birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name alma_mater
columbia , south carolina 26 august 1976 iva colter mike colter
 mike colter university of south carolina rutgers university
mike colter

mike randal colter -lrb- born august 26 , 1976 -rrb- is an american actor .
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 .
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 '' '' , `` 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 voice and motion capture for agent locke in '' '' .
he will also be playing luke cage in `` marvel 's jessica jones '' , followed by the character 's individual series , `` marvel 's luke cage '' .
