Early life

Colter was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in St. Matthews, South Carolina. He is a graduate of Calhoun County High School. His senior year, his senior superlative as voted by the class was "most ambitious." Colter spent a year at Benedict College, before transferring to the University of South Carolina, from 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.

Career

Colter's highest profile role was in the film Million Dollar Baby, in which he portrayed boxer Big Willie Little. He has also guest starred on Law & Order: Trial By Jury, The Good Wife, ER, and The Parkers, as well as several TV movies. He also starred in the series Ringer.

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. He is also co-starring as Luke Cage in Jessica Jones, on Netflix. The entire first season was released online on November 20, 2015. This will be followed by the character's individual series, Luke Cage.

Personal life

Colter is married to Iva Colter, as of 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Big Willie Little
2005	Brooklyn Lobster	Jamal
2007	And Then Came Love	Yuppie Paul
2010	Salt	CIA Tactical Leader
2012	Men In Black 3	Colonel James Darrell Edwards Jr.
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	DEVGRU Operative Mike

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	ER	Watts	Episode: "Hindsight"
2002	Parkers, TheThe Parkers	Lamar	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Action"
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Officer Billy Tolbert	Episode: "Blue Wall"
2005	Silver Bells	Bill	Television film
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dave Oldren	Episode: "Albatross"
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Joseph Serumaga	Episode: "Hell"
2009	Solving Charlie	Jack Dash	Television film
2009	Taking Chance	MGySgt Demetry	Television film
2010	Royal Pains	Officer Tanner	Episode: "Lovesick"
2010-2016	The Good Wife	Lemond Bishop	Recurring
2011	Blue Bloods	Cliff Reacher	Episode: "The Blue Templar"
2011-2012	Ringer	Malcolm Ward	17 episodes
2013	The Following	Nick Donovan	8 episodes
2013	Criminal Minds	Colin Bramwell	Episode: "Final Shot"
2014	American Horror Story: Coven	David	3 episodes
2014	Halo: Nightfall	Agent Jameson Locke	5 episodes
2015	Agent X	Miles Lathem	8 episodes
2015	Jessica Jones	Luke Cage	7 episodes
2016	Luke Cage	Luke Cage	13 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Agent Jameson Locke
2015	Halo 5: Guardians	Agent Jameson Locke	Motion-capture only Voice by Ike Amadi

[ Source: Wikipedia ]