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What I enjoyed about being in the world of Jessica Jones, as Luke Cage, is that I wasn't front and center because it was Jessica Jones' story, but it allowed me to find the character from a different perspective.

Mike Colter

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Mike Colter
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: August 26
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Columbia
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Mike Randal Colter
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