Mike Colter can be an American actor most widely known for his business lead function in the Netflix internet tv series Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. Jessica Jones. and Mr. Born on August 26th, 1976, Mike Colter is normally a favorite American actor who’s most widely known for his functions as Lemond Bishop in the famous television series THE NICE Wife, Malcolm Ward in Ringer, and Luke Cage in Marvel’s Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. on August 26, 1976 in Columbia, SC. He’s the cousin of celebrity Viola Davis. Colter was raised in St. There are several interesting facts that you have to know about him. He gained a BA level in theater at the University of SC and a MFA level in performing at Rutgers University. Profession: Colter was motivated to be an actor after viewing the 1984 drama film, A Soldier’s Story. Because of this, he joined up with his high school’s drama golf club and afterwards its president. He was mentored by drama professor Scott Blanks at Benedict University and afterwards by William Esper at the Mason Gross College of the Arts. Name
Known for movies
Million Dollar Baby (2004) as Big Willie Little
Men in Black 3 (2012) as Colonel
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Mike - DEVGRU
Salt (2010) as CIA Tactical Leader
Quick Facts
Full Name
Mike Colter
Net Worth
$2 Million
Date Of Birth
August 26, 1976
Height
1.91 m
Profession
Actor
Education
University of Southern California, Rutgers University, University of South Carolina
Nationality
American
Spouse
Iva Colter
Parents
Eddie Lee Colter Sr., Freddie Marion Colter
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
America Is Still the Place, Zero Dark Thirty, Men in Black 3, Salt, Taking Chance, Silver Bells, Brooklyn Lobster, Million Dollar Baby
TV Shows
The Good Wife, Ringer, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Halo: Nightfall, The Defenders
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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Offered a role in Don't Mess with Texas (2015) but had to pass because of scheduling conflicts.
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Amman, Jordan: Working on "Zero Dark Thirty". Due for release in Dec. 2012 [April 2012]
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Working on a the film Taking Chance. Starring Kevin Bacon, directed by Ross Katz due for release in 2008. [August 2007]
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New York, N.Y. USA. Filming Men in Black 3. Due for release in 2012. [April 2011]
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Briefly studied Chekhov technique with Lenard Petit while at Rutgers.
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Is a cousin of actress Viola Davis.
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Gained 15 pounds of muscle before filming began for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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Close friend of actor Assaf Cohen.
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Graduated from Calhoun County High School where he was voted most ambitious in his Senior Class.
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Performed voice-over work on Ken Burns documentary The War (2007) but his work was cut the final edit.
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His brother is a secret service agent.
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Trained at Trinity Boxing Gym with Martin Snow.
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Received his M.F.A. from Rutgers University in 2001 with classmate Andrea Anders.
Trademarks
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Trademark
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Deep voice
Quotes
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Quote
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I have a wonderful wife I met at Rutgers while we were both there. She was in the Ph.D. program. She is not an actress. She definitely brings balance to my life. We actors can tend to bore anyone with shop talk.
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I hate the gym, so I try to diversify my workouts with swimming and basketball. Indoors, it's less boring than running. I do find that diet is key. I eat lots of lean protein, no soda, no fast food or fried foods, and a lot of water. But I love food and often cook.
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As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.
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I'm one of those people who is color blind to a certain degree. And that doesn't mean I'm not acutely aware of race in our country and abroad and in the world. I know what's going on, and I'm very aware of it.
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Having worked on 'Halo: Nightfall' and gotten a taste for what 'Halo' has to offer, it definitely has me interested in picking up the games and getting familiarized more with the 'Halo' universe.
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When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we're trying to do - how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.
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Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you're telling big stories with a heart at the center of it - and that's what connects all of the characters to our audience members.
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I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that, for me, as an actor, is interesting and challenging.
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The big budget films have money to do things that are not necessarily essential but sure are comforting. The catering is usually much better. And you have way more of anything you could possibly need. You definitely get a trailer. My shirt and suit for 'Million Dollar Baby' were tailor made.
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I'm always game for creating a new character, and I liked the idea of putting something new into the 'Halo' universe.
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Ridley Scott was part of the production team on 'The Good Wife.' I auditioned on my iPhone, and it moved very quickly after that, as they thought I was right for the role, and pretty soon I was filming in Iceland for two months.
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As artists, we are so not in control most of the time of the content or the narrative of our characters, and sometimes writing takes a turn and it's not something we necessarily have control over. It's just a lot of random dumb luck, so when things click, you've just got to enjoy it.
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As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.
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As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.
$2 Million
