Bio
Mike Colter is an American actor best known for his role as boxer Big Willie Little in the 2004 boxing feature film Million Dollar Baby.
He also starred as Malcolm Ward, a recovering addict who is Bridget Kelly's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) Narcotics Anonymous sponsor and support system, in the mystery drama thriller series Ringer.
In film, Colter appeared in Men in Black III, with Will Smith, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones. Other film credits include Million Dollar Baby, with Hilary Swank; Salt, with Angelina Jolie; and And Then Came Love, alongside Vanessa Williams.
Colter's television credits include the reoccurring role as the ruthless and cunning drug kingpin Lemond Bishop from the Emmy nominated series The Good Wife.
He has also guest starred on Law & Order SVU, Law & Order Criminal Intent, Royal Pains and Blue Bloods.
Colter's theatre credits include Adam Bock's The Drunken City at Playwrights Horizon and as CJ Memphis in Second Stage's revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldiers Play.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, and residing in New York City, Colter is currently living in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Iva.