Mike Colter
Biography
Mike Colter is an American actor who studied theater at the University of South Carolina and later earned a graduate acting degree from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. His first screen role was the boxer Big Willie Little in Million Dollar Baby (2004), and he went on to guest spots on Law & Order: Trial By Jury, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, ER and The Parkers, plus a starring part in the series Ringer. He played Agent J's father in Men in Black 3 (2012) and Agent Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise, headlining Halo: Nightfall (2014). He is best known as Luke Cage, whom he played in Jessica Jones before the solo series Luke Cage and The Defenders, and he has appeared as Lemond Bishop on The Good Wife and The Good Fight and as David Acosta on Evil.
50years old
Turns 51 on August 26in 316 days
- Born Columbia
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Mike Randal Colter
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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First role
Mike Colter made his acting debut in the film Million Dollar Baby, taking on the part of the boxer Big Willie Little.
Early training
Colter earned a master of fine arts in acting from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, after a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of South Carolina in 1999.
Mike Colter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Mike Colter shares two films with Michael Peña, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Hilary Swank's page
Morgan Freeman's page
Alec Baldwin's page
J.K. Simmons's page
Michael Paré's page
Deon TaylorDirector, 2 films, 2019 to 2020
All films by Deon Taylor
Box office
What Mike Colter's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
6 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$654M56.5% of the total
- 2$217M18.7% of the total
- 3$140M12.1% of the total
- 4$75M6.4% of the total
- 5$49M4.2% of the total
- 6$23M2.0% of the total
