Mike Randal Colter Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mike Randal Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor.He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in St. Matthews, South Carolina. Colter spent a year at Benedict College in Columbia, SC and transferred to University of South Carolina, from where he received a bachelor's degree in theater in 1999. He obtained an MFA degree in acting from Rutgers University.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 will begin portraying the role of Agent Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise. Colter will star in the series Halo: Nightfall and provide the voice and motion capture for Agent Locke in Halo 5: Guardians.
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
America Is Still the Place, Zero Dark Thirty, Men in Black 3, Salt, Taking Chance, Silver Bells, Brooklyn Lobster, Million Dollar Baby
TV Shows
The Good Wife, Ringer, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Halo: Nightfall, The Defenders
Star Sign
Virgo
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Deep voice
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I have a wonderful wife I met at Rutgers while we were both there. She was in the Ph.D. program. She is not an actress. She definitely brings balance to my life. We actors can tend to bore anyone with shop talk.
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I hate the gym, so I try to diversify my workouts with swimming and basketball. Indoors, it's less boring than running. I do find that diet is key. I eat lots of lean protein, no soda, no fast food or fried foods, and a lot of water. But I love food and often cook.
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As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.
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I'm one of those people who is color blind to a certain degree. And that doesn't mean I'm not acutely aware of race in our country and abroad and in the world. I know what's going on, and I'm very aware of it.
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Having worked on 'Halo: Nightfall' and gotten a taste for what 'Halo' has to offer, it definitely has me interested in picking up the games and getting familiarized more with the 'Halo' universe.
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When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we're trying to do - how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.
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Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you're telling big stories with a heart at the center of it - and that's what connects all of the characters to our audience members.
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I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that, for me, as an actor, is interesting and challenging.
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The big budget films have money to do things that are not necessarily essential but sure are comforting. The catering is usually much better. And you have way more of anything you could possibly need. You definitely get a trailer. My shirt and suit for 'Million Dollar Baby' were tailor made.
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I'm always game for creating a new character, and I liked the idea of putting something new into the 'Halo' universe.
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Ridley Scott was part of the production team on 'The Good Wife.' I auditioned on my iPhone, and it moved very quickly after that, as they thought I was right for the role, and pretty soon I was filming in Iceland for two months.
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As artists, we are so not in control most of the time of the content or the narrative of our characters, and sometimes writing takes a turn and it's not something we necessarily have control over. It's just a lot of random dumb luck, so when things click, you've just got to enjoy it.
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As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.
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As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.
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Counts Game of Thrones (2011) as one of his favorite TV shows.
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Gained 30lbs by the time Marvel's Luke Cage began filming.
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Offered a role in Hot Pursuit (2015) but had to pass because of scheduling conflicts.
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Amman, Jordan: Working on "Zero Dark Thirty". Due for release in Dec. 2012 [April 2012]
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Working on a the film Taking Chance. Starring Kevin Bacon, directed by Ross Katz due for release in 2008. [August 2007]
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New York, N.Y. USA. Filming Men in Black 3. Due for release in 2012. [April 2011]
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Briefly studied Chekhov technique with Lenard Petit while at Rutgers.
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Gained 15 pounds of muscle before filming began for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
$100,000
