Mike Colter

Personal context

Summary

Mike Colter is an American actor known for playing Luke Cage in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and The Defenders, as well as David Acosta in Evil and Lemond Bishop in The Good Wife. His work spans superhero drama, crime stories, and supernatural television. In interviews about Luke Cage, he has spoken about the importance of positive images of black characters and said Hollywood should offer black men a wider variety of roles. No public statements on LGBTQ advocacy, DEI, party politics, or other activist causes are on record.