carolina and achieving a B.A. in theater, Colter continued his education at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he received his M.F.A. After spending years getting acting work in guest spots on shows including "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) and popular sitcom "The Parkers" (UPN 1999-2004), he gained major exposure in 2004 when he played the role of Big Willie Little in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film "Million Dollar Baby." Although that exposure helped him get more guest roles on TV, Colter didn't land a recurring role until 2010's "The Good Wife" (CBS, 2009-16), and his first series regular role didn't come until 2011, when he appeared in the drama "Ringer" (The CW, 2011-12). The twisty high concept drama starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a woman who takes over her twin sister's life to escape a mobster who doesn't want her to testify against him aired for one season. Soon after, Colter appeared in another recurring role on the Fox hit show "The Following" (Fox, 2013-15), and his role in "The Good Wife" expanded as well. In 2014 it was announced that Colter would play Luke Cage in the Netflix series of shows based on Marvel's Defenders; he introduced the role in the second of the series, the dark private investigator drama "Jessica Jones" (Netflix 2015- ).

Highest rated movies

91% 78% Girls Trip
90% 90% Million Dollar Baby
78% 94% Plane 77% 82% Skin 67% 70% Men in Black 3 61% 81% Breakthrough 49% 93% Black and Blue 48% 54% South of Heaven

Filmography

Movies

Credit
36% 23% The Union Nick Faraday (Character) - 2024
78% 94% Plane Louis Gaspare (Character) $32.1M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder City Neil (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2023
45% 70% I'm Charlie Walker Charlie Walker (Character) - 2022
48% 54% South of Heaven Price (Character) - 2021
45% 88% Fatale Rafe (Character) $6.3M 2020
49% 93% Black and Blue Darius Tureau (Character) $22.0M 2019
61% 81% Breakthrough Tommy Shine (Character) $40.7M 2019
77% 82% Skin Daryle Jenkins (Character) - 2018
31% 47% Extinction David (Character) - 2018
91% 78% Girls Trip Stewart Pierce (Character) $115.1M 2017
No Score Yet 66% Halo: Nightfall Jameson Locke (Character) - 2014
67% 70% Men in Black 3 Colonel (Character) $179.0M 2012
No Score Yet 68% Silver Bells Bill (Character) - 2005
90% 90% Million Dollar Baby Big Willie Little (Character) $100.4M 2004

TV

Credit
96% 86% Evil David Acosta (Character) 2019-2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet City Confidential Narrator 2021 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2016 2018-2019 2021-2022
No Score Yet 13% The View Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Match Game Guest 2021
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2019 2021
82% 16% A Little Late With Lilly Singh Guest 2021
58% 67% Social Distance Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2019-2020
83% 45% Monsterland Brian (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 38% Tiny Creatures Narrator 2020
100% 88% Seis Manos Brister (Voice) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2017 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2015 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drop the Mic Contestant 2019
87% 71% Marvel's Luke Cage Luke Cage (Character) 2016 2018
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2018
95% 66% The Good Fight Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 84% Comic Book Men Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
83% 70% The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
78% 70% Marvel's The Defenders Luke Cage (Character) 2017
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2017
No Score Yet 92% Comedy Bang! Bang! Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry Guest 2016
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2016
41% 61% Chelsea Guest 2016
93% 91% The Good Wife Lemond Bishop (Guest Star) 2010-2015
58% 66% The Following Unknown (Guest Star) 2013 2015
77% 66% American Horror Story David (Guest Star) 2013-2014
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
49% 82% Ringer Malcolm Ward (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2011-2012
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Cliff Reacher (Guest Star) 2011
94% 78% Royal Pains Officer Tanner (Guest Star) 2010
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Samuel Mbazzi (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dave Oldren (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law & Order: Trial by Jury Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Parkers Unknown (Guest Star) 2002