Mike Colter's Luke Cage: A Plain Clothes Hero

One of the things Marvel fans found out about when they drank up the latest Netflix series milk shake Jessica Jones was the undeniable presence of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage. He’s bald, tough, and looks like a man carved out from the inside of a rock. He also owns an impenetrable skin. The kind of skin that makes him show off his six-pack by running a circular saw over it a few times while literally smoldering Krysten Ritter’s Jones into the bedroom.

Cage is a plain clothes kind of guy and that’s why he’s so appealing to fans. He can simply stop by Gap and pick up a few thermals and a pair of jeans before the next group of tough guys try to get in his way. You show me a crime fighter who throws a t-shirt and jeans on to smash things, and I am all for it. That’s what I wear every day. Cage and I are simple-minded men when it comes to clothing and we are both bald. That is where the similarities end though.

It’s not the first time Colter has played a large man with power. If you are a fan of The Good Wife on CBS, Colter is Lemond Bishop, the criminal that Julianna Marguiles’ Alicia Florick is associated with. Before that, Colter had parts in 15 different television shows or movies. He also had bit parts in high-profile films like Million Dollar Baby, Salt, Men in Black 3, and Zero Dark Thirty. His first part was in an episode of ER back in 2002. While it’s hard to forget a large figure like Colter, he has been hiding in the shadows as another one of Hollywood’s “that guy” actors. You know, the actor you see and immediately recognize yet can’t place a name on his shoulders. It happens every night on TV or inside a movie theater.

Before Jeremy Piven was Ari Gold, he was that guy who always played John Cusack’s friend. Before James Gandolfini played Tony Soprano, he was the mob henchman. Before Frank Grillo became Alvey Kulina on Kingdom and took part in a purge, he was a face. Before Jon Hamm played Don Draper, he was an English professor at Webster University in St. Louis. Large scale or small time, faces drift around the world of make-believe. With Luke Cage, Colter is going from “that one guy” to a face and name that will have more cups of coffee together in fans minds.


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